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- Sebi Valid UPI system launched to prevent fraud and assign unique verifiable UPIs with a green thumbs-up icon
- Rollout of this feature will begin on October 1, 2025
- Sebi Check will let users verify UPI IDs and ensure payments go to genuine recipients to strengthen trust.
SEBI Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey announces ‘SEBI Chek’—a new UPI handle verification tool to help investors confirm if a payment ID belongs to a registered entity. Transition begins soon; usage will remain optional.#SEBI #SEBIChek #UPI #TuhinKantaPandey #Investment… pic.twitter.com/kwKu0XPWKY
— Moneycontrol (@moneycontrolcom) June 11, 2025
On June 11, 2025, India’s market watchdog, Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), introduced a new tool that is set to shield investors from fraud. This tool is known as Valid and is a fresh UPI-based payment system designed to ensure that the client’s money reaches the correct place every time.
More About Valid
Valid gives everyone who has been registered in Sebi, like think brokers, mutual funds, investment advisers, a UPI ID which also comes stamped with a unique suffix ‘@valid’ and also the bank name alongside it. To make it clearer for the people, they will also see a little green thumbs-up icon, which is enclosed in a triangle, when the client’s funds are heading to a verified and legitimate source.
Why Valid will be a Game Changer
Over the past few years, UPI has revolutionised how people can invest, which is a simple, fast, and reliable method. But the success of the UPI has also brought about unwanted company, which is fraudsters using fake UPI IDs to target well-meaning investors. With Valid, Sebi will put an end to all of the above.
The investor can now have a clear visual stamp of what they can legitimise since their payment is safe as well as intended. For the intermediates, they will benefit from getting registered as they will now they paid faster with rightful recognition as well as avoiding confusion with the imitators.
How it Works
The feature will begin its rollout on 1st October 2025, and it will be mandatory for intermediaries to share these IDs as well. As for the investors, it is recommended to use Valid, but it is completely optional for them. The transactions will also be capped at Rs 5,00,000 per day, and Sebi will review it periodically as well.
Sebi Check
Alongside the release of Valid, Sebi is also launching another sweet idea-Sebi Check, which is a comfort blanket for the users. They will be able to verify their UPI ID, either by scanning the QR code or by entering it directly. Users will also get confirmation of the intermediary’s bank details, so they do not have to pay blindly.
By the launch of these two features, Sebi is safeguarding trust and money for the investors to navigate the markets safely, so as to keep up with the fast-paced digital world. Transactions will be more secure, the intermediaries will also feel supported, and finally, the market will be fairer.
Conclusion
Sebi’s introduction of Valid and the Sebi Check marks a compassionate and forward-thinking step towards creating a more secure and transparent investment ecosystem. As digital transactions become increasingly central to how Indians invest and also interact with financial markets, these will not just be tools but assurances of safety, clarity, and trust. By empowering these investors with easy and recognisable visual cues and secure payment channels, and holding intermediaries to higher standards of verification. In a time where confidence is everything, these measures will also reaffirm that India’s markets will evolve with time.
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