Paytm Launches Payments Bank; Plans To Spend Rs. 400 crore To Build Banking Network

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Digital payment major Paytm has launched Payments Bank with features at par with a traditional bank in the country. Paytm Payment Bank will be offering 4 percent interest rate and cashbacks on deposits, zero fees on online transactions and zero minimum balance. The company is targeting to acquire 500 million customers by 2020.

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RBI has given us an opportunity to create a new kind of banking model in the world. We are proud that our customer deposits will be safely invested in government bonds, and be used for nation building. None of our deposits will be converted into risky assets,” Paytm Payments Bank Chairman Vijay Shekhar Sharma said in a statement.




It has 218 million wallet accounts till now. These wallets will be shifted to the bank once the user notifies it to do so. However, the customer will need to make this communication before May 23. The company is setting up KYC centres across the country to help its customers in opening accounts.

Paytm plans to offer current accounts facility to merchants. It plans to open 31 branches and 3,000 service points in the first year itself. The company will also provide virtual Rupay debit cards to customers immediately and physical card on request for withdrawing cash from any ATM.

Paytm is backed by Chinese bellwether, Alibaba and Softbank.

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