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Jun 7, 2020 • 37 tweets • 7 min read
Current pandemic expected to catalyse growth of digital payments. 📈
A part of the Indian payments history covered in a thread below 👇🏽 #fintech
The Rupiya (introduced by Sher Shah Suri), remained the dominant standard currency in Mughal era & even during the British Raj, despite the East India Company’s efforts to introduce the Sterling Pound in India as early as the 1600s. Declared official currency post 1857 rebellion.