Northeast takes the lead on digitisation: PhonePe Pulse Q1 2022 Data

North East Region (NER) has taken the lead on digitisation as Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has emerged as the most popular mode of payment in the region, according to PhonePe Pulse Q1 2022 Data.

According to a report by the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, UPI has now become the most popular mode of payment and 58 per cent of the total 1.5 million merchants in the northeast have been digitised.

The PhonePe Pulse data throws light on the varied use case of these digital payments trends seen in the NER. For instance, PhonePe is accepted as a payment option across