Conversational Payments Via AI Being Developed To Bolster India’s Digital Ecosystem: FM

Speaking at the Digital Payments Award 2025, Sitharaman said that India now accounts for half of all real-time digital payments (48.5%)

She highlighted that conversational payments via artificial intelligence and offline functionality are being developed for India’s digital ecosystem

Sitharaman also urged fintech startups to tap rural India for new market opportunities

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said conversational payments through artificial intelligence…