The Overnight Success That Took Forty Years

India’s UPI success was not the result of a single grand design.
This discussion, based on the book Cashless Nation, traces the complex symphony of deliberate choices that built the world’s most consequential digital payments system and reshaped its relationship with money. If no one designed it, how did it come to work so well?
With perspectives from both the technology and banking sectors, the conversation promises rare insights into the transformative changes in India’s payments landscape. The authors bring years of work with NPCI and IDRBT, as well as boards and committees across the financial sector. Over decades and across successive governments, the RBI, the NPCI, banks, fintechs, telecoms, think tanks, and industry bodies all contributed, one decision at a time.
Venue: Seminar Halls


How UPI Became the World’s Biggest Payment Platform
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*Speakers*: Santanu Paul, B. Sambamurthy, Narayan Ramachandran
*Event Categories*: Books, Business, Development, Economics, Nonfiction, Policy & Regulation