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Beyond payments: India aims to architect Indonesiaโ€™s digital future

Indiaโ€™s wildly popular digital payments system, which began as a way for people to send money instantly by phone, could help the country turn one of its biggest domestic technology successes into a tool of diplomacy, analysts say. That opportunity is coming into focus in Indonesia, Southeast Asiaโ€™s largest economy, where officials are studying whether Indiaโ€™s low-cost digital systems can be adapted to their own needs. The talks centre on the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), Indiaโ€™s instant...