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Inside India newsletter: The world’s largest real-time payments system will no longer be free for all
India's digital payment system, which processes more than 1 million transactions every two minutes for free now, will start charging fees to merchants.
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INDA (India ETF) · Why linked: Changes to India's digital payment system fee structure could affect the broader Indian financial and tech ecosystem tracked by the India ETF Market context: Neutral to slightly bearish; new fees on merchants may modestly slow payment volume growth but is not a market-moving structural shift
V (Visa) · Why linked: Visa is a global payments competitor that could be indirectly affected if India's UPI introduces merchant fees, potentially reshaping competitive dynamics Market context: Neutral; indirect linkage, unclear if UPI monetization shifts cross-border or domestic card usage
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