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[โ€“] hehehe@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago (2 children)

We got UPI in india and it's amazing. You use it and feel like the rest of the world is living in the past.

[โ€“] drmoose@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Every country except US has an equivalent system tho.

[โ€“] owsei@programming.dev 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

How does India and Brazil (PIX) have that but US/EU doesn't?

[โ€“] embed_me@programming.dev 3 points 10 months ago

To me, it is a bastard child who turned out noble. In India, the government a few years back had announced overnight invalidity of the highest two denominations of cash notes, in an ill-informed attempt to "eliminate black money". The alternative note to replace the two, was of even a higher denomination and often in scarcity due to the sudden and unplanned decision. (ATMs were malfunctioning due to the different size of the note). It was a chaotic time and many daily-wage earners, and other vulnerable groups, the economy as a whole suffered. These events indirectly led to a very good technological infrastructure, but I will always believe that the price included some of our blood. (It didn't have to be)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Indian_banknote_demonetisation