Google Pay and PhonePe were the top wallets among the customers, says Report
Entity can sponsor an MF even if it doesn't fulfill profitability rule; CIRP cos asked to have at least 5% public float
PhonePe Pvt Ltd, Singapore (formerly Flipkart Payments Pvt Ltd) was allotted 198,755 shares
After the closure of the financial year 2019-20, the firm has revised authorised share capital from Rs 6,000 crore to Rs 16,000 crore in an extraordinary general meeting held in September this year
With Covid-19 impacting buying sentiment, the tech giants are leaving no stone unturned to woo customers to buy digital gold on instalments across the country, including smaller towns
New entrant into the market WhatsApp Pay had done 300,000 transactions in November, worth Rs 13.87 crore
PhonePe recently crossed the 250-million registered user milestone, with over 100 million monthly active users generating nearly 1 billion digital payment transactions in October alone
Move will help PhonePe access dedicated, long-term funds for its growth plans. In this financing round led by Walmart, PhonePe is raising $700 mn primary capital at post-money valuation of $5.5 bn
E-commerce major Flipkart announced a "partial spin-off" of PhonePe as the digital payment firm raises $700 million in funding, valuing it at $5.5 billion
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a total fine of over Rs 5.78 crore on six entities, including PNB, Sodexo and PhonePe, for violating regulatory guidelines. In exercise of powers vested under Section 30 of the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007, the RBI has imposed monetary penalty on these entities for non-compliance of regulatory guidelines, it said in a release. Except Punjab National Bank (PNB), the remaining five entities are non-bank prepaid payment instrument (PPI) issuers. RBI imposes the penalty on Sodexo SVC India Pvt Ltd, Muthoot Vehicle & Asset Finance Ltd, QwikCilver Solutions Pvt Ltd, Phonepe Pvt Ltd, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd, and Punjab National Bank, said the release. Sodexo is slapped with the highest fine of Rs 2 crore; PNB and QwikCilver Solutions Rs 1 crore each; PhonePe Rs 1.39 crore; Muthoot Vehicle & Asset Finance Rs 34.55 lakh; and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Rs 5 lakh.
With over 35%market share, the Walmart-owned firm which competes with Google Pay, Amazon Pay and Paytm has seen a more than 6X jump in the volume of Gold sold in the festival season
Walmart International CEO Doug McMillon says group committed to high-value markets like India.
More than 2.07 billion UPI transactions were processed in October, according to NPCI, with Walmart's PhonePe accounting for just over 40% of those transactions
Walmart-owned digital payments firm hits $277-billion annual TPV run-rate
Flipkart-owned fintech platform PhonePe said it has crossed the 250 million-registered users milestone
Messenger app has an average monthly download of 30.8 mn
Firm says users don't need to upload documents before making a purchase and they can view their policy documents instantly
Walmart-owned PhonePe has become the fastest-growing insure-tech distributor in India within just 9 months of the insurance category going live on the digital payments app
The company plans to reach 5,500 talukas via its merchant acquisition team that will lead to over 10,000 jobs being created in semi-urban and rural areas
Defending the move, bankers said that the charges have been introduced in a bid to prevent frivolous transactions from putting a load on the system