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UPI completes 10 glorious years, Emerges as World's Largest Real-Time Payments Platform ...

Published

30 July 2026

Topic

technology

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Fintech

Geography

India

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Read at pib.gov.in

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Fusion42 · 30 July 2026 · Fusion42 review

Marking its 10th anniversary, India's Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has become the world's largest real-time payments platform, accounting for 49% of global transaction volume. By FY 2025-26, the platform processed over 24,162 crore transactions valued at ₹314 lakh crore, with growing adoption in 8 other countries.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Fintech, and 35 sources have reported it between 20 Jul 2026 and 8 Sep 2026.

◆ The Wire takeaway

UPI is no longer just an Indian success story; it's the global benchmark for real-time payments, handling almost half the world's volume. Your play in India is not to compete with these rails, but to build the value-added services they don't yet offer.

Coverage

35 sources · first reported 20 Jul 2026 · latest 8 Sep 2026

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