Paytm says consumer UPI share is growing 2.2x faster than the market in Q1FY27

Paytm says daily active users have moved above January 2024 levels as it focuses on monetisable customer acquisition. Its strategy spans UPI, wealth products such as Paytm Gold, credit, teen payments, rewards, and AI-led commerce and cloud revenue.

— Filed Tue, 4 Aug, 2026, 20:18 IST · Source Retailers Association of India · Updated

Paytm said Q1FY27 consumer UPI share grew 2.2 times faster than the market and active users surpassed January 2024 levels. It is prioritising monetisable customer acquisition, wealth, payments, credit and AI-led commerce/cloud revenue, while promoting teen UPI and rewards products.

Why this matters

The growth update follows Paytm's 1.5% share slip amid a reported ₹2,038 crore block deal and reports of planned stake sales by Saif and Elevation.

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