Rising clout: Which countries have adopted NPCI-backed UPI payments so far

With Europe being the latest addition to the list, several countries across the globe are adopting UPI for P2P, P2M and cross-border payments

The National Payments Corporation of India International Payments Ltd (NIPL) entered into a partnership with European payments facilitator, Worldline to enable payments through the United Payments Interface (UPI).

Under the partnership, Worldline's QR code-based mechanism will allow merchants' Point-of-Sale (PoS) systems in Europe to accept UPI payments from Indians using their mobile phones. Later, Indians will also be able to use RuPay debit and credit cards for making payments in Europe.

NIPL is the international arm of NPCI.

Which other countries allow payments through UPI?

On September 13, 2021, NIPL signed an agreement with Singapore-based Liquid Group to enable UPI