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Why won't OTP alone work for digital payments from today?
short by Anmol Sharma / on Wednesday, 1 April, 2026
OTP alone will no longer be sufficient to complete a digital payment from today (April 1). The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has made two-factor authentication mandatory for all digital payments. Every digital transaction, via UPI, cards or wallets, will require two independent verification layers, with at least one being a dynamic factor like a biometric or app-based token.
read more at NDTV