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Re:Libra is targeted at developing countries by umeshunni on Thursday June 27, 2019 @05:52PM (#20299213)
> can Indian expats also send money to India via this gateway?

Not yet, but I've heard that this is in the works. The hardest part of trying to use UPI right now as an Indian expat is that you need an Indian phone number and your bank account should be linked to it.

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Re:Libra is targeted at developing countries by slaymaker1907 on Thursday June 27, 2019 @08:21PM (#20300302)
You are vastly overestimating the sophistication of the US banking system. Integrating with it is incredibly difficult since so many steps rely heavily on trust between parties. For example, information sufficient for direct depositing into someone’s account is sufficient for direct depositing OUT of said account as well.
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