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How UPI took India from cash to clicks: 10 years of a digital revolution
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Fusion42 · 27 August 2026 · Fusion42 review
UPI has transformed India's payment ecosystem over the past decade, enabling a shift from cash to digital transactions with massive scale and deep integration into everyday commerce. It processed over 24,000 crore transactions in FY2025-26, supporting a vast network of banks and a dominance in person-to-merchant payments.
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India's payment landscape now demands UPI integration to compete at scale. If your fintech product lacks UPI compatibility, it faces losing daily transaction volume to established players embedded in everyday commerce.
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