UPI Goes Live at Galeries Lafayette in France, Extending India's Rail to 9 Countries
India's UPI activated at Galeries Lafayette's Nice store via NIPL and Lyra Collect, opening seamless rupee-linked checkout for Indian travellers across the French chain. The rollout extends UPI's overseas footprint to nine countries and signals deepening integration of Indian payment rails into European luxury and department-store retail.
What happened
UPI/NIPL · India launched UPI at Galeries Lafayette department store in Nice, France, expanding its payments rail to nine countries. Commerce Minister Piyush
Key facts
- 9 countries
- 600 brands
Why this matters
NIPL's Lyra Collect partnership offers a replicable template for embedding UPI into European retail acquirers—evaluate similar tie-ups with PSPs serving luxury, travel-retail, and DFS chains to lock in tourist-corridor payment flows.