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Axis Bank UPI — open & Supported UPI Apps vs Canara Bank UPI — Canara ai1Pe

Compare Axis Bank UPI — open & Supported UPI Apps and Canara Bank UPI — Canara ai1Pe using the controlling cost, balance, rate, tenure, liquidity, limits, eligibility and current first-party bank evidence for this product type.

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Axis Bank UPI — open & Supported UPI Apps vs Canara Bank UPI — Canara ai1Pe

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Latest underlying reviewSeptember 10, 2026
Axis BankAxis Bank UPI — open & Supported UPI Apps

Axis Bank customers who want UPI account linking, Lite, AutoPay, delegated-payment and RuPay-credit-card rules kept separate rather than treating every UPI path as one ₹1 lakh daily allowance.

Cost / pricing
No separate ordinary consumer UPI subscription fee is modeled from the reviewed Axis material; underlying account/card charges, telecom/data costs and any card-specific surcharge continue under their own terms.
Reviewed
September 10, 2026
Evidence
6 bank sources
Open product research
Canara BankCanara Bank UPI — Canara ai1Pe

Canara customers and multi-bank ai1Pe users who want exact P2P, verified-merchant, special-category, Lite, Circle and card-funded limits in one evidence-backed control map.

Cost / pricing
No separate ordinary UPI subscription fee is modeled from the reviewed Canara pages; linked account/card charges, SMS/data and any specialized service tariffs remain separate.
Reviewed
September 10, 2026
Evidence
5 bank sources
Open product research
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Axis Bank UPI — open & Supported UPI Apps vs Canara Bank UPI — Canara ai1Pe

Prepared 14 Sep 2026 · Source page: https://littleden.blog/compare-banking/axis-upi-open-supported-apps-vs-canara-upi-ai1pe/

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01Can your account and device use this UPI service?Check the funding relationship and registration conditions for the named service.

Axis Bank UPI — open & Supported UPI Apps

Eligible funding source
Requires an eligible UPI-linked bank account for account-funded UPI. Axis material also supports eligible RuPay credit cards as a separate card-funded UPI relationship, and UPI Circle delegates payment authority without changing account ownership.
Registration
Link an eligible Axis account using the registered mobile/device flow in open or a participating UPI app. Axis migration material confirms active debit-card/account-holder requirements for migrated accounts; generic eligibility remains account/app dependent.

Canara Bank UPI — Canara ai1Pe

Eligible funding source
Canara ai1Pe can link Canara or other UPI-enabled bank accounts. Account-funded UPI, UPI Lite stored value, delegated UPI Circle authority and RuPay-credit-card merchant payments remain separate payment states.
Registration
Download ai1Pe, verify mobile number by SMS, set app passcode, link the eligible bank account and activate using debit card or Aadhaar OTP before setting the UPI PIN.
02Does your payment fit both normal and temporary limits?Check ordinary limits alongside new-user, device or security cooling restrictions.

Axis Bank UPI — open & Supported UPI Apps

Standard limits
Current Axis UPI terms: up to ₹1,00,000 per transaction when funding from an Axis Bank account. Other-bank accounts may use different issuing-bank limits; the engine does not turn this per-transaction statement into an unsupported universal Axis daily ceiling.
Security cooling
Migration-specific evidence: newly re-registered migrated Citi accounts were limited to ₹5,000 in the first 24 hours on Android and ₹25,000 over the first 120 hours on iOS (₹5,000 per 24 hours). Because that source is migration-specific, generic Axis registrations follow live app/bank controls unless separately documented.

Canara Bank UPI — Canara ai1Pe

Standard limits
P2P: ₹1 lakh per transaction and ₹1 lakh/day, max 20/24h. Verified/special merchant P2M: ₹2 lakh per transaction/day. IPO/Retail Direct: ₹5 lakh per transaction and ₹10 lakh/day. Hospitals/education and tax: ₹5 lakh per transaction/day. QR from gallery: ₹2,000 per transaction / ₹10,000 daily, max 5/day.
Security cooling
New UPI user on any enabled app with Canara remitter: Android first 24 hours up to ₹5,000; iOS first 72 hours up to ₹15,000 total, limited to ₹5,000 in each 24-hour cycle.
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Axis Bank UPI — open & Supported UPI Apps

Payment / channel cost
No separate ordinary consumer UPI subscription fee is modeled from the reviewed Axis material; underlying account/card charges, telecom/data costs and any card-specific surcharge continue under their own terms.
Failure / recovery
UPI/card-funded disputes can be raised with Axis or the UPI app used for the transaction. Device changes can require re-registration, and the prior device can be deregistered for linked card-on-UPI access.

Canara Bank UPI — Canara ai1Pe

Payment / channel cost
No separate ordinary UPI subscription fee is modeled from the reviewed Canara pages; linked account/card charges, SMS/data and any specialized service tariffs remain separate.
Failure / recovery
Device change/Lite disablement has a defined balance-return process in Canara's Lite terms. Account/app support and UPI dispute/reversal processes apply for failed transactions, while re-registration can trigger the documented cooling state.
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Decision factorAxis Bank UPI — open & Supported UPI AppsCanara Bank UPI — Canara ai1Pe
Payment / channel costNo separate ordinary consumer UPI subscription fee is modeled from the reviewed Axis material; underlying account/card charges, telecom/data costs and any card-specific surcharge continue under their own terms.No separate ordinary UPI subscription fee is modeled from the reviewed Canara pages; linked account/card charges, SMS/data and any specialized service tariffs remain separate.
Eligible funding sourceRequires an eligible UPI-linked bank account for account-funded UPI. Axis material also supports eligible RuPay credit cards as a separate card-funded UPI relationship, and UPI Circle delegates payment authority without changing account ownership.Canara ai1Pe can link Canara or other UPI-enabled bank accounts. Account-funded UPI, UPI Lite stored value, delegated UPI Circle authority and RuPay-credit-card merchant payments remain separate payment states.
UPI capabilitiesAxis supports UPI through open and participating third-party UPI apps, and current first-party material documents UPI Lite, UPI AutoPay, RuPay credit card on UPI and the launch of UPI Circle.Canara ai1Pe supports multi-bank UPI, merchant/UPI-number/self transfers, QR, UPI Circle Full/Partial Delegation, AutoPay, spend analytics and UPI Lite. Canara also publishes a detailed category-by-category UPI debit limit table.
UPI / security limitsAxis's current UPI terms state fund transfer using an Axis Bank account up to ₹1,00,000 per transaction. Other-bank accounts can have different remitter-bank limits, while daily/account-level, merchant-category and live risk controls may be lower or differently scoped.Current Canara table: P2P ₹1 lakh per transaction/day and up to 20 transactions/24h; verified/special-category merchant P2M ₹2 lakh per transaction/day; hospitals/education and tax up to ₹5 lakh; IPO/Retail Direct up to ₹5 lakh per transaction with higher daily caps; RuPay-credit-card P2M has its own ₹2 lakh per-transaction / ₹3 lakh daily line.
Registration eligibilityEligible Axis savings/current/NRE and supported account holders can link through open or participating third-party UPI apps subject to registered-mobile, account-mode, device and bank/app eligibility. Product/account restrictions can exclude some constitutions.Canara ai1Pe registration verifies mobile by SMS, then links a Canara or other UPI-enabled bank account. Activation can use debit card or Aadhaar OTP before setting UPI PIN; availability still depends on remitter bank/account eligibility.
Payment / funding relationshipAccount-funded UPI, UPI Lite, UPI Circle delegation and RuPay-credit-card-on-UPI are distinct payment states. A delegated secondary user does not become an owner of the primary Axis account, and card-funded UPI does not inherit deposit-account limits automatically.ai1Pe may be the PSP app even when another bank is the remitter. UPI Circle delegates spending authority without transferring ownership, and Canara's RuPay-credit-card-on-UPI limits are kept separate from deposit-account P2P/P2M limits.
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Decision factorAxis Bank UPI — open & Supported UPI AppsCanara Bank UPI — Canara ai1Pe
App / channelAxis Bank account UPI through open and supported third-party UPI apps; Axis also documents Lite, AutoPay, Credit on UPI and UPI Circle capabilities across its payment stack.Canara ai1Pe is a multi-bank UPI app supporting Canara and other UPI-enabled bank accounts, with UPI Circle, AutoPay, UPI Lite, merchant payments, analytics and QR flows.
RegistrationLink an eligible Axis account using the registered mobile/device flow in open or a participating UPI app. Axis migration material confirms active debit-card/account-holder requirements for migrated accounts; generic eligibility remains account/app dependent.Download ai1Pe, verify mobile number by SMS, set app passcode, link the eligible bank account and activate using debit card or Aadhaar OTP before setting the UPI PIN.
AuthenticationOrdinary account-funded UPI uses the UPI PIN and device/account security controls. UPI Lite transactions on an enabled app do not require the UPI PIN; RuPay credit-card UPI uses its own 6-digit UPI PIN rather than the 4-digit card PIN.Ordinary UPI uses UPI PIN plus device/account controls. Canara UPI Lite permits eligible payments up to ₹1,000 without UPI PIN after Lite enablement; delegated/card-funded flows use their own authorization rules.
Standard limitsCurrent Axis UPI terms: up to ₹1,00,000 per transaction when funding from an Axis Bank account. Other-bank accounts may use different issuing-bank limits; the engine does not turn this per-transaction statement into an unsupported universal Axis daily ceiling.P2P: ₹1 lakh per transaction and ₹1 lakh/day, max 20/24h. Verified/special merchant P2M: ₹2 lakh per transaction/day. IPO/Retail Direct: ₹5 lakh per transaction and ₹10 lakh/day. Hospitals/education and tax: ₹5 lakh per transaction/day. QR from gallery: ₹2,000 per transaction / ₹10,000 daily, max 5/day.
Security coolingMigration-specific evidence: newly re-registered migrated Citi accounts were limited to ₹5,000 in the first 24 hours on Android and ₹25,000 over the first 120 hours on iOS (₹5,000 per 24 hours). Because that source is migration-specific, generic Axis registrations follow live app/bank controls unless separately documented.New UPI user on any enabled app with Canara remitter: Android first 24 hours up to ₹5,000; iOS first 72 hours up to ₹15,000 total, limited to ₹5,000 in each 24-hour cycle.
UPI LiteAxis terms explicitly recognize UPI Lite without UPI PIN but contain legacy ₹500 wording plus 'or as prescribed by NPCI'. Current RBI/NPCI controls are used: ₹1,000 per Lite transaction and ₹5,000 maximum stored balance, subject to any lower live app restriction.Current Canara terms: ₹1,000 per UPI Lite transaction, ₹5,000 maximum Lite balance and ₹10,000 cumulative daily spend. Lite is an on-device balance enabled from one eligible linked account and does not require UPI PIN for eligible Lite payments.
RuPay credit-card UPIAxis's current credit-card MITC requires the registered card mobile number and a separate 6-digit UPI PIN; only eligible RuPay P2M flows are allowed. P2P, P2PM, cash withdrawal, digital-account-opening, lending, eRUPI, IPO, foreign inward remittance and mutual-fund categories are excluded, and existing UPI plus card limits both apply.Canara's current UPI debit table separately lists RuPay credit-card-on-UPI merchant/special-category P2M at ₹2 lakh per transaction and ₹3 lakh/day. Linking uses eligible RuPay card details/OTP and a 6-digit UPI PIN; this card-funded ceiling does not alter P2P account limits.
AutoPay / mandatesAxis migration material confirms UPI AutoPay/recurring mandates. Mandates are stored separately from one-off transfers because authorization, recurrence, pause/revoke and merchant/use-case rules differ.Canara explicitly supports UPI Mandate/AutoPay for recurring/future payments and separately documents higher no-additional-factor e-mandate processing for specified merchant categories under current rules.
Failure / recoveryUPI/card-funded disputes can be raised with Axis or the UPI app used for the transaction. Device changes can require re-registration, and the prior device can be deregistered for linked card-on-UPI access.Device change/Lite disablement has a defined balance-return process in Canara's Lite terms. Account/app support and UPI dispute/reversal processes apply for failed transactions, while re-registration can trigger the documented cooling state.
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Axis Bank

Axis Bank UPI — open & Supported UPI Apps

  • Axis's published Android/iOS first-use cooling figures in the reviewed migration FAQ apply specifically to customers re-registering migrated Citibank accounts; v1.37 does not universalize those figures to every organic Axis UPI registration.
  • Axis's UPI terms still mention an older ₹500 UPI Lite transaction figure but expressly defer to NPCI revisions; the engine therefore uses the current RBI/NPCI ₹1,000 per-transaction / ₹5,000 stored-balance framework rather than stale numeric copy.
  • RuPay credit-card-on-UPI is P2M-oriented and subject to both the card limit and existing UPI restrictions; P2P, P2PM, cash withdrawal and other prohibited categories are not converted into card-funded UPI use cases.
Canara Bank

Canara Bank UPI — Canara ai1Pe

  • New UPI registration on any UPI-enabled app using Canara as remitter is currently limited to ₹5,000 for the first 24 hours on Android; iOS has ₹15,000 over the first 72 hours, limited to ₹5,000 in each 24-hour cycle.
  • Canara's general Mobile Banking fund-transfer cap of ₹15 lakh/day is not a UPI limit; v1.37 uses the bank's dedicated UPI debit table instead.
  • Canara's ₹2 lakh/₹3 lakh RuPay-credit-card-on-UPI merchant line is a card-funded P2M rule and must not be reused as the ordinary P2P account limit.
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Axis Bank UPI — open & Supported UPI Apps

Reviewed September 10, 2026 · 6 attached first-party sources

  1. Terms & conditionshttps://www.axisbank.com/docs/default-source/default-document-library/axis-bank-upi-terms-and-conditions.pdf/1000
  2. Issuer documenthttps://www.axisbank.com/docs/default-source/ld/upi-faqs-090724.pdf
  3. MITC / controlling termshttps://www.axisbank.com/docs/default-source/ld/soc/credit-cards/mitc-credit-cards
  4. Issuer documenthttps://www.axisbank.com/annual-reports/2024-2025/pdf/Axis%20Bank%20IR%2024-25.pdf
  5. Issuer documenthttps://www.npci.org.in/uploads/NBSL_Press_release_BHIM_Goes_Live_with_UPI_Circle_Full_Delegation_Enabling_Authorised_UPI_Payments_within_set_limits_7b308e643d.pdf
  6. Issuer product pagehttps://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/RTGS_Notification.aspx?Id=12215

Canara Bank UPI — Canara ai1Pe

Reviewed September 10, 2026 · 5 attached first-party sources

  1. Issuer product pagehttps://www.canarabank.bank.in/pages/mobile-banking
  2. Issuer product pagehttps://canarites.canarabank.bank.in/QR_CANARA/Home/Canaraai1Pe
  3. Issuer product pagehttps://www.canarabank.bank.in/pages/term-and-conditions-upi-lite
  4. Issuer product pagehttps://www.canarabank.bank.in/upi
  5. Issuer documenthttps://www.npci.org.in/uploads/NBSL_Press_release_BHIM_Goes_Live_with_UPI_Circle_Full_Delegation_Enabling_Authorised_UPI_Payments_within_set_limits_7b308e643d.pdf