Paytm aims 400 crore worth retail transactions by year-end on demonetisation

Paytm aims 400 crore worth retail transactions by year-end on demonetisation

ANIUpdated: Thursday, May 30, 2019, 11:15 AM IST
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New Delhi : Mobile payments and commerce platform Paytm has recorded an unprecedented surge in transactions at offline retail stores across the country, reports ANI. Owing to the recent demonetization of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 notes, the company has registered over 300 percent growth in offline store transactions in the last six days.Within a year of launching its Online-to-Offline (O2O) payment solution, Paytm has emerged as the fastest growing QR Code-based POS network in the country. Backed by a strong payment ecosystem of customers and merchants, the company is aiming to reach 8 million transactions worth Rs. 400 crore a month by the end of the current financial year.

“At Paytm, we are proud to announce that we have been able to help lakh of retail stores across the country to cope with the recent consumer rush.

While our Nearby feature helped millions of customers find their nearest Paytm merchant on a daily basis, we have also enabled priority check-out counters for Paytm at More, Big Bazar and Central stores to ensure quicker check-outs for our customers,” said Senior VP Paytm, Jessjeet Bhandari.

Paytm has partnered with various large retail outlets like W, Jumbo, Archies, Woodland, Madura Garments, Red Tape, Modern Bazar amongst others.

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