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PhonePe plans 20,000 new hires to expand merchant network in rural India

Global Published 24 September 2026, 15:44 · archived 24 Sep 2026

Digital payments platform PhonePe said on Thursday it plans to hire 20,000 additional on-roll sales employees over the next year as part of a push to expand its merchant network into India’s smaller towns and villages. The Walmart-backed company plans to deploy more than 5 million devices, including smart speakers and point-of-sale terminals, over the next 12 months to expand digital payments acceptance across rural areas. The move follows India’s NPCI decision to levy a 0.4% fee on select UPI merchant transactions, with a portion of the proceeds earmarked to expand digital payments acceptance...

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