UPSC Prelims 2018 · GS Paper 1 · Q28

Economy

Medium · UPI, BHIM and Authentication Factors

Consider the following statements regarding the BHIM app and card-based payments:

1. The BHIM app allows a user to transfer money to any bank account that is enabled on the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), regardless of which bank issued that account.

2. A chip-and-PIN debit card offers four distinct layers of authentication, making it inherently more secure than BHIM, which offers only two.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?