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Credit Card Integration with UPI to Accelerate Card Usage and Expand Merchant ...
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Fusion42 · 5 September 2026 · Fusion42 review
India's credit card usage is set to grow rapidly due to integration with the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), enabling credit transactions via UPI QR codes even at merchants without traditional Point-of-Sale terminals, thus expanding credit card acceptance in underserved rural and small merchant markets.
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Your fintech product can now reach deeper into India's rural and small merchant markets by tapping UPI's QR code rails for credit transactions, bypassing the need for costly Point-of-Sale terminals. This opens a path to new customers who previously avoided credit cards due to acceptance issues.
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