Overview

• As part of her “Little Changes, Big Impact” Instagram series on June 26, Anam Mirza revealed that she had emptied her UPI wallets and deleted Google Pay.
• She says handling cash or cards made each transaction feel more tangible and helped her avoid impulse purchases.
• In the early adjustment period she often found herself without any payment method and had to rely on friends for small expenses like coffee.
• Social media responses have ranged from support for her mindful approach to critiques that foregoing instant digital payments is impractical.
• UPI now links 673 banks in India and processed transactions worth over ₹25 lakh crore as of May 2025, with SBI handling nearly 5,000 transactions per minute.