The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) announced on June 17, 2022, that Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and RuPay cards will soon be accepted in France. After Singapore, UAE, Nepal, and Bhutan, France will be the next country to accept payments using the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and RuPay Cards. The development was made possible following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL) and Lyra Network, a France-based payment services provider.