At the heart of this transformation is the Unified Payments Interface, better known as UPI. Launched in 2016 by the National Payments Corporation of India, UPI has changed how people send and receive money in the country.
Unified Payments Interface (UPI), India's flagship digital payments system, continues to reshape the country's digital economy while also emerging as a tool of diplomatic outreach and international collaboration.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's upcoming five-nation tour, beginning on July 2, will see significant advancements in India's bilateral relations with African nations of Ghana and Namibia, with discussions to include setting up of a vaccine hub in Ghana and the expansion of the Unified Paym
In a major push to digitize citizen services, Uganda is set to roll out an Aadhaar-like digital identification system based on India-developed open-source technology and is exploring the adoption of Unified Payments Interface (UPI) to cut down transaction costs across the economy.
The Payments Council of India (PCI), an industry body representing a diverse range of non-banking payment industry players, with 180 members, has submitted a formal letter to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking urgent reconsideration of the Zero Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) policy for
Despite a moderation in its Unified Payments Interface (UPI) market share, Paytm continues to hold a dominant position in the merchant payments business, with 85 per cent of its Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) coming from merchants. The company expects GMV to grow at a 24 per cent compound ann
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the land that gave the world the concept of zero, is now becoming the land of infinite innovations, adding that India was not only innovating but also "Indovating," meaning innovating the Indian way.
Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has potential for other countries to learn from the experience and get ideas on how to adopt it in their own countries, said Professor Carlos Montes, Lead Innovation Hub, University of Cambridge Business School.
The Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has registered achieved 15,547 crore transactions worth Rs 223 lakh crore from January to November this year, the Finance Ministry said on Saturday.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Tuesday had firsthand experience of India's digital payment transactions when he used the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transaction to buy a Ganesh statue in Mumbai.