[pkd]

Hey guy, I can tell you that a friend recently visited India and was told by the staff at the counter in the airport that the prepaid UPI wallet barely works and to not use it. Also since he landed in the night (like most flights from the West will), the counter was officially "closed" for this purpose and he had to haggle with the people at the counter to even get as far as he did.

UPI is a great system for Indians, but it is still hostile to anybody visiting without an Indian identity document. India's reliance on SMS for OTP codes is also super bad imo. There is no need to be defensive about UPI. It's good, but it can always be better.