Cash chaos bolsters India's digital payment system
Usage of Unified Payments Interface surges, with over 250,000 transactions in the first week of December
Mumbai
THE chaos caused by India's ban on high-denomination rupee notes has provided a boost to a national cashless payment platform that has struggled to gain traction.
Usage of the government-backed Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has surged, with more than 250,000 transactions in the first week of December, close to November's total of 287,000, central bank data show, as some Indians seek to circumvent the cash shortage that followed the government's surprise graft-busting move on Nov 8.
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