UPI
Switch Solutions

Rated 5.0 on Clutch Reviews
  • Routing & Settlement
  • NPCI Compliance
  • Core Banking Integration
  • Fraud Monitoring
  • Scale

UPI transaction volume runs into billions a month, and it continues to rise as banks, NBFCs, and PSPs move more of their payment traffic onto the rails. Underneath every one of those transactions sits a UPI switch, the routing and settlement layer that decides where a payment goes and whether it settles cleanly. Most banks and PSPs access that layer through a certified TSP's shared platform. We build it instead as your own switch: routing, NPCI certification, and settlement reconciliation designed as one system around your transaction volume, for banks, NBFCs, and payment service providers planning to run on UPI at scale, not just accept it.

85%

Long-term Partnerships

75%

Mid-to-Senior Engineers

5+

Avg. Years of Engineer Experience

98%

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Where are you right now?

Payment routing, live: HDFC Bank, ICICI, PhonePe and Paytm routed through your own UPI switch to the NPCI network. 1 switch every rail, 0 vendor lock-in, 100% you own it.
Real-time throughput during a festival peak: 12,480 TPS, up 320% in 4 minutes, with a 99.98% success rate, 38 ms p99 latency, auto-scaled horizontally.
NPCI certification, built for certification rather than retrofitted: sandbox readiness 96%, TSP empanelment ready; encryption and key management, data storage within India, audit trail design, sandbox test suite 24 of 24 and NPCI technical spec conformance all pass.
What we build for the switch.

UPI switch infrastructure, built as one system

We build the routing engine, the core banking connections, the compliance controls, and the ongoing monitoring as one system, not separate vendor pieces stitched together. Each part is designed for the load and audits a real switch has to survive.

01 Switch architecture & routing Message routing that distributes load so one spike does not slow every channel.
A central UPI switch routing glowing transaction paths between connected bank and PSP nodes
Message routing /Transaction switching /Load distribution /Real-time processing

The routing engine reads every transaction and sends it to the right bank, PSP, or TPAP, applying the same principles that keep real-time transactions without delays across any payment stack. We design it to distribute load across servers, so a spike in one channel does not slow down every channel.

02 Core banking & PSP integration Connections between systems that were never built to talk to each other.
Two engineers reviewing core banking, integration flow and transaction log dashboards beside a server rack
Core banking connections /PSP and TPAP linkage /Account and ledger mapping /Legacy system connections

Your switch has to talk to core banking systems, PSPs, and TPAPs that were not built with each other in mind. We build the connections that let transactions move between them without manual reconciliation.

03 Compliance & certification Encryption, data localisation, and audit trails built in from day one.
A hand stamping a document beside a glowing certified-document icon
Encryption and data controls /Data storage within India /Audit trail design /NPCI certification support

NPCI certification testing expects specific technical standards, from encryption to data storage within India. We design the switch to meet those requirements from the first architecture decision, not as a late addition.

04 Monitoring & modernisation Real-time visibility, plus staged migration for an aging switch.
A man at a desktop monitor reviewing a banking operations dashboard of transactions and service requests
Real-time monitoring /Horizontal scaling /Legacy switch migration /Ongoing support

We build monitoring into the switch so failed and delayed transactions are visible immediately, not after a customer complains. For an aging switch, we migrate it in stages so your existing volume keeps moving while we modernise underneath it.

Why banks & PSPs pick us.

A team that ships UPI switch infrastructure

  • Payment infrastructure, not just apps

    Building a UPI switch differs from a checkout flow, and we treat it that way. Our engineers design for routing, settlement, and certification from day one.

  • We build for the audit, not around it

    NPCI certification is not an afterthought in how we design a switch. Encryption and audit trails are part of the architecture from day one.

  • Senior engineers from the first call

    You work with engineers from our fintech team in Bangalore who have built payment infrastructure before, not a team learning UPI on your project.

  • Modernise without losing what works

    If you have an existing UPI switch, we migrate it in stages, so live transactions keep moving while we rebuild underneath it.

The approach

Scoped, architected, and certified as one build

We map your money-movement flows and NPCI scope first, then design routing, core banking, and compliance as one system, built in tested increments and taken through certification into production. Part of our broader fintech practice across banking, payments, switch, lending, and insurance.

  1. Payment flow audited end to end
    Week 1

    Map flows and compliance scope

  2. Ledger settlement vs payout
    Week 2-3

    Design the switch architecture

  3. Load & resilience tests
    Build

    Build and test against load

  4. Integrations shipped in phases
    Launch and run

    Launch and keep it running

Questions, answered.

FAQs for UPI Switch

What is a UPI switch and why does my business need one?
A UPI switch is the routing and settlement layer that connects your systems to NPCI's UPI network, moving transactions between banks, PSPs, and TPAPs. Any bank, NBFC, or fintech handling UPI volume needs one, whether built in-house or run through a technology service provider.
Can you help us prepare for NPCI certification?
Yes. We design the switch to meet NPCI's technical specifications for TSP empanelment from the start, including the sandbox and testing stages, so NPCI certification is a checkpoint rather than a rebuild.
Can you modernise our existing UPI switch instead of replacing it?
Yes. Much of our work is modernisation: migrating routing and settlement logic in stages so your live transaction volume keeps moving while we rebuild the parts that need it.
How much does UPI switch development cost?
Cost depends on your existing infrastructure, your transaction volume, and how much of the switch needs to be built versus modernised. We scope this after a short discovery and agree the cost and timeline before any build work starts.
How do you handle scale during festivals or sale days?
We design the routing layer to distribute load across servers and scale horizontally, addressing the same root causes behind payment failures in fintech applications during peak load. This is tested against burst conditions before launch, not assumed. The same load discipline applies to our lending software development services, where origination spikes follow a similar seasonal pattern.

Building or modernising your switch?

Tell us about your transaction volume and where you are in the NPCI process. A senior engineer replies within one working day, no sales script.

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Tell us the build

Share your transaction volume, and bank and PSP relationships. We sign an NDA so it stays between us.

Talk it through

A senior engineer works through the routing, integrations, and NPCI certification requirements with you.

Get a clear plan

A scoped architecture plan with an honest cost band and NPCI certification built into the timeline.

Building a UPI switch? Book a UPI consult