Business● LowSep 17 · Sep 17, 2026, 11:18 AM
India to impose controversial fee for UPI instant payments: Who benefits?
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Al Jazeera [en] · South Asia
It's the end of an era for India's popular instant digital payments system, which has been free of charge until now.
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