August 16, 2026

India’s payments chief says AI will drive UPI from 750 million to a billion daily transactions

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India’s Unified Payment Interface has grown to over 750 million daily transactions, and the head of the body that oversees it says AI will be central to reaching a billion. Dilip Asbe, MD and CEO of the National Payments Corporation of India, told Te...