PhonePe is a leading Indian digital payments and financial technology company headquartered in Bengaluru, India. PhonePe is the market leader in UPI payments, processing over 150+mn daily transactions. The platform has over 40Cr registered users, and over 3Cr registered merchants till date. The platform also offers mobile recharges, bill payments, insurance, and mutual funds to its users. PhonePe’s vision is to ‘offer every Indian equal opportunity to accelerate their progress by unlocking the flow of money and access to services’.
PhonePe was founded in December 2015, by Sameer Nigam, Rahul Chari and Burzin Engineer. The Company is majority-owned by Walmart, and counts General Atlantic, Tiger Global, Ribbit Capital, and Binny Bansal among its other shareholders.