India, April 18 -- The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) is reportedly considering a new feature for Unified Payments Interface (UPI) called "UPI Meta," which would allow customers to save their preferred UPI ID (also known as a UPI handle) directly on ecommerce websites and apps.

An ET report, citing senior government officials, said that the NPCI is toying with this idea, which is being referred to as UPI Meta. It has not been officially launched or published as a protocol yet, but NPCI officials have already discussed this with industry executives.

With this feature, customers would be able to save their UPI ID or handles on a merchant's website or app.

The move is aimed at streamlining the payment process and will put U...