PM Modi using nationalism to promote RuPay: Mastercard told US
Mastercard told the US government in June that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was using nationalism to promote the use of payments network RuPay, according to Reuters. The US card giant said PM Modi "associated the use of RuPay cards with nationalism, claiming it serves as 'kind of national service'." It added that India's "protectionist measures" were hurting foreign payment companies. 