Paytm Claims to Fetch Over 30 Lakh Rural and Semi-Urban Users
With 186 million users as of December 2017, India’s most popular digital payments platform Paytm has witnessed an increase in the customers from semi-urban and rural parts of the country. Paytm believes that the rural people are using its service more than in metro cities or urban regions.
The digital company Paytm that works on cashless transactions through its smartphone application and QR code solutions claims to have its strong influential existence in more than 3 lakh villages in the country.
It also affirms to have engaged over 30 lakh merchants accepting digital payments across villages and small towns like Kangra, Angul, Unnao, Kakkanav, Chitra Durga, Giri Nagar, Virudhu Nagar and many more. The company said that the digital payments usage in these areas was 20% more than in ...