Around 83% of large India-headquartered corporates now employ at least one bank for cross-border trade and payments—a metric that serves as a good proxy for international operations, says CRISIL.
Founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma says Paytm’s technologies are not just for emerging markets, but for developed markets, too. However, India remains the focus.
India needs a payments regulator that is proactive and tries its best to accommodate interests of participants, especially when the industry is in its teething stage.
French, who is an SVP at the U.S.-based National Retail Federation, says the payment business is not just heavily regulated but also cumbersome and tough to break in.