Mumbai, Sept. 21 -- In a relief to users and merchants, the National Payments Corp. of India (NPCI) has extended the deadline for stopping all autopay mandates linked to the erstwhile @Paytm UPI (unified payments interface) ID handles by two months till 31 October 2025, four people close to the development told Mint.

The extension comes after Mint reported on 14 August that scores of autopay mandates or transactions were set for disruption, as the fintech supervisory body planned to deactivate all @Paytm handles with effect from 1 September.

Paytm earlier this month wrote to its merchant partners informing them that the NPCI has extended the deadline for deactivating its UPI ID by two months.

"We would like to inform you about an impor...