India's UPI expands to Greece, extending global payments footprint to 10 countries

India's Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has gone live in Greece, marking another step in the international expansion of the country's digital payments infrastructure and broadening its acceptance across Europe.Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal announced the launch during his official visit to Athens, where he witnessed a live demonstration of UPI transactions enabled through a partnership between Eurobank and NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL).According to Goyal, the collaboration allows eligible users to make instant, secure and low-cost digital payments using UPI, significantly reducing transaction costs compared with traditional cross-border payment methods.The Greece rollout comes weeks after India expanded UPI acceptance at Galeries Lafayette in Nice, France. Earlier, the payments platform was introduced at the Eiffel Tower in Paris, reflecting India's efforts to position UPI as a globally accepted payment network for travellers and merchants.Sharing details of the launch, Goyal said the growing international adoption of UPI demonstrates increasing confidence in India's technology-led digital public infrastructure and its ability to create value beyond domestic markets.Delighted to witness the live demonstration of the Eurobank-NIPL partnership enabling UPI services at Eurobank headquarters in Athens, alongside its CEO, Mr. Fokion Karavias, and CEO of Fairfax Digital Services, Mr. Sanjay Tugnait, marking another important milestone in the… pic.twitter.com/whBtb02UdO— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) June 30, 2026 With Greece joining the network, UPI is now accepted across 10 countries: Greece, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, France, Mauritius, Nepal, Bhutan, Qatar, Sri Lanka and Cambodia. The expansion allows Indian travellers to make payments abroad using familiar UPI-enabled applications without relying solely on cash or international cards.The overseas rollout is part of India's broader strategy to internationalise its digital public infrastructure, with NPCI International working alongside banks, payment providers and governments to integrate UPI into foreign payment ecosystems and facilitate faster, cheaper cross-border transactions.