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How does India ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Pay โ‚น?

who emerges as the Digital Payments Leader among UPI, credit Cards, debit cards, prepaid wallets and prepaid cards?

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A report from Q1 2022, by @WorldlineGlobal confirms that UPI P2M transactions emerged as the most preferred payment mode among consumers with a market share of 64% in volume and 50% in terms of value.

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๐Ÿ“ŒFast Facts for Q1 2022 Digital Payments๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ
๐Ÿ’ธ9.36 billion transactions amounting to
๐Ÿ’ฐINR 10.25 trillion
๐Ÿ’ณNumber of POS terminals: 6.07 Mn
โ™’๏ธNumber of Bharat QRs: 4.97 Mn
โ™’๏ธ Number of UPI QRs stood at 172.73 Mn
๐Ÿ’ณ Number of Credit Cards 73.6 Mn , Debit Cards 917.66 Mn
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๐Ÿ“Œ Report Highlights

โ–ธ Credit cards accounted 7% of transactions but 26% of value indicating that customers still prefer to use their credit cards for high value transactions.
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๐Ÿ“Œ Report Highlights

โ–ธ Debit cards account for 10% of transactions but 18% in value โ€“ the volume and volume has shrunk from previous years and is likely because of the rise of UPI.

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๐Ÿ“Œ Report Highlights

โ–ธShift from P2P to P2M in UPI: In Q1 2022, out of total UPI volumes, 56% transactions were P2P while 44% were P2M; in terms of value, P2M transactions generally contributed to about 19% of UPI transactions.

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๐Ÿ“Œ Report Highlights

โ–ธ Move from Physical to Digital: Even though credit cards volume at POS & ecomm are nearly equal, value of ecomm transactions is significantly higher as compared with value of transactions at POS.

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๐Ÿ“Œ Report Highlights

โ–ธConsumers are getting more comfortable to make online purchases via credit cards for big ticket size transactions while debit cards are more frequently used for small ticket size purchases at physical touchpoints

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๐Ÿ“Œ Report Highlights

โ–ธ The Average Ticket size of Credit Card Transactions is 5x that of a UPI P2M transaction, Indicating usage of UPI for low value merchant payments

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๐Ÿ“Œ Report Highlights

โ–ธ Mobile payments have become widespread and being used for small ticket transactions while internet browsers are the preferred mode for traditional shopping from e-commerce platforms

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๐Ÿ“Œ Report Highlights

โ–ธ States and cities with the highest number of transactions at physical touch points in Q1 2022 for Worldline India

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๐Ÿ“Œ Report Highlights

โ–ธ AePS (bank led model that enables interoperable financial inclusion) registered ~54% growth over Q1 2021, processing transactions worth INR 840.23 billion,โˆ† of 33% over Q1 2021
A huge commendable effort to make #DigitalIndia truly inclusive
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๐Ÿ“Œ Report Highlights

โ–ธ Bharat Bill Payment Central Unit (BBPCU) registered a growth rate of 117% and 134% in
volume and value respectively as compared with
Q1 2021.

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๐Ÿ“Œ Report Highlights

โ–ธ Transactions Volume for National Electronic Toll Collection increased by 49% while value increased by 41%
total number of banks live with NETC FASTag were 36 while about 49.6 Mn NETC FASTags have been issued since inception

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1/ UPI transactions:

Rs 24,554 billion monthly Cash growth: Rs 193 billion monthly

That's 127x faster growth.

We're witnessing the fastest payment method adoption in financial history. Image
2/ UPI's share of retail money demand:

2019: 40%
2025: 91%

Cash is virtually extinct in India.
The substitution rate is unprecedented globally. Image
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๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต, ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜-๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜: ๐—” ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด

According to Global Payments Report 2024, by Worldpay
โ€ข Cash may be king in some parts of the world, but in India, digital wallets are rapidly becoming the preferred payment method,
โ€ข This innovative shift, driven by the ubiquitous UPI (Unified Payment Interface), is transforming the world's most populous market and has the potential to reshape global payments.

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๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€:

๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: 1,417,173,000 (A massive market primed for digital adoption)
๐—š๐——๐—ฃ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ: $2,388 (Rising disposable income fuels e-commerce and digital payments)
๐—˜-๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ: $117 billion (7th largest globally - and growing)
๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฆ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ: $2.02 trillion (3rd largest globally - ripe for digital disruption)Image
๐—จ๐—ฃ๐—œ: ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜๐—ต

The UPI system is the cornerstone of India's digital payment revolution. This instant payment system is shattering records, with estimates suggesting it could reach 1 billion transactions per day by 2027.

The convenience and security of UPI are fueling the rise of digital wallets, with three players dominating the market: Google Pay, Paytm, and PhonePe.ย 

These wallets account for a staggering 95% of UPI transactions and are rapidly becoming the go-to payment method for both online (56% of e-commerce value in 2023) and in-store purchases (projected to be 73% of POS spending by 2027).Image
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Sep 12, 2023
UPI, Indiaโ€™s real-time payment system, crossed 10 billion monthly transactions in August 2023.

But it has set an ambitious target of achieving 100 billion transactions per month in the near future.

How will it do that?

Read on to find out.

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1/ Lets dive into UPI Growth by Numbers first

UPI achieved a 55% YoY growth in transaction count and an impressive 41% YoY growth in transaction value. The adoption rate is skyrocketing!
2/ ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ, ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜๐—บ accounted for ๐Ÿต๐Ÿฑ%+ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—จ๐—ฃ๐—œ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ by value as of June 2023.

Of this, PhonePe accounted for 50%+, Google Pay for 33.5%, followed by Paytm at 11%.

๐Ÿ“ธ: @Inc42 Image
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