# Upi And Agentic Payments

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On 2020-08-18, I said the Covid-19 crisis had drastically accelerated the adoption of digital payments and that the digital future is here to stay. I invited people to watch a webinar at https://t.co/1s9bf3eX5G; the post did not specify what the webinar covered.

I shared a PFS survey about FinTechs boosting the penetration of financial products in India, mentioning @McKBanking. The captured post gives no survey findings, figures, or details about which products or FinTechs it covers.

On 2021-11-23, I said credit-card OTP verification needed a better process after struggling all afternoon to order lunch on Swiggy with an HDFC credit card. I wondered whether my Vodafone connection might be responsible, but did not establish the cause.

In a post dated 2022-11-22, I said: Indian banks are outstanding; international banks are terribly run; a simple bank transfer can take days and cost so much. I gave full credit to @PMOIndia, @RBI, @NandanNilekani, Indian banks, and everyone who helped create this ecosystem.

On 2022-11-12, I argued that potential benefits include remittances, the unbanked economy, and reducing subsidy leakage; existing systems need to adapt and new developments need regulation. I did not specify how regulation should work.

On 2022-11-12, I asked what it would take for India to embrace CBDC and credited research to @TheOddball__. The reply quotes @nikhilkamathcio’s views about potential benefits, adaptation, and regulation; I did not provide an answer or describe the research findings.

On 2022-11-22, I praised Indian banks and criticized international banks as poorly run. I questioned why a simple bank transfer could take days and cost so much, and gave full credit to @PMOIndia, @RBI, @NandanNilekani, Indian banks, and everyone who helped create the Indian banking ecosystem. I gave no transfer examples or supporting evidence for the comparison.

On 2022-11-12, I argued that criticism of CBDCs can miss potential benefits such as remittances, serving the unbanked economy, and reducing subsidy leakage. I also said that when something new enters a market, existing participants need to adapt and newcomers need to regulate the change; I did not specify how that regulation should work.

In a reply about CBDCs, I asked what it would take for a country like India to embrace one and credited the research to @TheOddball__. The reply quotes @nikhilkamathcio’s comments about possible CBDC benefits and market adaptation and regulation; those quoted views are attributed to that account, not independently established by my reply.

I said India Stack is “the” platform to build upon and that every young entrepreneur can benefit from it. I made the point in a post associated with @NandanNilekani on 2024-09-25 at 09:43 UTC, with #10YearsOfMakeInIndia and https://t.co/bRSgMMtfc6; the post does not explain how entrepreneurs can benefit.

I said India Stack is “the” platform to build upon and that every young entrepreneur can benefit from it; my post also mentioned @NandanNilekani and #10YearsOfMakeInIndia, but did not explain how entrepreneurs could benefit.

I described India Stack as “the” platform to build upon and said every young entrepreneur can benefit from this; the post did not explain how.

I asked whether payments protocols could shape geopolitics as oil did, and whether UPI should be an export rather than only a success. I framed an India-made standard adopted by other countries as “soft power by design.” I left these as questions, without claiming an outcome or giving a method for exporting UPI.

I asked whether payment protocols could shape geopolitics as oil did, describing an India-made standard adopted by other countries as “soft power by design.” I asked whether UPI should be an export, not just a success, without stating a policy or plan. The post included https://t.co/6Qm1WVGxo1; the reply itself linked to https://t.co/LQ5zuGLgkT.

A captured post dated 2025-10-30 at 03:37 UTC asks, “If oil shaped geopolitics, can payments protocols do it too?” It describes an India-made standard adopted by other countries as “soft power by design,” and asks, “Should UPI be an export, not just a success?” The captured reply itself contains https://t.co/LQ5zuGLgkT, and the repeated post includes https://t.co/6Qm1WVGxo1; the capture does not establish the standalone post’s author.

I see UPI as a payment system that feels simple because most of the processes that make it work are invisible.

I followed one payment all the way through with Sameer Nigam of PhonePe, Harshil Mathur of Razorpay, and Sohini Rajola of NPCI.

On 2026-10-13, I followed one UPI payment all the way through with Sameer Nigam (PhonePe), Harshil Mathur (Razorpay) and Sohini Rajola (NPCI).

I framed the payment discussion around who moves the money, who pays the cost, and where fraud fits in; the post did not provide answers to those questions.

I also raised the possibility of AI agents shopping and paying on people’s behalf, and asked what people would let an agent buy without asking first. I said the content was coming soon, but gave no details about safeguards or autonomous payment limits.

I describe UPI as feeling simple because most of what makes it work is invisible.

I asked, “What would you let an AI agent buy without asking you first?” The post left that question open.

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