The investment is part of the $500-million plan that Flipkart has chalked out for its mobile wallet in an attempt to stay ahead in competition with Paytm wallet, Google's Tez and BHIM
On Wednesday, the NPCI which runs the UPI said that the volume of transactions on the network in the month of July stood at 235.65 million
The company had also hit an annualised total payment value run rate of $20 billion in the month of May
PhonePe wants to dethrone its Alibaba and SoftBank-backed rival, Paytm, claiming that additional capital that Walmart will bring to the table will help it grow much faster
Firm claims it has the largest UPI app for merchants in India catering to over 25,000 users
Flipkart-owned digital payments firm says it has tied up with 25,000 merchants
As it is in contravention to the UPI guidelines of interoperability
ICICI Bank says it blocked all UPI transactions made through PhonePe due to security concerns