ICICI Bank, India's largest private sector bank by consolidated assets today announced its partnership with Truecaller, a leading Swedish communication company and India's third most used app to power a new UPI based mobile payment service. Christened 'Truecaller Pay', it will allow millions of users of the app in the country to instantly create a UPI id, send money to any UPI id or a mobile number registered with the BHIM app. It will also enable users to recharge their mobile number from within the Truecaller app itself.  
 
This partnership makes the Truecaller-ICICI Bank platform among India's largest mobile payment platform with 150 million customers of the app gaining access for UPI based payments. Any user of Truecaller app, including non-ICICI Bank customers can link their bank account of any bank (participating in UPI) to create a UPI id and instantly make payments in a safe and secure manner.
 
ICICI Bank is the first bank globally to partner with Truecaller in their maiden foray into the financial payments services space.
 
Abonty Banerjee, Senior General Manager & Head, Digital Channels, ICICI Bank said, ''At ICICI Bank, we always aim to be at the fore-front of creating path-breaking solutions to leverage on emerging technologies. In keeping with this legacy, the Bank played a pivotal role in conceptualising UPI as an initiative along with NPCI and was the first bank to introduce UPI in its mobile app. We are delighted to offer our UPI platform to Truecaller which is one of India’s most widely used mobile application. With this new service, users will get the benefit of making quick and easy payments to any mobile number registered with the BHIM app, thereby enabling them to reach out to a wider section of people. Additionally, users can also undertake payments for utility services such as pre-paid recharges and post-paid mobile bills at the click of a button. We believe this association shall make UPI payments seamless for a larger audience and will also play a crucial role in strengthening the Government's 'Digital India' mission.''

Shares of the bank gained Rs 3.35, or 1.22%, to trade at Rs 276.85. The total volume of shares traded was 10,012,378 at the BSE (1.00 p.m., Tuesday).