India’s UPI Payments Developer Targets Diaspora For Growth
THE SO WHAT
UPI going after the Indian diaspora turns a domestic real-time rail into a cross-border payments wedge—pressure will rise on card networks and remittance providers on those corridors. If you touch consumer payments, assume customer expectations for instant, low-fee international transfers are about to reset on India-linked routes.
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