Paytm Payments Bank resumes customer acquisition after RBI nod
02 Jan 2019
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Paytm Payments Bank Ltd (PPBL) on Monday announced the resumption of customer verification based on the RBI-mandated Know Your Customer (KYC) process and enlisting of new customers after it received a formal nod from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
PPBL, which received RBI nod for enlisting new customers and resuming KYC for the bank as well as wallet customers from 31 December 2018, aims to acquire 100 million additional customers by the end of 2019.
PPBL in June last year was asked to stop adding new customers after an audit by the RBI found some drawbacks in the bank’s KYC processes.
In July last year, its then chief executive Renu Satti resigned from her position and took on the mandate of heading Paytm’s retail initiative. The bank had since appointed veteran banker Satish Gupta as its managing director and CEO in October.
“PPBL has received a formal nod from the RBI to start onboarding new customers while resuming KYC for the bank as well as wallet customers starting from December 31, 2018,” PPBL said in its latest statement.
PPBL aims to acquire 100 million additional customers by the end of 2019, the statement said.
The statement added that potential customers would now be able to open their savings or current account with PPBL.
Payments banks can accept deposits from individuals and small businesses up to Rs1 lakh per account.
“PBBL is on a mission to facilitate the last-mile delivery of banking services to each and every Indian. It also envisions catalysing the digital adoption and acquainting more people with the touch-of-a-button experience,” Gupta said.
Paytm commenced its payments bank operations in 2017. Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma holds the majority share in PPBL, with the rest being held by Alibaba-backed One97 Communications. However, the Chinese entity does not have a direct shareholding in the payments bank.
