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PM Modi hails INDIA'S digital payment journey
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Fusion42 · 27 August 2026 · Fusion42 review
India's Unified Payments Interface (UPI) completed a decade, with transaction volume rising from 1.78 crore in 2016-17 to over 24,162 crore in 2025-26, becoming a major factor in the country's digital payments and financial inclusion.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Fintech, and 7 sources have reported it between 25 Aug 2026 and 26 Aug 2026.
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India's digital payment market just scaled massively in volume and value, opening opportunities for payment startups to build on this massive growth wave. You need to move fast to secure partnerships and users before this market consolidates further.
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7 sources · first reported 25 Aug 2026 · latest 26 Aug 2026
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