PhonePe
IPO: India's largest fintech company PhonePe is planning to get listed on the
Indian stock market. For this, the company has also started preparing for its
potential IPO. The company has recently given information about this. PhonePe
said in a statement, "The company is taking initial steps towards its
potential IPO and is planning to list on the Indian stock market."
In this
statement, the company said, “As PhonePe celebrates its 10th anniversary this
year, it is a significant moment for the company.
The company has made progress
in serving millions of customers with innovative financial services and
technology solutions. PhonePe relocated from Singapore to India in December
2022. For this, they had to pay taxes of about Rs 8,000 crore to the
government. The PhonePe digital payment app was launched in August 2016. As of
January 2025, the company has a digital payment network of over 59 crore
registered users and over 4 crore merchants. Over 31 crore transactions are
processed daily through PhonePe, with an annual total payment value (TPV) of
over Rs 145 lakh crore.
PhonePe is leading in India
PhonePe
tops the list of major UPI apps in India. In India, most people using UPI use
PhonePe. The number of PhonePe users is much higher than Google Pay and Paytm.
As of November 2024, PhonePe was the largest UPI payment company in the country
with 47.8 percent of users. While Google Pay was the second largest fintech
company in the country with a market share of 37 percent. Leading US retail
store company Walmart has the largest stake in PhonePe. The company had said in
its 2024 annual report that various leading investors in the world have
invested Rs 18,000 crore in PhonePe.
Who are the owners of PhonePe?
As of March
31, 2024, Walmart's Luxembourg-based company, FIT Holdings SARL, owned 83.91 percent
of PhonePe. General Atlantic Singapore owned 5.14 percent and PhonePe's
Singapore-based subsidiary owned 6.7 percent of the company.