India to introduce UPI payment service in Maldives for ‘very positive’ impact on tourism sector

India and Maldives have signed an agreement to introduce the Unified Payments Interface in the archipelago nation, which will have a “very positive” impact on its tourism sector, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said.

The Memorandum of Understanding was signed on Friday during Jaishankar’s three-day official visit to the Maldives.