India, Oct. 7 -- Just like every year, the Indian fintech ecosystem saw a plethora of new launches on the opening day of the Global Fintech Festival (GFF) 2025.

RBI deputy governor T. Rabi Sankar and Department of Financial Services (DFS) secretary M. Nagaraju unveiled key digital payment innovations which bring support for new form factors and a focus on improving transaction security.

Some of these have been discussed in the past but this is the first that NPCI is announcing them. Let's take a look at these features.

Small Value UPI Transactions Via Wearable Glasses

In what seems to be one of the most futuristic digital payment methods, now users can initiate small ticket UPI transactions on their wearable glasses. These transaction...