Historic Moent for India, UPI started operations in France

UPI has started its first International presence in France.

France's government has allowed UPI to work in the country. The National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI) has partnered with Lyra to provide the UPI payments in Europe which has been started from the Eiffel Tower.

This historic journey started on February 2nd from the iconic place of Paris, Eiffel Tower it means the tourist can book their trips using India's payment system.

France became the first country in Europe to accept the UPI payment which was officially announced by the Indian Embassy and France government combiendly in a meeting to celebrate India's Republic Day.

"UPI formally launched at the iconic Eiffel Tower at the huge Republic Day reception implementing PM Narendra Modi's announcement and the vision of taking UPI global."-Indian Ambessy in France officially announced on the X platform.

"At NIPL our ambition is to enable acceptance of NPCI's payment solution in international markets and create a truly interoperable Global Payment system. We aim at actively collaborating with financial institutions worldwide to establish partnerships and provide consumers with convenient and Secure cross-model payment solutions through the strategic partnership with Lyra. We have taken another step forward toward this goal." Said Ritesh Shukla CEO of NIPLto NIA.