Independence Day 2026: The road to UPI — India’s payments revolution was centuries in the making

Source: The Times of India· Jhanavi Pathak· August 15, 2026

India’s payments ecosystem has evolved dramatically, from hundis and merchant networks that moved value across long distances to formal banking, electronic transfers and the digital infrastructure behind UPI. Each technological leap solved the same fundamenta…

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