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UPI at 10: How India built world's largest real-time payment system
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Fusion42 · 26 August 2026 · Fusion42 review
India's Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has grown over ten years from a small digital payment experiment to the world's largest real-time payment system, processing 66 crore daily transactions with wide adoption among small vendors and consumers.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Fintech, and 37 sources have reported it between 20 Jul 2026 and 3 Oct 2026.
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India's UPI growth proves large-scale digital payment adoption is possible in cash-dominant economies, making it a live market to expand services beyond metros into rural and semi-urban areas. You should explore integrations with UPI or target merchants newly adopting digital payments.
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37 sources · first reported 20 Jul 2026 · latest 3 Oct 2026
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