In India’s mobile-payments boom, even beggars get QR codes

The fact that beggars and their donors are all part of India’s digital finance revolution helps explain the explosive growth in mobile payments. — Mobile money vector created by pch.vector - www.freepik.com

A beggar in the eastern Indian state of Bihar strolled through a train station one recent weekday, toting a metal pail for cash and a tablet computer with a QR code stuck on the back.

Raju Prasad began accepting donations via mobile-payment apps a few months ago.