New Delhi. March 1 2021: India's leading digital financial services platform Paytm has achieved over 1.2 billion monthly transactions  thanks to  the massive growth in offline payments and financial services. This makes Paytm the largest digital enabler promoting all payment methods including Wallet, UPI, cards and net-banking.
The company is refining its products including Paytm All-in-One QR, Paytm All-in-One Android POS, Soundbox, Paytm for Business app for over 17 million merchants who have embraced and endorsed its services. It has been the main driving force behind building and expanding digital villages and now empowers over 6 lakh villages in India with digital payments. It has trained over 200,000 merchants in these villages helping in the proliferation of online transactions.
Aiming to empower users with financial services, the company has ventured into several new avenues such as Paytm Payments Bank, Paytm Money for democratizing wealth creation, Paytm Insurance, Paytm Postpaid, Paytm Credit Cards and other lending products to help millions of merchants, self-employed individuals, as well as citizens at large.
Over 50% of merchant partners hold an account Paytm Payments Bank and benefit from its new-age digital banking services. Similarly, Paytm Money has become the leading driver of wealth creation in the country with over 50 percent of its users being 'new to wealth management services’. Another popular service is Paytm Postpaid, which provides micro-credit and has already achieved over 7 million users within 6 months of launch.
Paytm’s initiatives for offline businesses have helped in building trust in digital payments among the masses and have made it the most important payment service in smaller cities & towns including Panipat, Kanpur, Nashik, Madurai, Baroda, Mysore among others.
Says Narendra Yadav, Vice President – Paytm: "We are humbled by the trust India has shown in us & made Paytm their preferred digital payments & financial service provider. We have consistently maintained industry-leading market share & growing at an impressive rate. We have been promoting all digital payment methods giving multiple-choices to consumers that have helped us in consolidating our leadership position. In fact, a large percentage of our users who started their digital journey with Paytm, have now adopted & embraced our financial services. We introduced the country to innovative QR technology that empowered millions of small shopkeepers with digital payments. By incorporating technological advancements we have now brought in the next wave of digital payments revolution with our Paytm All-in-One Android POS devices & Soundbox. Street hawkers, small shopkeepers have been adopting our Soundbox that has helped in building trust over digital payments as now they get confirmation on every payment they get."