Bharat Express

National Payments Corporation of India

The partnership will initially roll out UPI acceptance across Dubai Duty-Free, offering a seamless shopping and payment experience for over 12 million Indian tourists visiting Dubai and the UAE annually.

In a remarkable milestone for India’s digital payments ecosystem, Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions hit an all-time high in December 2024.

India's UPI has reached a milestone, with transactions hitting 15.48 billion in November, marking a 38% year-on-year growth.

UPI transactions saw a record 15.48 billion transactions in November, marking a 38% year-on-year growth, according to data from the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).

The average daily transaction amount peaked at Rs 66,903 crore, with an average daily transaction count of 463 million throughout June.

A great experience using UPI Foreign delegates who came to India ahead of the G20 meeting praised the effort and reported having a “great” experience utilising the Unified Payments Interface technology after having the chance to do so. “I have been using the G20 UPI application…has been great,” one of the participants stated. I may …