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UPI transactions surge over 5 years; 12 countries adopt India's digital payment system
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Fusion42 · 20 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
India's UPI digital payment system processed 24.2 trillion transactions worth ₹314 lakh crore in FY 2025-26, with adoption now live in 12 countries across six continents including Singapore, UAE, France, Greece, and Cambodia. NPCI International Payments Ltd. is expanding UPI and RuPay infrastructure globally as a real-time payment alternative for partner nations.
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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If you build payment infrastructure or compliance tools for emerging markets, India just became a standards-setter: 12 countries are now live on UPI, and each one needs local partners to handle fraud, kyc, and settlement—that's where you get embedded. You're no longer selling to India; you're selling to whoever's next to adopt this stack.
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37 sources · first reported 20 Jul 2026 · latest 3 Oct 2026
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