Paytm's mobile wallet growth and merchant adoption in India (2010–2018)

1. Paytm founded as mobile recharge platform

   Aug 1, 2010Labels: One97 Communications, Mobile recharge

   • Paytm Wiki
   • One97 Wiki

2. Sapphire Ventures invests $10 million in One97

   Oct 1, 2011Labels: Sapphire Ventures, One97 Communications

   • Paytm Wiki
   • One97 Wiki

3. Paytm adds bill payments beyond recharges

   Jan 1, 2013Labels: Paytm, Bill payments

   • Paytm Wiki

4. Paytm Wallet launches as stored-value product

   Jan 1, 2014Labels: Paytm Wallet, Stored-value

   • Paytm Wiki
   • Business Standard

5. Uber integrates Paytm for India payments

   Nov 12, 2014Labels: Uber India, Paytm

   • TechCrunch
   • TechCircle

6. Ant Financial takes major stake in Paytm

   Mar 1, 2015Labels: Ant Financial, Paytm

   • Paytm Wiki
   • One97 Wiki

7. Paytm Wallet added as IRCTC payment option

   Apr 28, 2015Labels: IRCTC, Paytm Wallet

   • Paytm Blog
   • Paytm Wiki

8. RBI grants in-principle approval for Paytm Payments Bank

   Aug 19, 2015Labels: RBI, Paytm Payments

   • PPB Wiki
   • Forbes India

9. Paytm reports rapid scaling of active users

   Mar 31, 2016Labels: Paytm, Active users

   • Times of India

10. India announces demonetisation of ₹500 and ₹1,000 notes

    Nov 8, 2016Labels: Demonetisation 2016, Indian government

    • Indian Express
    • Demonetisation Wiki

11. Paytm scales QR-based acceptance for offline merchants

    Feb 8, 2017Labels: Paytm, QR payments

    • Times of India
    • Times of India

12. Paytm Payments Bank is formally inaugurated

    Nov 28, 2017Labels: Paytm Payments, Inauguration

    • PPB Wiki
    • Paytm Blog

13. Paytm crosses 100 million downloads on Google Play

    Dec 14, 2017Labels: Google Play, Paytm

    • Business Standard

14. Paytm targets expansion from six to ten million merchants

    Jan 25, 2018Labels: Paytm, Merchant expansion

    • News Minute

15. Paytm reports eight million merchants accepting Paytm QR

    Jul 16, 2018Labels: Paytm, Offline merchants

    • NFCW
    • Wired

16. Paytm says five million offline merchants accept UPI

    Sep 25, 2018Labels: Paytm, UPI acceptance

    • Medianama
    • Entrackr