Cashless economy

Since the demonetization of high-value currency in November last year, the government has been pushing for digital payments to move towards a less-cash economy as well as enhance tax base. There was a sudden spike in a number of digital transaction with participation from private sector firms.

E-transactions

As per RBI data, 933 crore electronic transactions have taken place in the country, amounting to Rs 12.13 lakh crore, between November 2016 and September 2017. The electronic transaction volume peaked in December 2016 to 95.75 crore. In value terms, it peaked to Rs 1.49 lakh crore in March 2017. As per the official data, there were 87.7 crore electronic transaction in September 2017 involving total amount of over Rs 1.24 lakh crore. The RBI data shows increasing trend in UPI (unique payment interface) based transactions.

UPI transactions

The volume of transactions on UPI increased to over 3 crore, involving Rs 5,290 crore, in September this year, from 3 lakh volume and Rs 90 crore in November last year.

Mobile banking

Mobile banking volume reached an all-time high in September to 8.6 crore from 7.23 crore transactions. The value declined marginally to Rs 1.12 lakh crore Rs 1.24 lakh crore in November 2016. Flipkart Phonepe Wallet: How To Use Phonepe UPI Based Wallet To Make Payments?

Mobile and E-wallets

There was a fluctuating trend in transaction volume and value on pre-paid instruments like the mobile wallet. The transaction value was an all-time high in September at Rs 2,760 crore. Fluctuation has also been there in internet banking and USSD based transactions, as per the RBI data. Five Tools To Go Cashless In This Demonetization Era For Merchants