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Mar '26
Blog5 min read

Walking Through a UPI Transaction: Eight Hops, Six Failure Modes

A UPI payment looks simple from the outside: tap, PIN, done. Underneath it are eight hops between tap and confirmation, and six distinct ways the flow can break. This is an interactive walkthrough of what's happening, and what a PM would build for each failure mode.

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