Did You Know? Bhutan Was The World¡¯s First Country To Start Using India¡¯s UPI
At present, more than 40 countries have either already started or have said yes to soon adopt and launch India's UPI in their respective nations. But do you know which was the world¡¯s first country to begin using India¡¯s UPI? It was Bhutan.
At a time when India is conducting billions of UPI transactions every month, the digital revolution¡¯s popularity is growing day by day in foreign nations as well. After France¡¯s iconic Eiffel Tower started adopting UPI earlier this month, Sri Lanka and Mauritius became the latest countries to say yes to India¡¯s UPI this week.
At present, more than 40 countries have either already started or have said yes to soon adopt and launch India's UPI in their respective nations. But do you know which was the world¡¯s first country to begin using India¡¯s UPI?
Which Was The World¡¯s First Country To Start Using India¡¯s UPI?
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In July 2021, India's FM Nirmala Sitharaman, along with her Bhutan counterpart Lyonpo Namgay Tshering, jointly launched BHIM¨CUPI in India's neighbor nation. While speaking on the occasion, FM Sitharaman said that the services have started in Bhutan under India's neighbourhood first policy and India is proud of our achievement and feel pleasure in sharing it with our valued neighbour.
As per press release by Ministry of External Affairs at that time, "Bhutan is the first country to adopt UPI standards for its QR deployment, and the first country in our immediate neighbourhood to accept mobile based payments through the BHIM App."
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India's Finance Minister Sitharaman said that BHIM UPI is one of the brightest spot and an achievement for digital transactions in India during the time of COVID-19 pandemic with more than 100 million UPI QRs have been created in last 5 years and BHIM UPI in 2020-21 has processed 22 billion transactions worth value Rs 41 lakh crore. The Finance Minister of Bhutan, Lyonpo Namgay Tshering, thanked and appreciated the Government of India for the launch of BHIM-UPI services in Bhutan and added that the bond between the two countries has become stronger each passing day.
Finance Minister @nsitharaman along with Finance Minister of Bhutan Lyonpo Namgay Tshering jointly launched BHIM¨CUPI in Bhutan today.
¡ª Randhir Jaiswal (@MEAIndia) July 13, 2021
This fulfils commitment made during the PM @narendramodi¡¯s visit to Bhutan in 2019.
Press Release: https://t.co/FPZkQYmHWt pic.twitter.com/1xnbMXhZ5R
List Of 40+ Countries Adopting India's UPI
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After Bhutan became the world's first country to start using India's digital payment revolution UPI, more than 40 countries have either already started using UPI or have said yes to soon adopt it.
1.Bhutan
2.Oman
3.France
4.Nepal
5.UK
6.UAE
7.Singapore
8.Malaysia
9.Thailand
10.Hong Kong
11.Philippines
12.South Korea
13. Japan
14.Indonesia
15.Vietnam
16.Sri Lanka
17.Egypt
18.USA
19.Mauritius
20.Australia
21.Saudi Arabia
22.Qatar
23.Austria
24.Belgium
25.Croatia
26.Cyprus
27.Estonia
28.Finland
29.Germany
30.Greece
31.Ireland
32.Italy
33.Latvia
34.Lithuania
35.Luxembourg
36.Malta
37.Netherlands
38.Portugal
39.Slovakia
40.Slovenia
41.Spain
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