UPI revolution: Surpasses Visa with 650 million daily transactions; ‘leading the digital payment revolution!’ says Amitabh Kant

Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has overtaken Visa to become the world’s leading real-time payment system, processing over 650 million daily transactions compared to Visa’s 639 million. This milestone, achieved in just nine years, underscores UPI’s rapid growth and potential as a global digital payments leader. Developed by NPCI, UPI dominates India’s electronic retail payments and is expanding internationally.