Compare SBI UPI — YONO SBI & BHIM SBI Pay and YES BANK UPI — YES Pay Next using the controlling cost, balance, rate, tenure, liquidity, limits, eligibility and current first-party bank evidence for this product type.
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SBI customers who want the bank’s own UPI channels and need the first-day/device security limits, transaction-count rules and UPI Lite thresholds stated explicitly.
YES BANK customers using YES Pay Next who want the registration/device cooling state and app-level payment controls visible before relying on the ordinary daily UPI limit.
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Source review: September 10, 2026
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| Decision factor | SBI UPI — YONO SBI & BHIM SBI Pay | YES BANK UPI — YES Pay Next |
|---|---|---|
| Payment / channel cost | SBI’s reviewed UPI guidance does not model a separate consumer subscription fee for ordinary UPI use; underlying account, card, telecom/data and any separate service charges remain governed by their own terms. | No separate consumer subscription fee is modeled for ordinary UPI from the reviewed YES Pay Next material; underlying account/card and non-UPI service charges remain separate. |
| Eligible funding source | Requires an eligible UPI-linked bank account and the registered mobile/device setup required by the chosen SBI/UPI channel. UPI Lite uses value loaded from the linked account rather than replacing the account relationship. | Requires an eligible linked account for account-funded UPI. Any eligible RuPay credit-card funding through UPI is a separate card relationship rather than a substitute for the savings/current-account balance. |
| UPI capabilities | YONO SBI/BHIM SBI Pay support UPI transfers and merchant payments; current SBI guidance also documents UPI Lite, verified-merchant higher limits and UPI safety controls. | YES Pay Next supports UPI payments plus complaint/history functions; YES BANK’s recent digital-payment material also positions UPI Lite and recurring/AutoPay capabilities within its payment stack. |
| UPI / security limits | Current SBI guidance states ₹1 lakh per transaction and per day for ordinary P2P/P2M after cooling, with up to 20 P2P transactions in 24 hours. Select verified merchant categories can use higher NPCI-enabled ceilings; current SBI material lists ₹2 lakh for insurance/capital markets and ₹5 lakh for IPO/Retail Direct/tax/hospital/education use cases. | Reviewed YES Pay Next material states up to 20 UPI transactions aggregating to ₹1 lakh/day under the ordinary flow, with a lower first-day/device-switch security state. |
| Registration eligibility | Eligible customers must complete UPI registration/device verification and set a UPI PIN through a supported SBI/UPI channel; actual availability can depend on account, mobile number, device and app support. | Eligible users register YES Pay Next/UPI on a supported device and complete the bank/mobile/account verification. Bank, account and app restrictions continue to apply. |
| Payment / funding relationship | This is the deposit-account UPI payment layer attached to eligible SBI accounts. RuPay credit-card-on-UPI is a separate funding relationship governed by the card issuer, NPCI rules and customer/card limits. | YES Pay Next is the app/payment layer. Account-funded UPI, UPI Lite, recurring mandates and any eligible RuPay-credit-card merchant UPI are stored separately so one limit is not reused for another. |
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| Decision factor | SBI UPI — YONO SBI & BHIM SBI Pay | YES BANK UPI — YES Pay Next |
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| App / channel | UPI through YONO SBI, BHIM SBI Pay and other supported UPI-compatible channels linked to an eligible SBI account. | YES Pay Next UPI/payment app with transaction history, support/complaint and merchant-payment functions. |
| Registration | Register the eligible account on the supported UPI channel using the bank-registered mobile/device process and establish the UPI PIN required for ordinary debit-account transactions. | Register the app/UPI relationship on the supported device and verify the eligible linked bank account/mobile setup. |
| Authentication | Ordinary UPI uses UPI PIN/UPI security controls. Current SBI guidance states UPI Lite can make eligible small-value payments up to ₹1,000 without entering the UPI PIN. | Ordinary UPI uses the UPI security/PIN layer; device changes create a bank-defined cooling state before full value access returns. |
| Standard limits | After cooling, current SBI material states ₹1 lakh per transaction and ₹1 lakh per day for ordinary P2P/P2M, with a maximum 20 P2P transactions per 24 hours per account; P2M transaction count is governed by the value cap rather than the same 20-count rule. | Current YES Pay Next FAQ states a maximum 20 UPI transactions aggregating to ₹1 lakh in a day for its ordinary UPI flow. |
| Security cooling | After setting/resetting UPI PIN: Android first 24 hours ₹5,000 maximum transaction/cumulative day; iOS ₹5,000 per day for the first five days. SBI says these controls can change under NPCI/bank discretion. | New registration or device switch: current YES Pay Next FAQ states a maximum ₹5,000 during the first 24 hours. iOS has additional early-use restrictions in YES BANK material, so the live app/current FAQ controls the exact post-24-hour progression. |
| UPI Lite | Current SBI page: up to ₹1,000 per UPI Lite payment without UPI PIN and ₹5,000 maximum Lite balance, consistent with the current RBI/NPCI framework. | UPI Lite is supported in YES BANK’s current payment stack; current RBI/NPCI limits are ₹1,000 per eligible payment and ₹5,000 maximum stored balance. Bank/app implementation controls such as auto top-up are kept separate. |
| RuPay credit-card UPI | Keep RuPay credit-card-on-UPI separate from SBI deposit-account UPI. NPCI restricts linked RuPay credit-card UPI primarily to eligible merchant flows and sets the usable amount to the lowest applicable issuer risk/card/customer limit rather than a guaranteed bank-account UPI ceiling. | Eligible RuPay credit-card-on-UPI is merchant-oriented and subject to card/issuer/customer limits under NPCI rules; this profile does not treat the bank account’s ₹1 lakh/day statement as a guaranteed card-funded allowance. |
| AutoPay / mandates | UPI AutoPay/e-mandates are a separate recurring-payment authorization layer. NPCI supports pause, unpause, modify and revoke controls and generally sends a pre-debit notification before execution. | YES BANK supports recurring/AutoPay payment capability; UPI AutoPay is modeled with its own mandate lifecycle rather than as a normal send-money transaction. |
| Failure / recovery | SBI advises using official channels for UPI support and safety; PIN reset/re-registration can itself trigger the documented cooling state, so restored access does not imply immediate steady-state limits. | The current YES Pay Next FAQ documents complaint raising from the app and security cooling after a device switch; live app/support controls remain authoritative for re-registration/recovery. |
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Reviewed September 10, 2026 · 6 attached first-party sources
Reviewed September 10, 2026 · 7 attached first-party sources