PayU launches CLI & Builder MCP - The ai-powered developer tools that turn days of payment integration into hours. If you've ever spent days wrestling with payment gateway documentation just to ship a checkout integration, PayU just made that pain a lot smaller. India's leading fintech platform has launched... June 25, 2026 If you've ever spent days wrestling with payment gateway documentation just to ship a checkout integration, PayU just made that pain a lot smaller. India's leading fintech platform has launched two powerful developer tools - PayU CLI and PayU Builder MCP - designed to bring payment infrastructure directly to where developers and operations teams already live: the terminal and the IDE. Table of contents. PayU Builder MCP - Integration in hours, not days. PayU Builder MCP is an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that connects AI coding assistants like Cursor, VS Code, and Claude Desktop directly to PayU's APIs. Instead of manually reading docs or copy-pasting sample snippets, developers can simply ask their AI assistant for checkout integration code and receive production-ready output - complete with error handling, webhook verification, and built-in security best practices. What makes this genuinely different from traditional documentation is that it doesn't just give you boilerplate. It delivers IDE-native, context-aware code across 7+ languages without requiring developers to leave their working environment. For a team building a new payment experience, this can mean shipping in hours rather than waiting days. PayU CLI - terminal-first payment operations. PayU CLI solves a different but equally frustrating problem: the day-to-day operational grind of managing payments through multiple web dashboards. With the CLI, operations and DevOps teams can run the full range of payment workflows - creating and sending payment links, searching transactions, processing refunds, reviewing settlements, and generating reports - all from a single command terminal. It also supports multi-account management and seamless switching between test and production environments, making it particularly valuable for teams managing payments across multiple merchants. A real-world example: instead of logging into a dashboard to generate a payment link, an ops team member simply types a command requesting an INR 5,000 payment link - and it's done instantly. How the two tools work together. The real power comes when both tools are used across the full payment lifecycle: During Integration | Developer uses Builder MCP via Cursor to generate copy-paste-ready payment checkout code. Integration ships in hours. After Go-Live | Operations team uses PayU CLI to monitor transactions, track settlements, process refunds - all from the terminal, no dashboard required. As PayU's CTO Narendra Babu put it, the goal is to bring PayU's payment infrastructure to where developers already work. These are the first steps in that direction - and for any team that has felt the friction of traditional payment integrations, they're meaningful ones. PayU currently powers digital payments for 4.5 lakh+ businesses across India, supporting 100+ payment methods including UPI, credit/debit cards, net banking, wallets, EMIs, and more. For more on the latest fintech tools and payment technology updates, check out its PayU and fintech coverage and developer tools and tech news roundup on TechnoSports. FAQs. Q: What is PayU Builder MCP and how does it help developers? PayU Builder MCP is an AI-native server that connects coding assistants like Cursor and VS Code to PayU's APIs, generating production-ready integration code in 7+ languages directly inside your IDE - cutting integration time from days to hours. Q: What tasks can PayU CLI perform from the command line? PayU CLI lets teams create payment links, search and filter transactions, process refunds, review settlements, and generate reports - all directly from the terminal without navigating any web dashboard.

Flipkart, Axis Bank and PayU roll out biometric card payments to replace OTPs in India. Flipkart, Axis Bank and PayU have introduced biometric authentication for card payments on Flipkart, allowing users to approve transactions via fingerprint or Face ID on supported Android and iOS devices instead of entering a one-time password. The service is initially enabled for Axis Bank cardholders through issuer-level biometric verification, positioning Flipkart among the first major Indian e-commerce platforms to roll out biometric authentication for card payments. According to the companies, the new flow is designed to reduce friction in digital payments by replacing SMS-based OTPs with a faster mechanism that mirrors how consumers already unlock and use their smartphones. The partners say the feature is backed by device fingerprinting and additional security checks aimed at lowering the risk of SIM-swap and OTP-related fraud. Under the arrangement, PayU manages merchant-side infrastructure, including device security and authentication flows, while Axis Bank uses Wibmo, a PayU company, to handle biometric verification on the issuer side. The launch comes against the backdrop of a sharp rise in digital payment fraud in India, with fraud values reported as having increased more than fivefold to exceed ₹1,400 crore in FY 2024, based on Reserve Bank of India-linked data. It also aligns with the RBI's "Authentication Mechanisms for Digital Payment Transactions Directions, 2025," which explicitly encourages the industry to adopt biometric and risk-based authentication in place of SMS OTPs. Flipkart, Axis Bank and PayU frame the initiative as consistent with this regulatory direction, arguing that it can strengthen security, improve transaction success rates and support a more resilient payments ecosystem. Executives from the three companies describe the rollout as part of a broader push to embed safety and trust into digital payments while meeting expectations for quicker, more seamless checkouts. They characterize device-bound biometric card authentication as a step in India's transition away from OTPs and as a model for the next generation of secure digital transactions.