Spains President made UPI payment bought lord ganesha statue

Spain President UPI Payment: Spanish President Pedro Sanchez purchased the idol of Lord Ganesha in Mumbai during his visit to India. He purchased this idol using UPI. The Spanish President, who uses UPI, has become the latest high-profile foreign leader to adopt India’s leading digital payments technology. Pedro Sanchez’s use of UPI in India shows the growing influence of UPI at the global level.

However, before the President of Spain, the name of French President Emmanuel Macron comes to the fore for using UPI. The President of France started this trend by making UPI payment on the occasion of Republic Day in India in January this year.

Just a week after Macron’s visit, UPI was officially launched at the iconic Eiffel Tower in Paris. This visit of Sanchez took place during Diwali in India. On this occasion he participated in traditional festivities with his wife Begona Gomez.

India is making waves in the world of digital payments. PM of #Spain Pedro Sanchez uses #UPI transaction to buy a Ganesh statue in #Mumbai#DiwaliCelebrations pic.twitter.com/9CSBzZrMxe

— Amitabh Sinha (@amitabhnews18) October 29, 2024

The Spanish first couple lit lamps and lit pencil sparklers along with Indian locals. Apart from this, they also tasted laddus and other popular Indian sweets. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal posted on social media platform X and informed about the use of UPI by Pedro Sanchez.

“Experience India’s digital revolution first-hand. President Sanchez made payments through Unified Payments Interface (UPI) in Mumbai, with real-time transactions,” he wrote in the post.

UPI was launched by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) in 2016. UPI is regulated by RBI. This is a smartphone based payment system. Users using smartphones with UPI apps can do online transactions through phone number, QR code.