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UPI at Ten: How India Built a ₹314 Lakh Crore Payments Revolution

A decade after its quiet 2016 launch, UPI has grown 13,000-fold in transaction volume and now accounts for nearly half of all real-time payments processed globally.

Editorial Desk · 24 Aug 2026

Digital

UPI's Global Ambition: How India's Payment Stack Is Rewriting the World's Rules

With nearly half of all real-time global transactions now running on UPI rails, India's homegrown payments system is becoming a geopolitical and financial export of consequence.

Editorial Desk · 24 Aug 2026