• By Travelspoc

Now, Indian Tourists Can Use UPI For Their Eiffel Tower Visit

For this pioneering project, NIPL has partnered with Lyra, a prominent player in e-commerce and proximity payments in France. Established in April 2020, NIPL stands as a wholly-owned subsidiary and the international arm of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), a pivotal operator of retail payments and settlement systems in India, backed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

NIPL’s collaboration with Lyra

For this pioneering project, NIPL has partnered with Lyra, a prominent player in e-commerce and proximity payments in France. Established in April 2020, NIPL stands as a wholly-owned subsidiary and the international arm of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), a pivotal operator of retail payments and settlement systems in India, backed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

Eiffel Tower leads the way in Europe

The Eiffel Tower now stands as the first site in Europe to accept UPI payments, making France the first-ever country on the continent to embrace this digital payment mechanism. Furthermore, the successful implementation of digital payment at the iconic landmark paves the way for the extension of UPI services to various other tourism and retail merchants across the European nation.