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RuPay

RuPay is an Indian domestic card scheme conceived and launched by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). [1] It was created to fulfil the Reserve Bank of India ’s desire to have a domestic, open loop, and multilateral system of payments in India . RuPay facilitates electronic payment at all Indian banks and financial institutions, and competes with MasterCard and Visa in India. [2] NPCI maintains ties with Discover Financial to enable the card scheme to gain international acceptance. [3] [4] [5] Background The IndiaPay scheme was conceived by the National Payments Corporation of India as an alternative to the MasterCard and Visa card schemes, [2] [6] and to consolidate and integrate various payment systems in India. It was renamed to RuPay to avoid naming conflicts with other financial institutions using the same name. [7] RuPay is a portmanteau of the words ru pee and pay ment. [8] The colors used in the logo are an allusion to the tricolor nationa