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Notwithstanding the progress that the government has made in promoting cashless means of payment in the country, including premium projects such as Unified Payment Interface (UPI) and RuPay, users in India are still to replace cash with cashless payment systems. Data related to payment, clearing and settlement systems, collected by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in 23 major economies, reflects the fact that India stands far behind both developing peers and developed markets such as United States, China and the United Kingdom.
Another important point that the report outlines is the non-availability of Point of Sale (PoS) terminals which process cashless payments options. Today, most stores in India’s bustling metropolises have cashless payment options, but tier two and tier three cities still lag behind. Due to non-availability of cashless payment options, even a debit card user is forced to withdraw cash from banks and ATMs. This, in turn, adds to the high cash-to-GDP rate.
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