Divya Delhi:   You will be charged if you use Google Pay, the Unified Payments Interface platform, to pay your gas or electricity bills. A fee ranging from 0.5% to 1% of the transaction value and the Goods & Services Tax will be assessed by the UPI platform if a user pays their bills using a debit or credit card. In 2023, the tech giant charged Rs 3 for mobile recharges. According to the Economic Times, the recent action has been referred to as a "convenience fee." According to the allegation, a customer who paid with a credit card was assessed a "convenience fee" of Rs 15. This charge was a credit or debit card processing fee, which included According to a source with knowledge of the matter, Google Pay's recent move to impose processing fees is a big step in the right direction. The platform charges for transactions in an effort to cover transaction costs. Since many fintech companies pass the transaction cost on to their clients, processing fees have become the new standard. Although Google Pay's website states that it covers the cost of debit and credit card payments, it did not specify when the modifications were made. Bill payments made using credit or debit cards are also subject to fees on other platforms, such as PhonePe and Paytm.