{"id":162566,"date":"2024-02-16T14:31:04","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T09:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=162566"},"modified":"2024-02-16T14:31:05","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T09:01:05","slug":"india-launches-upi-payments-at-eiffel-tower-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/india-launches-upi-payments-at-eiffel-tower-in-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"India Launches UPI Payments at Eiffel Tower in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: revert; color: initial;\"> <\/span>India has officially introduced the\u00a0<b>Unified Payments Interface (UPI)<\/b>\u00a0at the iconic\u00a0<b>Eiffel Tower<\/b>\u00a0in Paris, marking a significant step towards realizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s vision of globalizing UPI. This initiative follows the digital payments sector agreement signed between India and France in July of the previous year, making France the first European country to adopt India\u2019s UPI for retail transactions.<\/p> <p class=\"MsoNormal\">UPI at Eiffel Tower \u2013 Historic Move<\/p> <p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b>India\u2019s National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)<\/b>\u00a0has successfully launched UPI payments at the Eiffel Tower, making it the first merchant in France to offer this service. This move aligns with Prime Minister Modi\u2019s push for a global presence of UPI.<\/p> <p class=\"MsoNormal\">France-India Digital Payments Agreement<\/p> <p class=\"MsoNormal\">The collaboration between\u00a0<b>India and France<\/b>\u00a0in the digital payments sector, initiated in July, allows the use of India\u2019s UPI for retail payments in France. This groundbreaking agreement positions France as the pioneer in embracing UPI on the European continent.<\/p> <p class=\"MsoNormal\">Partnership with Lyra for UPI Acceptance<\/p> <p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b>NPCI International Payments (NIPL)<\/b>\u00a0has partnered with French e-commerce and proximity payments company, Lyra, to facilitate the acceptance of UPI payments in France. The strategic tie-up ensures a seamless integration of the UPI payment mechanism, starting with the Eiffel Tower.<\/p> <p class=\"MsoNormal\">Tourist-Friendly Payment Option<\/p> <p class=\"MsoNormal\">With Indian tourists ranking as the second largest group of international visitors to the Eiffel Tower, the UPI payment system offers a convenient and familiar payment method. Tourists can simply scan a QR code on the merchant\u2019s website to initiate payments, enhancing the overall experience for Indian travelers.<\/p> <p class=\"MsoNormal\">Expansion Plans Beyond Eiffel Tower<\/p> <p class=\"MsoNormal\">While Eiffel Tower becomes the pioneer, plans are underway to extend UPI payments to other merchants in the tourism and retail sectors across France and eventually throughout Europe. This expansion aligns with the broader vision of making UPI a globally accepted payment mechanism.<\/p> <p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India has officially introduced the\u00a0Unified Payments Interface (UPI)\u00a0at the iconic\u00a0Eiffel Tower\u00a0in Paris, marking a significant step towards realizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s vision of globalizing UPI. This initiative follows the digital payments sector agreement signed between India and France in July of the previous year, making France the first European country to adopt India\u2019s UPI [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":162567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5231],"tags":[1475],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-162566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-february-2024","tag-daily-current-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162566"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162568,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162566\/revisions\/162568"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162566"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/offerexpiration?post=162566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}