MUMBAI -- U.S. and Indian companies are seeking to participate in a planned expansion of the payments system business in India, which is home to the world's largest online payments market. The Reserve Bank of India, the nation's central bank, plans to build a new payment system, with six consortia, whose members include Amazon and Facebook, aiming to win an operating license.
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Amazon, Facebook compete for India's digital payments business
US groups join with local companies to enter biggest online payments market
The number of online payments in India soared to 25.5 billion in 2020, up 70% on the year before and marking the world's highest number of transactions, far ahead of China's 15.7 billion. (Source photos by Ken Kobayashi and Kosaku Mimura)
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