’India’s success with UPI offers replicable model for other nations’
Live MintNew Delhi, December 7 : India's success with UPI offers a replicable model for other nations, a paper written by noted experts asserted, arguing that how this indigenous fintech solution combined public digital infrastructure with open banking policies to reduce financial exclusion, foster innovation, and promote equitable economic growth. In regions with high UPI adoption, loans to new-to-credit borrowers grew by 4 per cent, and to subprime borrowers by 8 per cent, the paper claimed. Since its launch in 2016, the Unified Payments Interface has transformed financial access in India, enabling 300 million individuals and 50 million merchants to perform seamless digital transactions. According to the paper, a 10 per cent increase in UPI transactions led to a 7 per cent rise in credit availability, reflecting how digital financial histories enabled lenders to assess borrowers better.