Walmart-Backed Fintech PhonePe’s Operating Revenue Jumps 74%

  • PhonePe released its first detailed annual report on Monday
  • The fintech saw its loss shrink 28% to about 20 billion rupees

A grocery store advertises the use of the PhonePE digital payment system in Bengaluru, India.

Photographer: Samyukta Lakshmi/Bloomberg
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India’s PhonePe, a digital-payments startup that is backed by retail giant Walmart Inc., said its revenue surged and its loss narrowed in its latest fiscal year.

The Bengaluru-based financial-technology giant reported a 74% year-over-year jump in revenue from operations, which reached 50.64 billion rupees ($602 million). Meanwhile, its net loss dropped by 28% to 19.96 billion rupees, according to the company’s annual report published on its website on Monday.