Tag: India digital payments
BANKING & FINANCE UPI Turns 10: How It Scaled From 1.78 Crore To 24,162 Crore Transactions

The Unified Payments Interface (UPI), launched on August 25, 2016 by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) under the regulatory oversight of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), completes a decade of transforming the way India makes payments. What started as a digital payments platform has evolved into the backbone of India’s digital payments […]

CW Bureau · Aug 24, 2026
ECONOMY Swipe, Scan & Send: How Fast The New Money Language Is Evolving

Not long ago, a simple financial transaction demanded time, effort, and patience. Paying bills meant standing in long queues. Sending money required a visit to the bank, filling out forms, and waiting days for confirmation. For millions in India without access to banking, it meant exclusion from the financial system itself. That India, however, is […]

CW Bureau · Apr 11, 2026