Money on your phone, safely

9 parts, in order. A new one goes up every morning at 11:30, so this list grows until the series is complete.

  1. What Actually Happens When You Pay by UPI?The plain-English mechanics of a UPI payment, so the scams later in this series look obvious instead of memorised.
  2. Set Up UPI So a Lost Phone Costs You NothingArrange your account, your app lock and your limits once, so a stolen phone is an inconvenience instead of a loss.
  3. Where You Should Never Type Your UPI PINOne rule stops most UPI fraud: your PIN only ever sends money out, and only ever inside your own payment app.
  4. Someone Is Requesting Money, Not Sending ItHow to spot a UPI collect request pretending to be a refund, a prize or a payment on its way to you.
  5. Can Scanning a QR Code Take Money From You?What a QR code really holds, why every QR scam still needs your approval, and two checks to make at a shop counter.
  6. The Bank Call That Is Never From Your BankThe KYC-expiry and card-blocked phone scripts, what a real bank will never ask for, and why nobody needs to see your screen.
  7. Never Reach Your Bank Through a Search ResultCustomer care and net banking, done safely: reach your bank the way you already know, not through a search listing or a link.
  8. Why Shops No Longer Store Your Card NumberCard tokenisation explained without the jargon, and what it means for the cards you have saved on shopping apps.
  9. Turn Off the Card Payments You Never MakeThe switches and limits inside your bank app that shrink a stolen card down to almost nothing, channel by channel.

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