India looking to expand UPI acceptance, focusing on East Asia: DFS Secretary
India is working to expand the global footprint of its homegrown digital payment system, Unified Payments Interface (UPI), to more countries, with a special focus on East Asia, Financial Services Secretary M Nagaraju said on Tuesday.
UPI is currently accepted in eight countries — Bhutan, Singapore, Qatar, Mauritius, Nepal, the UAE, Sri Lanka and France — enabling Indian tourists to make digital payments for transactions abroad.
