Indian payments chief thinks AI will be heavily involved in next era of digital payment growth
Dilip Asbe, head of the National Payments Corporation of India, outlines plans to integrate AI into the UPI digital payment system to drive growth and security. The initiative aims to simplify user onboarding through voice solutions and improve fraud detection as India targets a billion daily transactions.
Why it matters
As India's digital payment infrastructure is among the world's largest, its adoption of AI-driven financial services could set a global precedent for scaling fintech in emerging markets.
India’s digital payment share has increased over the years, with the Unified Payment Interface (UPI) growing to over 750 million daily transactions. With an aim to reach over a billion daily transactions, Dilip Asbe, MD and CEO of the National Payments Corporation of India, which oversees UPI, thinks AI would be heavily involved in the next phase for user growth, fraud prevention, and credit distribution.
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