I was using Paytm Payments Bank savings account for 6+ years now for all my small UPI transactions as I didn't want to pollute my main salary account. It was free, no nonsense, amazingly fast with UPI, and never had any issues. Well, until RBI stopped them from adding money.
I waited till now to see if any resolution will be there and restrictions will be lifted but there are no signs yet.
So I decided to look for alternate Zero Balance Account and I think Fi Standard looks to meet the criteria even after the 1-Jun changes, correct me if I'm wrong.
I want to check a few things:
- Is Fi Standard truly zero balance? I will maintain 3-4k per month but can't guarantee
- How is the UPI speed and failure rate?
- Is UPI Lite supported on Fi/Federal account? Not the Fi app, but UPI Lite based on the account in PhonePe, Google Pay etc.
- I don't need virtual or physical debit card, paper statements etc. so I hope there will be no other fee for Standard plan.
Thanks!