Paytm Payments Bank aims to open 31 branches and 3,000 customer service points in its first year.
Paytm Founder and Chief Executive Vijay Shekhar Sharma (Photo: Youtube screengrab)
Mumbai: Indian digital payments firm Paytm launched a niche payments bank on Tuesday, aiming to acquire 500 million customers in the next three years, the company said in a statement.
Paytm, which runs India's biggest electronic wallet, said it will offer an interest rate of 4 percent per annum on deposits.
The Paytm Payments Bank aims to open 31 branches and 3,000 customer service points in its first year of operations, the company said.
A payments bank is an institution that can take deposits and remittances but cannot lend.
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