Paytm started as a mobile recharge platform in 2010 and became India's most successful mobile payment app a few years later. It focused on customer service from the beginning. Demonetization in 2016 greatly benefited Paytm as digital payments surged, allowing it to expand its services. However, the introduction of UPI led to increased competition from Google Pay and PhonePe. While Paytm launched its own UPI service, it has seen lower transaction volumes than its rivals. Going forward, the Jio-Facebook deal and WhatsApp's large user base in India pose threats, challenging Paytm to change its business model or strategic approach to remain competitive.
Paytm started as a mobile recharge platform in 2010 and became India's most successful mobile payment app a few years later. It focused on customer service from the beginning. Demonetization in 2016 greatly benefited Paytm as digital payments surged, allowing it to expand its services. However, the introduction of UPI led to increased competition from Google Pay and PhonePe. While Paytm launched its own UPI service, it has seen lower transaction volumes than its rivals. Going forward, the Jio-Facebook deal and WhatsApp's large user base in India pose threats, challenging Paytm to change its business model or strategic approach to remain competitive.
Paytm started as a mobile recharge platform in 2010 and became India's most successful mobile payment app a few years later. It focused on customer service from the beginning. Demonetization in 2016 greatly benefited Paytm as digital payments surged, allowing it to expand its services. However, the introduction of UPI led to increased competition from Google Pay and PhonePe. While Paytm launched its own UPI service, it has seen lower transaction volumes than its rivals. Going forward, the Jio-Facebook deal and WhatsApp's large user base in India pose threats, challenging Paytm to change its business model or strategic approach to remain competitive.
Paytm started as a mobile recharge platform in 2010 and became India's most successful mobile payment app a few years later. It focused on customer service from the beginning. Demonetization in 2016 greatly benefited Paytm as digital payments surged, allowing it to expand its services. However, the introduction of UPI led to increased competition from Google Pay and PhonePe. While Paytm launched its own UPI service, it has seen lower transaction volumes than its rivals. Going forward, the Jio-Facebook deal and WhatsApp's large user base in India pose threats, challenging Paytm to change its business model or strategic approach to remain competitive.
Submitted By:- Ashutosh Choudhary 1910120007 MBA 2019-2021 Introduction Started by Vijay Shekhar Sharma, as a Recharge platform in 2010, Paytm (One 97 Communications Ltd) became the most successful mobile payment and money transfer app used in India a few years back.
Paytm has always focused on the customer-centric approach. This is
evident from that fact that, even before Paytm started with wallet services, the company built a 24×7 customer care service. Demonetization – An opportunity for Paytm The first mover advantage
While demonetization spelled doom for most of us, it was actually a
fortune for Paytm. Paytm was the biggest digital payments app back then. When the demonetization happened, it went through the roofs! It extended services to retail stores, Kiranas, Vegetable shops, Saloons, even Pan shops! It was everywhere! Paytm grabbed the biggest piece of all the online payments happening during that period. Competition WITH SUCCESS THERE IS AN ENTRY OF COMPETITION With the launch of Unified Payments Interface, two major giants – Google Pay and PhonePe entered the market and people preferred UPI transactions over Paytm wallet transactions. To keep up the race, Paytm also launched BHIM UPI transaction mode but recorded lower transactions than its rivals. CURRENT SCENARIO • Paytm has been losing ground to its competitors with bigger pockets. • Jio-Facebook deal is posing enormous threat to the company. Jio has already started on-boarding local shops on their platform. • WhatsApp has around 400 million users in India, integrating payment here would make it convenient for the users to just send money.
And, essentially, inconvenient for Paytm
Ending Questions • Here the question arises that what would be the future of the company if it keep going on the same pace? • Should Paytm Change its business model? • What are the different approach that Paytm can take in this scenario? THANK YOU