The number of transactions on Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM) UPI app was 12.6 million for the month of April 2018, and the total value of the transactions stood at Rs 4,972.7 crore. This was up from transactions of 12 million worth Rs 4,839.7 crore in April 2018. However, when the massive growth in UPI payments is taken into consideration, it is actually a decline. There were 190.1 million UPI transactions in April, with Rs 27,021.9 crore being transacted. Thus, BHIM processed only 6.6% of all UPI transactions and accounted for 18.4% of the amount transacted in April. In February, PhonePe accounted for 16% of all UPI transactions, whereas Paytm claimed that it accounted for 40% of all UPI transactions. It’s likely that the battle is now between Paytm, Tez and PhonePe, apart from the cashback transactions which Tez hasn’t accounted for. There is no data available on Whatsapp payments since its initial launch. Following the launch of Google Tez on September 18, 2017, there was a significant increase in the number of UPI transactions, which now seems to have plateaued. There was a 149% growth between September-October 2017, 37% growth between October-November 2017, 39% growth between November-December 2017, and just a 4% growth between December 2017 and January 2018. In April 2018, the number of transactions using BHIM grew to 12.6 million, up 5% from 12 million last month, while amount transacted also increased to Rs 4,972.7 crore with a growth of 3%, according to data provided by the…
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