UPI Meta Proposal Could Strengthen Bigger Apps, Fintech Firms Warn: Report | Times Now

India's fintech firms including Paytm, CRED, and Flipkart's Super.money have formally opposed the NPCI's proposed UPI Meta framework, which would allow merchants to store customers' preferred payment app for one-click checkout. The firms warn the system would entrench PhonePe and Google Pay's 80% market dominance by reducing user switching and locking smaller competitors out of customer acquisition.

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