The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) together with NPCI worldwide funds ltd (NIPL) will work in direction of taking UPI to twenty international locations by FY29. RBI Annual report says prospects can be explored for rising the worldwide footprints of UPI and RuPay.
“In light of goals for Viksit Bharat 2047, the Reserve Bank, along with NPCI International Payments Ltd. (NIPL) will work towards taking UPI to 20 countries with initiation timeline of 2024-25 and completion timeline of 2028-29,” the report stated.
The RBI report additional provides “Fast Payment System (FPS) collaboration with group of countries like European Union and South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), as well as multilateral linkages will be explored”.
The Payments Vision Document 2025 of RBI has outlined increasing the worldwide outreach of UPI and RuPay playing cards as one of many key targets beneath the internationalisation pillar. The Reserve Bank is in talks with central banks of varied international locations for getting into into collaborative preparations.
In July 2023, the Reserve Bank and the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for interlinking their funds infrastructure. Under this MoU, India and UAE have agreed to cooperate on linking their Fast Payment Systems, UPI of India with Instant Payment Platform (IPP) of UAE known as Aani. Both international locations additionally agreed to hyperlink their respective Card Switches (RuPay change and UAESWITCH).
In February 2024, RuPay playing cards and UPI connectivity between India and Mauritius was launched. With this connectivity, an Indian traveller to Mauritius will have the ability to pay a service provider in Mauritius utilizing UPI apps. Similarly, a Mauritian traveller will have the ability to do the identical in India utilizing the moment cost system apps of Mauritius
In February 2024, UPI connectivity between India and Sri Lanka was launched. This connectivity has enabled Indian travellers to make QR code-based funds at service provider places in Sri Lanka utilizing UPI apps.
The Reserve Bank of India and Nepal Rastra Bank are additionally exploring the linkage of UPI platform of India and National Payments Interface of Nepal for enabling cross-border funds. In June 2023, NPCI International Payments Ltd. (NIPL) and Nepal Clearing House Ltd. (NCHL) signed a MoU for the aim
UPI cost by means of QR code is already accepted for service provider (e-commerce) funds in France and Nepal. India has some or different kinds of tie-ups with seven international locations for making funds by means of UPI.
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