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Bhutan Becomes First Country To Adopt India’s Unified Payment Interface (UPI): Fin Min
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched BHIM-UPI services in Bhutan in a virtual ceremony, making it the first neighboring country to adopt the services
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On Tuesday, July 13, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched BHIM-UPI services in Bhutan via a virtual press conference. With this launch, Bhutan becomes the first country to adopt India’s Unified Payment Interface (UPI) and the second country after Singapore to have BHIM-UPI acceptance at merchant locations.
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. (9/9)