Current Affairs - 2022

The NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL) has partnered with Gateway Payments Service Pvt Ltd to launch Unified Payments Interface(UPI) in which country?

Nepal

Bhutan

China

Bangladesh

Correct Answer : Nepal

The international arm of National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) - NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL) - has partnered with Gateway Payments Service Pvt Ltd, authorised Payment System Operators in Nepal, and Manam Infotech Private Limited to deploy Unified Payments Interface (UPI) in Nepal, making it the first country outside India to adopt UPI as a payments platform

The firm intends to deploy UPI in Nepal for the larger "Digital Public Good" and to bolster interoperable real-time Person to person (P2P) and Merchant payment transactions (P2M), according to an official statement issued by NIPL.

"We are delighted to join hands with GPS and Manam Infotech to facilitate the deployment of NPCI's flagship Unified Payments Interface in Nepal," said Ritesh Shukla, CEO of NIPL.

Source : Business Today

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