The problem is it’s in a foreign country which is about to pass up china for population. More people - more scams and pickpockets. The way we pay for things in

The problem is it’s in a foreign country which is about to pass up china for population. More people - more scams and pickpockets. The way we pay for things in the USA is very different. You pay with QR codes or apps. Most places in the US has Apple Pay broken sticker on them, does not accept any other method, wants cash, or a credit card. The verification and such required are difficult. Most cards do not allow you to load INR on them (local currency). So there are a lot of foreign transaction fees. PayTM, pay through mobile, the country’s biggest online wallet, doesn’t allow you to charge money with a foreign card. This means that PayTM doesn’t work for foreigners. The only way to load money on a PayTM wallet as a foreigner is to have an Indian friend transfer funds with his or her local debit or credit card. https://travel.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/technology/foreign-tourists-travellers-in-india-can-now-make-payments-using-upi-know-more-details/98179802 https://travel.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/technology/... There is a lot of anti-terrorism money laundering issues. Someone I know had their facial recognition stop working and they had to go to the bank to get it working again. In person. Traveling overseas? Sorry.