UPI to used in Uzbekistan under new pact, becomes eleventh country to accept platform
NPCI International and Uzbekistan’s NIPC have entered into a partnership to enable UPI payments across Uzbekistan, a finance ministry statement said.
The partnership will enable Indian tourists, business travellers and students to make instant merchant payments by scanning Uzbekistan’s national interoperable QR code, UZQR.
NPCI International Payments Ltd (NIPL), the international arm of the National Payments Corporation of India, entered into a commercial agreement with National Interbank Processing Centre JSC (NIPC), operator of Uzbekistan’s national payment system, HUMO, on August 30, 2026, the ministry said.
