Hike Messenger becomes India’s First Messaging App to launch payments

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Hike Messenger introduced Hike Wallet, transferring money to your friends and family in a new form of social expression. Wallet has instant bank to bank transfer feature through UPI with power packed security with 128 bit SSL encryption.

With Unified Payments Interface support enabled in Hike 5.0, users can do free and instant bank to bank transfers with an added advantage of Blue Packets, which is simply a beautifully designed envelope that users can insert money into and send to their friends. Users can choose from over 10 differently beautifully crafted envelopes and also add a personalized message to it to celebrate those special occasions.

With Hike 5.0 users can recharge their phones and pay their postpaid bill right from inside Hike. With more than 100 million registered users currently on Hike Messenger, this launch makes Hike the largest UPI based platform in India overnight.