Mumbai, 8 May 2022: Worldline, a global leader in  payments technology  has announced that its Small and Mid-Size Business (SMB) vertical is growing at over 50 per cent year-on-year in India.  
Powered by over 700,000 SMB merchants on its platform and driven by an innovative full-service plug & play payment product suite for every use case, Worldline expects to achieve a milestone of 1 million SMB customer base in 2023 through direct acquiring and channel partners.
Verticals like e-commerce, Education, Hospitality, SaaS, Essential Services, and ISPs contributed to the growth in this vertical for Worldline in the last 12 months. Worldline also noticed that tier II and III cities are at forefront for growth of its SMB vertical in these months purely riding on the wave of digitalisation.  A common trend observed from these markets is that the new generation of consumers prefer the fastest means for anything and everything at the click of a button.
Says Sheik Mohideen, Senior Vice President, SMB, Partnership & Alliances, Worldline : “We at Worldline are constantly working towards providing a safe and seamless payment experience for our merchants to ensure sustainable growth. Contactless payments, personalized checkout experience, powerful dashboard, and creation of secure and fraud-proof payment systems are important. With our unique 360-degree payment solution, Worldline is well poised to support and scale this vertical in India.” 
Worldline with its  360-degree payment portfolio for instore, online and omnichannel payments is well prepared to solve these payment gaps. It also offers easy-to-use 19+ popular e-commerce plugins to meet diverse needs of online players. Worldline further plans to strengthen its security and fraud analytics infrastructure along with hyperlocal solutions like no code payment offerings for SMB business vertical. |
Worldline  is a global leader in the payments industry and the technology partner of choice for merchants, banks and acquirers. digital services. In 2021, Worldline generated a proforma revenue close to 4 billion euros. Worldline India Pvt. Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Worldline, is partner to over 40 banks and over 5000 marque clients comprising of ecommerce giants, leading insurance players, D2C players across sectors in India.