Compare SBI UPI — YONO SBI & BHIM SBI Pay and ICICI Bank UPI — iMobile using the controlling cost, balance, rate, tenure, liquidity, limits, eligibility and current first-party bank evidence for this product type.
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SBI customers who want the bank’s own UPI channels and need the first-day/device security limits, transaction-count rules and UPI Lite thresholds stated explicitly.
ICICI Bank customers who want iMobile UPI with a particularly well-documented UPI Lite implementation and need NRI/mobile-registration conditions kept distinct from resident assumptions.
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Prepared 14 Sep 2026 · Source page: https://littleden.blog/compare-banking/sbi-upi-yono-bhim-sbi-pay-vs-icici-upi-imobile/
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Source review: September 10, 2026
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Source review: September 10, 2026
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8 attached sources. A review date is not a guarantee that terms have stayed unchanged.
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| Decision factor | SBI UPI — YONO SBI & BHIM SBI Pay | ICICI Bank UPI — iMobile |
|---|---|---|
| Payment / channel cost | SBI’s reviewed UPI guidance does not model a separate consumer subscription fee for ordinary UPI use; underlying account, card, telecom/data and any separate service charges remain governed by their own terms. | No separate consumer fee is modeled for ordinary iMobile UPI from the reviewed FAQ. Underlying account/card/service charges, international mobile/SMS/data costs and separate payment products remain governed by their own terms. |
| Eligible funding source | Requires an eligible UPI-linked bank account and the registered mobile/device setup required by the chosen SBI/UPI channel. UPI Lite uses value loaded from the linked account rather than replacing the account relationship. | Requires an eligible linked bank account for account-funded UPI. UPI Lite is loaded from the linked savings account and cannot be topped up using a debit or credit card under the current ICICI FAQ. |
| UPI capabilities | YONO SBI/BHIM SBI Pay support UPI transfers and merchant payments; current SBI guidance also documents UPI Lite, verified-merchant higher limits and UPI safety controls. | iMobile supports UPI payments and UPI Lite with no additional KYC for Lite, Scan to Pay/Pay to Mobile, real-time top-up and optional Auto Top-Up. ICICI also documents UPI for eligible NRO customers with registered international mobile numbers in supported countries. |
| UPI / security limits | Current SBI guidance states ₹1 lakh per transaction and per day for ordinary P2P/P2M after cooling, with up to 20 P2P transactions in 24 hours. Select verified merchant categories can use higher NPCI-enabled ceilings; current SBI material lists ₹2 lakh for insurance/capital markets and ₹5 lakh for IPO/Retail Direct/tax/hospital/education use cases. | ICICI’s current UPI material states ordinary UPI limits can be account/use-case specific; its NRI UPI guidance states ₹1 lakh/day and ₹5,000 initial cooling for a newly created UPI/VPA on supported international-mobile flows. UPI Lite is documented separately at ₹1,000 per payment, ₹10,000 cumulative usage/day and ₹5,000 maximum Lite balance. |
| Registration eligibility | Eligible customers must complete UPI registration/device verification and set a UPI PIN through a supported SBI/UPI channel; actual availability can depend on account, mobile number, device and app support. | Eligible ICICI Bank customers using iMobile and a supported linked account/mobile setup. NRI international-mobile UPI applies to the bank’s listed NRO-account/country flow and is not silently generalized to every resident account. |
| Payment / funding relationship | This is the deposit-account UPI payment layer attached to eligible SBI accounts. RuPay credit-card-on-UPI is a separate funding relationship governed by the card issuer, NPCI rules and customer/card limits. | Ordinary account-funded UPI, NRI international-mobile access, UPI Lite and any eligible RuPay credit-card UPI funding are separate states; UPI Lite funds come from the linked savings account. |
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| Decision factor | SBI UPI — YONO SBI & BHIM SBI Pay | ICICI Bank UPI — iMobile |
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| App / channel | UPI through YONO SBI, BHIM SBI Pay and other supported UPI-compatible channels linked to an eligible SBI account. | iMobile UPI, including ordinary UPI payments and a dedicated UPI Lite section on supported iMobile versions. |
| Registration | Register the eligible account on the supported UPI channel using the bank-registered mobile/device process and establish the UPI PIN required for ordinary debit-account transactions. | Link the eligible bank account in iMobile and complete the mobile/account verification plus UPI PIN setup. UPI Lite is separately enabled by selecting the bank account, adding value and authenticating setup with the UPI PIN. |
| Authentication | Ordinary UPI uses UPI PIN/UPI security controls. Current SBI guidance states UPI Lite can make eligible small-value payments up to ₹1,000 without entering the UPI PIN. | Ordinary UPI uses the UPI PIN. Eligible UPI Lite payments up to ₹1,000 are made without entering the UPI PIN after Lite has been funded/activated. |
| Standard limits | After cooling, current SBI material states ₹1 lakh per transaction and ₹1 lakh per day for ordinary P2P/P2M, with a maximum 20 P2P transactions per 24 hours per account; P2M transaction count is governed by the value cap rather than the same 20-count rule. | ICICI’s NRI UPI page currently states ₹1 lakh/day for its international-mobile UPI flow. The engine does not convert that NRI statement into a universal resident iMobile cap where the reviewed resident FAQ does not give an equally scoped single figure. |
| Security cooling | After setting/resetting UPI PIN: Android first 24 hours ₹5,000 maximum transaction/cumulative day; iOS ₹5,000 per day for the first five days. SBI says these controls can change under NPCI/bank discretion. | Current NRI/international-mobile ICICI UPI guidance states ₹5,000 for the first 24 hours on Android and 72 hours on iOS after creation of a new UPI ID/VPA; this is stored as NRI-flow evidence, not generalized beyond its source scope. |
| UPI Lite | Current SBI page: up to ₹1,000 per UPI Lite payment without UPI PIN and ₹5,000 maximum Lite balance, consistent with the current RBI/NPCI framework. | ICICI current FAQ: ₹1,000 per transaction, ₹10,000 cumulative usage per day and ₹5,000 maximum Lite balance. No additional KYC; Auto Top-Up is available; Lite excludes UPI International, AutoPay and Collect. |
| RuPay credit-card UPI | Keep RuPay credit-card-on-UPI separate from SBI deposit-account UPI. NPCI restricts linked RuPay credit-card UPI primarily to eligible merchant flows and sets the usable amount to the lowest applicable issuer risk/card/customer limit rather than a guaranteed bank-account UPI ceiling. | Eligible RuPay credit-card UPI should be evaluated as a separate card-funded merchant-payment state. NPCI prohibits P2P/P2PM/card-to-card/cash-withdrawal flows for linked RuPay credit cards and applies the lowest issuer-risk/card/customer limit. |
| AutoPay / mandates | UPI AutoPay/e-mandates are a separate recurring-payment authorization layer. NPCI supports pause, unpause, modify and revoke controls and generally sends a pre-debit notification before execution. | ICICI’s UPI Lite explicitly excludes AutoPay; recurring UPI therefore remains an ordinary UPI AutoPay mandate layer with separate authorization/control rules. |
| Failure / recovery | SBI advises using official channels for UPI support and safety; PIN reset/re-registration can itself trigger the documented cooling state, so restored access does not imply immediate steady-state limits. | On device change, ICICI instructs users to close the existing UPI Lite account so its balance is transferred back to the linked bank account before opening Lite on the new device; failed Lite debits have a documented refund/support path. |
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Reviewed September 10, 2026 · 6 attached first-party sources
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