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The hassle of carrying cash, and converting currency has been reduced for Indians travelling to Sri Lanka as they can now make quick and safe payments using PhonePe’s UPI app

Antero Greco, Silvio Luiz and Apolinho are icons of sports journalism in the country

UPI is heaven-sent for consumers, but banks don’t make a dime off it. It is also the cause of banking system outages that tarnish a bank’s reputation

Ebanx helps nearly 300 brands process payments in multiple countries across Latin America and Africa. It now wants to enter India, which will be its first market in Asia. It will offer payments infrastructure for global brands looking to sell to Indian consumers, who can use Ebanx to pay through the local currency and by using local payment methods.

These NRI customers can pay using UPI in India using foreign mobile number. Earlier, in order to create a UPI ID and use any UPI app, an NRI required a working Indian mobile number. This will reduce non-resident Indians (NRIs) the cost of keeping an active Indian mobile number.

India and Ghana have agreed to operationalise Unified Payment Interface (UPI) with Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems within six months in order to enable instant fund transfers for users in both countries, the Commerce Ministry said.

UPI payments can already be made in countries such as France, UAE, Sri Lanka and Mauritius

It can be noted that since the introduction of the CBDC in late 2022, there have been concerns about the privacy aspect, with some saying that the electronic nature will leave a trail of where all the currency has been used, unlike cash which offers anonymity.

Mumbai, May 6 (PTI) Governor Shaktikanta Das on Monday said that permanent deletion of transactions can make the e-rupee or central bank digital currency (CBDC) become anonymous and make it at par with paper currency.

Located offshore Brazil in the Santos basin, Tupi is the country’s largest producing field, with an average volume of 850,000 bopd, accounting for 20% of the total produced in Brazil, according to Petrobras.