Fast payments beyond speed: India’s pioneering experience Laurent GonnetGynedi SrinivasGuillermo Galicia Rabadan January 21, 2026 This page in: English

https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/psd/fast-payments-beyond-speed--india-s-pioneering-experience India’s digital payments journey has reshaped global imagination. At a moment when many countries still viewed fast payments as tools for high-value bank-to-bank settlement, India reimagined them as a universal service built for people and everyday life. That vision fundamentally reshaped understanding how payments could improve lives.