UPI goes live in Cambodia, unlocking 4.5M KHQR merchants for Indian tourists
NPCI International and ACLEDA Bank have switched on UPI acceptance across Cambodia's 4.5 million KHQR merchant outlets, letting Indian travellers pay via UPI apps. Reciprocal access for Cambodian visitors at Indian UPI merchants is slated next, extending India's payments rails deeper into Southeast Asian retail.
What happened
NPCI International and Cambodia's ACLEDA Bank have enabled UPI acceptance across 4.5 million KHQR merchant outlets in Cambodia. Indian travellers can now pay
Key facts
- 4.5 million merchant outlets
Why this matters
Scout Cambodian PSPs, KHQR aggregators, and tourist-facing retail chains as acquisition or partnership targets to ride the bidirectional UPI-KHQR corridor.