Three-four countries keen on UPI, says NPCI MD & CEO Dilip Asbe

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Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has generated interest from 3-4 countries, National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)’s Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Dilip Asbe said on Monday.

The countries had shown interest in adopting UPI but it might take another 12 months to sign up, Asbe said on the sidelines of the first G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI) in Kolkata.

“We have received intent from 3-4 countries and we are in the process of working out the next details.”

NPCI, which set up NPCI International about a year and a half back, is looking to support the countries