1st European country to use UPI

• NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL) in partnership with Lyra, a French leader in securing e-commerce and proximity payments, has announced the acceptance of Unified Payments Interface (UPI) payment mechanism in France starting with the iconic Eiffel Tower.
  • Indian tourists rank as the second largest group of international visitors to the Eiffel Tower.
• UPI can be accepted internationally only if the payment operator in the home country has an arrangement with a similar payment operator in the overseas country.
• France has become the first European country to accept UPI.

ABOUT NIPL

• NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL) was incorporated on April 3, 2020, as a wholly-owned subsidiary of National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).
• As the international arm of NPCI, NIPL is devoted for deployment of NPCI’s indigenous, successful Real-Time Payment System – Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and Card Scheme – RuPay, outside of India.