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PM Modi hails 10 years of UPI as a major turning point in India's digital payments
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Fusion42 · 25 August 2026 · Fusion42 review
India's Unified Payments Interface (UPI) celebrated its 10th anniversary, hailed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a pivotal development that transformed the country's digital payments infrastructure since its 2016 launch under the Reserve Bank of India's oversight.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Fintech, and 20 sources have reported it between 25 Aug 2026 and 9 Sep 2026.
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India's digital payments have shifted from fragmented to unified with UPI's scale, opening the door for fintech founders to build on this standard for faster market adoption. You need to integrate or innovate around UPI to avoid falling behind in India's payment space.
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20 sources · first reported 25 Aug 2026 · latest 9 Sep 2026
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