Their market share has dipped to 79%

Jun 17, 2026

03:04 pm

What's the storyFor the first time since the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) began publishing app-specific transaction data, PhonePe and Google Pay's combined market share has fallen below 80%.

The two giants together held a whopping 86% of India's Unified Payments Interface (UPI) market in May 2024.