Dubai, July 10 -- Indians travelling to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) may soon need nothing more than their passports and mobile phones, as advancing digital payment integration is set to eliminate the need for cash, cards, or other payment methods.

This shift comes with India's Unified Payments Interface (UPI) nearing full integration into the UAE's payment ecosystem, a development shared by Satish Kumar Sivan, Consul General of India (CGI) in Dubai, during an event hosted by NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL) on Thursday, July 10.

"The experience of Indian travellers to the UAE will never be the same after full UPI integration," Sivan said, as quoted by Gulf News.

He noted that NIPL - the international arm of the National Pa...