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Google Pay, PhonePe account for 82% of UPI market by volume in Nov

New entrant into the market WhatsApp Pay had done 300,000 transactions in November, worth Rs 13.87 crore

With $700-mn war chest, PhonePe to fight Google, Amazon in rural India

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

Flipkart to spin-off PhonePe, payments firm to be valued at $5.5 billion

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

Flipkart partially spins off PhonePe in $700 million fundraising round

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

RBI levies over Rs 5.8 cr fine on 6 entities including PNB, Sodexo, PhonePe

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.

PhonePe becomes largest platform for buying digital gold with 35% mkt share

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

Flipkart, PhonePe monthly active customers at 'all time high': Walmart

Walmart International CEO Doug McMillon says group committed to high-value markets like India.

Google, Walmart hit by India's move to limit some digital payments players

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

PhonePe breaches 250-mn user mark; logs 925 mn transactions in October

Walmart-owned digital payments firm hits $277-billion annual TPV run-rate

PhonePe hits 250 mn-user mark, registers 925 mn transactions in October

Flipkart-owned fintech platform PhonePe said it has crossed the 250 million-registered users milestone

WhatsApp Pay gears up to take on rivals Google Pay, PhonePe and Paytm

Messenger app has an average monthly download of 30.8 mn

Walmart-backed payments firm PhonePe launches vehicle insurance service

Firm says users don't need to upload documents before making a purchase and they can view their policy documents instantly

Financial services becomes next battleground for PhonePe, Amazon and Google

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

PhonePe to expand business, digitise 25 mn small merchants, create 10K jobs

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

Pvt banks charging fee on more than 20 P2P UPI transfers in a month: Report

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

PhonePe gears up for IPO by 2023, eyes a valuation of $7-10 billion

The company's foray into financial services is going to play a key role in the firm becoming profitable and going public

Unlock BFSI 2.0: Covid-19 a bigger boost for fintech than demonetisation

While top fintech experts agree that there are more opportunities than challenges for the sector, they underline the importance of digital literacy and customer awareness in rural India

Walmart's PhonePe assures employees there will be no layoffs, salary cuts

The Walmart-owned company says it continues to hire and has plans to add about 600 people across areas such as engineering and marketing over the next few months

Expect slippages to rise to 9% post lockdown: YES Bank's Prashant Kumar

The plan to raise up to Rs 15,000 crore is very much on. We have identified six merchant bankers for the process and are waiting for the Q4 results to be out, YES Bank's MD said

PhonePe launches Super Funds to help users in long-term wealth creation

The Super Fund identifies and invests in top funds across various categories and asset management companies