PayPal is making a strategic move into AI-powered commerce through a partnership with OpenAI. The integration will let users complete purchases directly within ChatGPT starting in 2026, signaling a fundamental shift in how we shop online.
India’s Unified Payments Interface is breaking out of its domestic sandbox with major international expansions. PayPal’s integration and launches in eight countries position UPI as both technological innovation and economic diplomacy tool.
India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) is rapidly expanding beyond its domestic stronghold, with recent developments positioning the payment system as both technological export and economic strategy, according to reports from CNBC’s “Inside India” newsletter. The system, which reportedly processes over 640 million transactions daily according to government data, has become India’s flagship fintech innovation now gaining international traction.
