If you have a smartphone, you get to use UPI (United Payments Interface).
If you don't, you are basically limited to a certain amount of free withdrawal per month, which is set to prevent getting an outcry from BPL (below poverty line) people, which would otherwise be bad for elections.

I was considering pushing for open source UPI apps for Linux devices (and providing my services for development), to reduce India's reliance on Google and Android but considering recent events, I believe that is not really going to align with the Government's plans.

[-] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago

Aah you talking India specific, I was talking from a European perspective given the context of the posts I replied to originally.

[-] ulterno@programming.dev 0 points 1 week ago

Don't they also have some NFC payment stuff there too?
Though that's probably connected to the debit/credit card and not really a separate interface.

[-] brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 11 points 1 week ago

no phones = you cannot create a bank account

[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl 2 points 1 week ago

Monero it is then

[-] helix@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago

They'll make you pay taxes.

[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl 1 points 1 week ago

That's fine.

[-] jof@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Basically :/

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