Here’s how Paytm is empowering small vendors in India

Impact Feature

Updated on Dec 15, 2022 02:22 PM IST

From a vegetable seller on the roadside to a jaggery seller on a bullock cart, Paytm is being used by small merchants across the country, making everyday transactions easy

Many users have taken to Twitter to highlight how the pioneer of mobile and QR payments has empowered Indians.

ByHT Brand Studio

Paytm, the digital payments giant which pioneered the QR code revolution in India, is making waves among not only Indian users but also NRIs visiting their home country. From a vegetable seller on the roadside to a jaggery seller on a bullock cart, Paytm is being used by small merchants across the country, making everyday transactions easy. Many users have taken to Twitter to highlight how the pioneer of mobile and QR payments has empowered Indians.

A user took to the microblogging site to share his experience of using Paytm to pay for vegetables at a roadside vendor in Delhi. The user, Raghav Oberoi, who has been living in Germany for 11 years, was impressed by the convenience of the payment method and mentioned that he has not experienced such ease of payment in Germany.

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Raghav Oberoi tweeted,“Just bought 1kg gobi and made the payment via #Paytm. I have been living in Germany for past 11 years, never have I ever experienced such an ease of payment”.

Paytm Founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma responded to the tweet, saying, “Absolutely! I miss #PaytmKaro in so many “developed” countries. 🚀”

The President of IT industry body Nasscom, Debjani Ghosh, also responded to the Twitter user's experience with Paytm. Ghosh wrote, "Welcome to Digital India," highlighting the growing popularity of digital payment methods in the country and the government's push for a cashless economy.

Paytm has become a go-to payment option for millions of Indians, with “Paytm Karo’ evolving into a verb.

In a video shared by a Twitter user, a jaggery seller on a bullock cart in Jaipur was seen sporting three Paytm QR codes for customers to pay with. It was aptly captioned, “Desh badal raha hai. (The country is changing)”

The convenience of accepting payments through the platform has made Paytm a favourite even among small vendors.

Another Twitter user, Riitu Chugh, tweeted that her local fruit seller is particularly delighted with the UPI experience offered by Paytm. She noted that the seller no longer has to chase people for small payments. “This innovation ticks all the success boxes,” she said, tagging Paytm Founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma.

India has made significant strides in the digital payments space and one of the key factors contributing to this success is the growth of mobile payment platforms like Paytm.

Incidentally, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, who was on a two-day official visit to India recently, used Paytm while shopping at Delhi’s Chandni Chowk.

American philanthropist Melinda French Gates, the Co-founder and Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, also used Paytm to pay for a water bottle at a kirana store in the national capital earlier this week.

“Melinda French Gates visited Garhi Village in New Delhi and witnessed how India's digital public infrastructure is enabling financial inclusion,” the foundation tweeted.

Disclaimer: This article has been created on behalf of Paytm by HT Brand Studio.

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