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Kotak Mahindra Bank UPI — Mobile Banking & BHIM UPI vs Punjab National Bank UPI — PNB ONE & BHIM PNB

Compare Kotak Mahindra Bank UPI — Mobile Banking & BHIM UPI and Punjab National Bank UPI — PNB ONE & BHIM PNB using the controlling cost, balance, rate, tenure, liquidity, limits, eligibility and current first-party bank evidence for this product type.

UPI payment service comparison

Kotak Mahindra Bank UPI — Mobile Banking & BHIM UPI vs Punjab National Bank UPI — PNB ONE & BHIM PNB

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Latest underlying reviewSeptember 11, 2026
Kotak Mahindra BankKotak Mahindra Bank UPI — Mobile Banking & BHIM UPI

Kotak customers who use the bank app/BHIM UPI and need first-day restrictions, daily/count limits and card-funded merchant UPI rules stated without smoothing over conflicting bank help-center counts.

Cost / pricing
Kotak does not model a separate subscription fee for ordinary consumer UPI in the reviewed help material. Linked account/card charges and merchant/card-specific fees remain separate.
Reviewed
September 10, 2026
Evidence
6 bank sources
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Punjab National BankPunjab National Bank UPI — PNB ONE & BHIM PNB

PNB customers who want the current mobile/UPI feature set and alternate UPI 123PAY/card-funded routes mapped without relying blindly on an old ₹50,000 bank limit document.

Cost / pricing
No separate ordinary consumer UPI subscription fee is modeled from PNB's current public UPI/mobile pages. Account/card, telecom and any specialized product charges remain separate.
Reviewed
September 11, 2026
Evidence
6 bank sources
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Kotak Mahindra Bank UPI — Mobile Banking & BHIM UPI vs Punjab National Bank UPI — PNB ONE & BHIM PNB

Prepared 14 Sep 2026 · Source page: https://littleden.blog/compare-banking/kotak-upi-mobile-bhim-vs-pnb-upi-one-bhim/

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

Kotak Mahindra Bank UPI — Mobile Banking & BHIM UPI

Eligible funding source
Requires an eligible UPI-linked bank account for account-funded UPI. Eligible Kotak RuPay credit cards can be linked as a separate merchant-payment funding source subject to available credit and UPI/card controls.
Registration
Create/link the UPI ID/VPA against the eligible Kotak account using the registered mobile/device journey and set the UPI PIN. Newly linked RuPay credit cards follow a separate card-linking and UPI-PIN flow.

Punjab National Bank UPI — PNB ONE & BHIM PNB

Eligible funding source
Requires an eligible PNB or supported linked bank account for account-funded UPI. PNB ONE 2.0 also supports UPI Lite/Mandate/Credit Line functionality, while eligible PNB RuPay credit cards are a separate merchant-payment funding source.
Registration
PNB ONE self-onboarding can use debit card, Aadhaar-based view credentials, Internet Banking credentials or branch mode; UPI registration then links eligible account/mobile and establishes UPI PIN. UPI 123PAY provides a separate IVR account/PIN setup route.
02Does your payment fit both normal and temporary limits?Check ordinary limits alongside new-user, device or security cooling restrictions.

Kotak Mahindra Bank UPI — Mobile Banking & BHIM UPI

Standard limits
₹1 lakh maximum daily UPI transfer is consistently stated, but current bank pages differ on transaction count: Scan & Pay says 10 transactions/day while the BHIM UPI FAQ says up to 20/day. Gallery-uploaded QR is limited to ₹2,000 per transaction on the reviewed Scan & Pay page.
Security cooling
Current Kotak help: transactions are restricted to ₹5,000 during the first 24 hours after UPI registration.

Punjab National Bank UPI — PNB ONE & BHIM PNB

Standard limits
No fresh universal PNB account-funded UPI daily ceiling is hard-coded from the 2026 public PNB ONE/UPI pages. The engine retains the older ₹50,000/day figure only as legacy evidence and requires the live PNB ONE/BHIM PNB control for current high-value usage.
Security cooling
No current PNB-specific first-registration/device-change UPI cooling amount is asserted from the reviewed 2026 source set. Live app/risk controls remain controlling.
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Kotak Mahindra Bank UPI — Mobile Banking & BHIM UPI

Payment / channel cost
Kotak does not model a separate subscription fee for ordinary consumer UPI in the reviewed help material. Linked account/card charges and merchant/card-specific fees remain separate.
Failure / recovery
Kotak provides in-app transaction history/dispute support and UPI block/unblock help. Re-registration after mobile changes and linked-card issues should follow the current bank/app flow rather than assuming prior device credentials persist.

Punjab National Bank UPI — PNB ONE & BHIM PNB

Payment / channel cost
No separate ordinary consumer UPI subscription fee is modeled from PNB's current public UPI/mobile pages. Account/card, telecom and any specialized product charges remain separate.
Failure / recovery
PNB ONE provides UPI transaction history and blocking. PNB's current UPI/123PAY pages publish bank support routes; card-linking issues use the card portal/customer-care path and ordinary payment disputes should follow the relevant UPI/app bank channel.
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Banking product terms side by side for Kotak Mahindra Bank UPI — Mobile Banking & BHIM UPI and Punjab National Bank UPI — PNB ONE & BHIM PNB
Decision factorKotak Mahindra Bank UPI — Mobile Banking & BHIM UPIPunjab National Bank UPI — PNB ONE & BHIM PNB
Payment / channel costKotak does not model a separate subscription fee for ordinary consumer UPI in the reviewed help material. Linked account/card charges and merchant/card-specific fees remain separate.No separate ordinary consumer UPI subscription fee is modeled from PNB's current public UPI/mobile pages. Account/card, telecom and any specialized product charges remain separate.
Eligible funding sourceRequires an eligible UPI-linked bank account for account-funded UPI. Eligible Kotak RuPay credit cards can be linked as a separate merchant-payment funding source subject to available credit and UPI/card controls.Requires an eligible PNB or supported linked bank account for account-funded UPI. PNB ONE 2.0 also supports UPI Lite/Mandate/Credit Line functionality, while eligible PNB RuPay credit cards are a separate merchant-payment funding source.
UPI capabilitiesKotak supports UPI IDs, instant transfers, QR/Scan & Pay, collect/payment flows, UPI AutoPay and merchant mandate APIs. Current bank educational material also describes the updated UPI Lite ₹1,000/₹5,000 framework.Current PNB ONE supports UPI registration, mobile/QR payments, approve-money requests, QR generation, transaction history and UPI blocking. PNB states PNB ONE 2.0 has complete UPI integration including Lite, Mandate and UPI Credit Line; PNB separately operates BHIM PNB and UPI 123PAY IVR.
UPI / security limitsKotak's current Scan & Pay help says maximum ₹1 lakh per day and 10 transactions/day, while its BHIM UPI FAQ says ₹1 lakh/day and up to 20 transactions/day. Both first-party statements are preserved by channel/scope rather than choosing one count.PNB's current public PNB ONE/UPI pages reviewed in this wave do not publish one clean ordinary UPI daily value ceiling. A legacy PNB UPI terms page still states ₹50,000/day, so v1.37 does not present that older figure as a current universal limit without fresher controlling evidence.
Registration eligibilityEligible Kotak customers complete the bank-registered mobile/account/device registration and establish a UPI ID/PIN in the bank app or supported UPI channel. Card-funded UPI additionally requires an eligible Kotak RuPay credit card.PNB ONE supports self-onboarding through debit card, Aadhaar view credentials, Internet Banking credentials or branch mode. UPI requires eligible account/mobile registration; UPI 123PAY can set/use UPI PIN through the bank's IVR flow for supported users.
Payment / funding relationshipThe bank account, UPI app and linked RuPay credit card remain separate roles. UPI AutoPay mandates are not the same as beneficiary transfers, and Kotak's current evidence does not justify inventing UPI Circle availability where it is not documented.PNB ONE/BHIM PNB account-funded UPI, UPI Lite, UPI Credit Line, UPI 123PAY and PNB RuPay-credit-card-on-UPI are distinct funding/channel states. Card-funded UPI remains merchant-oriented and does not become P2P account transfer.
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Decision factorKotak Mahindra Bank UPI — Mobile Banking & BHIM UPIPunjab National Bank UPI — PNB ONE & BHIM PNB
App / channelUPI through Kotak Mobile Banking/BHIM UPI and supported UPI apps linked to an eligible Kotak account; eligible Kotak RuPay credit cards can be separately linked for merchant UPI.PNB ONE 2.0 and BHIM PNB for smartphone UPI; PNB also offers UPI 123PAY over IVR for eligible feature-phone/no-internet use and card-funded UPI for eligible PNB RuPay credit cards.
RegistrationCreate/link the UPI ID/VPA against the eligible Kotak account using the registered mobile/device journey and set the UPI PIN. Newly linked RuPay credit cards follow a separate card-linking and UPI-PIN flow.PNB ONE self-onboarding can use debit card, Aadhaar-based view credentials, Internet Banking credentials or branch mode; UPI registration then links eligible account/mobile and establishes UPI PIN. UPI 123PAY provides a separate IVR account/PIN setup route.
AuthenticationAccount-funded UPI uses the UPI PIN. Kotak states that card-funded UPI uses a UPI PIN distinct from the credit-card PIN; the current RuPay FAQ says UPI PIN change for the linked card is not presently available through that flow.PNB ONE uses MPIN/biometric for app access and TPIN/OTP for bank transactions, while UPI flows use UPI PIN. PNB's 123PAY IVR can set a UPI PIN using debit-card details, ATM PIN and OTP when required.
Standard limits₹1 lakh maximum daily UPI transfer is consistently stated, but current bank pages differ on transaction count: Scan & Pay says 10 transactions/day while the BHIM UPI FAQ says up to 20/day. Gallery-uploaded QR is limited to ₹2,000 per transaction on the reviewed Scan & Pay page.No fresh universal PNB account-funded UPI daily ceiling is hard-coded from the 2026 public PNB ONE/UPI pages. The engine retains the older ₹50,000/day figure only as legacy evidence and requires the live PNB ONE/BHIM PNB control for current high-value usage.
Security coolingCurrent Kotak help: transactions are restricted to ₹5,000 during the first 24 hours after UPI registration.No current PNB-specific first-registration/device-change UPI cooling amount is asserted from the reviewed 2026 source set. Live app/risk controls remain controlling.
UPI LiteKotak's April 2026 first-party educational guidance reflects the current system framework—₹1,000 per Lite transaction and ₹5,000 wallet balance with Auto Top-Up. Because that is educational rather than a channel entitlement page, the profile does not claim every Kotak UPI app/version exposes Lite.PNB's January 2026 results material states PNB ONE 2.0 supports UPI Lite. Current numeric system limits are kept at the RBI/NPCI framework (₹1,000 per transaction, ₹5,000 stored balance) rather than the bank's much older launch-era Lite material.
RuPay credit-card UPIKotak RuPay credit-card UPI permits merchant P2M, not person transfers/receipts. Current bank FAQ states ₹1 lakh/day per card, ₹2 lakh/day for specified special cases, subject to available credit; first 24 hours after linking are capped at ₹5,000. P2P/P2PM, cash withdrawal, digital account opening, lending, eRUPI, IPO, foreign inward remittance and mutual funds are restricted.PNB's current credit-card portal supports linking eligible PNB RuPay credit cards to listed UPI apps and paying merchant QR/online UPI flows using UPI PIN. The card-funded path is treated as P2M, not as a P2P/receive-funds account substitute.
AutoPay / mandatesKotak exposes UPI AutoPay management and merchant UPI mandate create/modify/revoke/execute/notification/history capabilities. A mandate's own recurring authorization is not treated as the ordinary P2P transfer limit.PNB ONE 2.0 explicitly supports UPI Mandate. Mandates are stored as recurring authorization rather than being assigned the old PNB ONE generic mobile-banking limit.
Failure / recoveryKotak provides in-app transaction history/dispute support and UPI block/unblock help. Re-registration after mobile changes and linked-card issues should follow the current bank/app flow rather than assuming prior device credentials persist.PNB ONE provides UPI transaction history and blocking. PNB's current UPI/123PAY pages publish bank support routes; card-linking issues use the card portal/customer-care path and ordinary payment disputes should follow the relevant UPI/app bank channel.
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Kotak Mahindra Bank

Kotak Mahindra Bank UPI — Mobile Banking & BHIM UPI

  • For the first 24 hours after UPI registration, Kotak currently restricts transactions to ₹5,000 as a fraud-control measure.
  • Kotak first-party pages differ on transaction count: one current Scan & Pay page states 10/day, while the BHIM UPI FAQ states 20/day. The engine shows that scope conflict rather than silently choosing 20.
  • Kotak RuPay credit-card-on-UPI is merchant-only, starts with a ₹5,000 first-24-hour linked-card cap and normally follows ₹1 lakh/day (₹2 lakh in specified special cases) subject to available credit and bank/app limits.
Punjab National Bank

Punjab National Bank UPI — PNB ONE & BHIM PNB

  • PNB's older UPI terms and old PNB ONE FAQ state ₹50,000 UPI transfer limits, but the current 2026 PNB ONE/UPI pages do not restate that ceiling; v1.37 marks the ordinary limit as requiring live/current confirmation instead of reviving stale documentation.
  • PNB ONE's overall mobile-banking transaction limit of up to ₹10 lakh covers multiple rails and must not be misreported as the UPI limit.
  • PNB RuPay credit cards can be linked for merchant QR/UPI payments, but that evidence does not imply P2P transfer or receiving capability on the card.
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Kotak Mahindra Bank

Kotak Mahindra Bank UPI — Mobile Banking & BHIM UPI

Reviewed
September 10, 2026
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Punjab National Bank

Punjab National Bank UPI — PNB ONE & BHIM PNB

Reviewed
September 11, 2026
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Kotak Mahindra Bank UPI — Mobile Banking & BHIM UPI

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

  1. Issuer product pagehttps://www.kotak.bank.in/en/help-center/bill-payment-and-recharge/scan-and-pay/what-are-the-transaction-limits.html
  2. Issuer product pagehttps://www.kotak.bank.in/en/help-center/bill-payment-and-recharge/scan-and-pay/why-am-i-not-able-to-send-large-amount-of-money-immediately-after-registration.html
  3. Issuer product pagehttps://www.kotak.bank.in/en/get-help/bhim-upi.html
  4. Issuer product pagehttps://www.kotak.bank.in/en/personal-banking/cards/credit-cards/rupay-credit-cards.html
  5. Issuer product pagehttps://www.kotak.bank.in/en/help-center/bill-payment-and-recharge/manage-upi-autopay.html
  6. Fee / charge schedulehttps://www.kotak.bank.in/en/stories-in-focus/accounts-deposits/savings-account/upi-transaction-charges.html

Punjab National Bank UPI — PNB ONE & BHIM PNB

Reviewed September 11, 2026 · 6 attached first-party sources

  1. Issuer product pagehttps://www.pnb.bank.in/mobile-banking.html
  2. Issuer product pagehttps://www.pnb.bank.in/Unified-Payments-Interface.html
  3. Issuer product pagehttps://pnb.bank.in/downloadprocess.aspx?fid=w8NQXkgNHBschnf%2FG+OBjg%3D%3D
  4. Issuer product pagehttps://creditcard.pnb.bank.in/UPI.html
  5. Issuer product pagehttps://www.pnb.bank.in/UPI-One-Two-Three-Pay.html
  6. Issuer product pagehttps://www.pnb.bank.in/UPI.html