SEBI's new UPI security feature

16 Jun 2025

The number of fraud cases involving scammers impersonating brokers and asking for money to be transferred to random accounts has skyrocketed.

To protect investors, SEBI has introduced a new UPI security feature. All legitimate fund transfers will now only go to verified UPI handles like: brokername@validbank (as shown in the image). We @zerodhaonline will implement this soon, and this should help reduce fraud incidents significantly.

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