As India is rapidly adopting UPI-based payments, Paytm Payments Bank, an Indian homegrown company, has been at the forefront of leading this revolution in the banking space.
Paytm UPI Lite continues to gain rapid popularity among the masses to carry out small-value transactions of up to Rs 200 in a single tap, according to a statement from Paytm Payments Bank.
Paytm UPI LITE aims to make digital payments more accessible to people across the country. UPI LITE, enabled by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), aids users to carry out multiple small value UPI transactions without using a PIN.
Designed by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), UPI LITE was launched by the Reserve Bank of India in September 2022. It also de-clutters the bank passbook of small value transactions, as these payments would now only show in the Paytm balance and history section, and not in t
Paytm Payments Bank Limited (PPBL) received final approval from the Reserve Bank of India to operate as Bharat Bill Payment System services under the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007, said a press release on Monday.
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the incentive scheme with a financial outlay of Rs 26 billion for the promotion of RuPay Debit Cards and low-value BHIM-UPI transactions (P2M) for 2022-23, compared with Rs 15 billion in 2021-22.
During the said quarter, the overall engagement on its Paytm Super App platform in terms of average monthly transacting users (MTU) was at 85 million, it apprised stock exchanges through a filing.
The fintech firm Paytm's loan distribution business scaled to 6.8 million loans disbursed during the two months ended November 2022, a year-on-year growth of 150 per cent.
As the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) directed Paytm Payment Services Limited, a subsidiary of Paytm, to reapply for a payment aggregator license in 120 days, analysts have said that the move will not have any impact on Paytm and they believe the company will deliver robust growth.
The fintech company said that it has received a letter from the Reserve Bank of India in response to an application from its subsidiary for the authorization to provide payment aggregator services for online merchants.