Mobile
Wallets
Introduction
 Online shopping is the latest trend in India
 India is becoming a country of mobiles &
internet with around 200 million internet users.
 The trend of online shopping is catching up
fast in metro cities
 E-commerce portals have grown up to offer
the option of ‘Cash on Delivery’ to appeal
customers
 Meanwhile there is increase in people taking up to
different digital payment platforms known as
mobile wallets
 Mobile wallets have made it easy to carry out
online shopping payments, online utility bill
payments, mobile recharge online, DTH recharge
online, online bus / movie ticket booking.
 In India there are options like Paytm, Mobikwik,
Vodafone M-pesa, Chillr, Free-charge, Airtel
Money, Oxigen etc
Paytm
 In February 2014 Paytm launched as Ecommerce
website as it started as Mobile recharge , DTH
plans & Online Bill payments
 Paytm is offering shopping, travel, entertainment,
and food along with partners like Uber,
Bookmyshow, makemytrip
 It is the only wallet giving IRCTC access, & has a
License from RBI to set up payments bank ,
enabling it to offer current & savings account
deposits, issuing debit cards & offering Internet
banking services
Mobikwik
 Along with Mobile recharge & Bill payment options
Mobikwik offers merchants such as BookMyShow,
MakeMyTrip, Domino's Pizza, eBay
 Mobikwik has a section with cash back offers listed on
website that include both online & offline players
 It's also tied up with Ezetap, whose new point of sale
machines are like credit card machines that over
70,000 shops are already using, so you can pay with
your MobiKwik wallet at any of these shops even if they
haven't partnered up directly
M-pesa
 Vodafone started their very own Mobile Wallet &
claims to be India's largest cash out network, with
over 85,000 M-pesa agents spread across the
country
 M-pesa deals in Recharge, DTH connections,
postpaid Vodafone numbers, utility bills and online
shopping
 Money can be transferred to bank via its inbuilt
IMPS service, or to a mobile number, but charges
apply in slabs
Oxigen
 Oxigen features deals giving mobile payments
option for mobile, landline & electricity bills
 It facilitates money top-up and use it for mobile
data recharge, DTH & data card recharge
 Oxigen Wallet is sanctioned by RBI, & claims to
be India's first non-bank wallet to have tied up with
NPCI (National Payments Corporation of India) for
direct money transfer
Free-charge
 Freecharge gives you mobile recharge, electricity bill
payments, DTH and data card in India
 It is acquired by Snapdeal in April 2015, FreeCharge
launched its own digital wallet for making transaction in
September 2015, & at the time claimed a user base of
5 million wallet users in an emailed factsheet
 It recently added metro card recharging as a feature of
its platform. The wallet can be topped up with debit
cards, credit cards and net banking, and can be
managed via an app or from the Web browser
Loopholes in Mobile Wallets
 Security of the User is the main issue in Mobile
Wallets system
 The top companies offering Mobile Wallet system
are not successful in providing security to user
name & passwords
 Customers should be at ease while using these
services as all important account details are highly
confidential
 It will be interesting to see how these companies
cover-up their loopholes
Thankyou

Mobile wallets

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  • 2.
    Introduction  Online shoppingis the latest trend in India  India is becoming a country of mobiles & internet with around 200 million internet users.  The trend of online shopping is catching up fast in metro cities  E-commerce portals have grown up to offer the option of ‘Cash on Delivery’ to appeal customers
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     Meanwhile thereis increase in people taking up to different digital payment platforms known as mobile wallets  Mobile wallets have made it easy to carry out online shopping payments, online utility bill payments, mobile recharge online, DTH recharge online, online bus / movie ticket booking.  In India there are options like Paytm, Mobikwik, Vodafone M-pesa, Chillr, Free-charge, Airtel Money, Oxigen etc
  • 4.
    Paytm  In February2014 Paytm launched as Ecommerce website as it started as Mobile recharge , DTH plans & Online Bill payments  Paytm is offering shopping, travel, entertainment, and food along with partners like Uber, Bookmyshow, makemytrip  It is the only wallet giving IRCTC access, & has a License from RBI to set up payments bank , enabling it to offer current & savings account deposits, issuing debit cards & offering Internet banking services
  • 5.
    Mobikwik  Along withMobile recharge & Bill payment options Mobikwik offers merchants such as BookMyShow, MakeMyTrip, Domino's Pizza, eBay  Mobikwik has a section with cash back offers listed on website that include both online & offline players  It's also tied up with Ezetap, whose new point of sale machines are like credit card machines that over 70,000 shops are already using, so you can pay with your MobiKwik wallet at any of these shops even if they haven't partnered up directly
  • 6.
    M-pesa  Vodafone startedtheir very own Mobile Wallet & claims to be India's largest cash out network, with over 85,000 M-pesa agents spread across the country  M-pesa deals in Recharge, DTH connections, postpaid Vodafone numbers, utility bills and online shopping  Money can be transferred to bank via its inbuilt IMPS service, or to a mobile number, but charges apply in slabs
  • 7.
    Oxigen  Oxigen featuresdeals giving mobile payments option for mobile, landline & electricity bills  It facilitates money top-up and use it for mobile data recharge, DTH & data card recharge  Oxigen Wallet is sanctioned by RBI, & claims to be India's first non-bank wallet to have tied up with NPCI (National Payments Corporation of India) for direct money transfer
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    Free-charge  Freecharge givesyou mobile recharge, electricity bill payments, DTH and data card in India  It is acquired by Snapdeal in April 2015, FreeCharge launched its own digital wallet for making transaction in September 2015, & at the time claimed a user base of 5 million wallet users in an emailed factsheet  It recently added metro card recharging as a feature of its platform. The wallet can be topped up with debit cards, credit cards and net banking, and can be managed via an app or from the Web browser
  • 9.
    Loopholes in MobileWallets  Security of the User is the main issue in Mobile Wallets system  The top companies offering Mobile Wallet system are not successful in providing security to user name & passwords  Customers should be at ease while using these services as all important account details are highly confidential  It will be interesting to see how these companies cover-up their loopholes
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