Airtel Payments Bank

Airtel Payments Bank is a public limited company with its headquarters in New Delhi, India. The company is a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel. It is the first company in India to receive a payments bank license from the Reserve Bank of India and it became the first live payments bank in the country.[3] On April 11, 2016 the Reserve Bank of India issued the license under Section 22 (1) of Banking Regulation Act, 1949 to Airtel Payments Bank.[4] Airtel Payments Bank is a joint venture between Bharti Airtel Ltd. and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.. Kotak Mahindra Bank holds 19.9% stake in the Airtel Payments Bank.

Airtel Payments Bank Limited
TypePublic company
IndustryFinancial services
Founded2017
HeadquartersNew Delhi India
Area served
India
Key people
Anubrata Biswas (MD, CEO)[1]
ProductsBanking
ParentBharti Airtel Limited(80.01%) Kotak Mahindra Bank(19.9%)
SubsidiariesYTS Solutions Pvt. Ltd.[2]
Websitewww.airtel.in/bank/

History

In 2015, eleven companies received In-principle approval from the Reserve Bank of India to set up payments bank under the guidelines for Licensing of Payments Bank. Airtel was one of them, and it launched Airtel Payments Bank in September 2016. Airtel's first payments bank went live with its pilot project in Rajasthan in November 2016.[5]

The bank's capital at its establishment was ₹3,000 crore ($441 million). Airtel Payments Bank reported deposits of ₹68.33 crore at the end of the financial year ended 31 March 2017, which was its first year of operation.[6][7]

Services

Digital payments

In September 2017, Airtel Payments Bank launched UPI enabled digital payments to facilitate secure digital payments. Customers need to link their bank accounts on BHIM before they can make UPI payments. For UPI-based payments and transfers, customers are not required to furnish their bank details to enable transactions.[8]

Airtel Money is a digital wallet by Airtel Payment Bank that allows users to make payments using "My Airtel app" or USSD.

Insurance and pension

In July 2019, Airtel Payments Bank partnered with Bharti AXA General Insurance.[9][10] Airtel Payments Bank and Bharti Axa Life Insurance have started to provide government's insurance plan Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana in August 2018.[11][12]In 2019, Airtel Payments Bank started offering Atal Pension Yojana (a Government of India initiative) through its platform.[13]

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) suspended Bharti Airtel and Airtel Payment Bank's licence for eKYC of Aadhar on 16 December 2017, following complaints from customers that their accounts were being opened without their consent. Some even received their LPG subsidies in their Airtel Payment Bank accounts.[14] However, on July 12, 2018, Airtel Payments Bank received requisite approvals from the Reserved Bank of India and Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to resume on-boarding new customers using of Aadhaar-based e-KYC.[15]

Awards
  • IAMAI 7th India Digital Awards for Money Transfer Programme 2017[16]
  • Asian Banker Risk Management Award 2018[17]

References
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  3. Jain, Upasana (23 November 2016). "Airtel launches India's first payments bank". livemint.com.
  4. "Airtel M-Commerce Services Ltd rechristened as Airtel Payments Bank Ltd Company unveils new brand identity". Bharti.com. Archived from the original on 2017-01-16. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  5. India, Press Trust of (2016-11-24). "Airtel Payments Bank goes live with pilot project in Rajasthan". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
  6. Pahwa, Nikhil (2017-07-04). "Airtel Payments Bank reports deposits of Rs 690.33 crore at end of FY17". MediaNama. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
  7. "Bharti Airtel to spend $441 million to set up payments bank". Economictimes.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  8. "Airtel Payments Bank launches UPI enabled digital payments". The Economic Times. 17 September 2017.
  9. "Airtel Payments Bank partners with Bharti AXA Life to offer term insurance". The Economic Times. 2 July 2019.
  10. "Airtel Payments Bank partners with Bharti AXA Life to offer pure term insurance". @businessline.
  11. Dua, Priyanka (16 August 2018). "Airtel Payments Bank join hands with Bharti AXA Life Insurance to offer Rs. 2 lakh insurance cover". gizbot.com/.
  12. "Bharti AXA, Airtel Payments Bank team up to offer Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana - ET Telecom". ETTelecom.com.
  13. "Airtel Payments Bank launches Aadhaar-enabled payment service: Report". MediaNama. 2020-03-02. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  14. "UIDAI suspends Airtel, Airtel Payments Bank's eKYC licence". The Indian Express. 16 December 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  15. Gupta, Komal (12 July 2018). "Airtel Payments Bank gets RBI nod to resume enrolling customers". livemint.
  16. "IMAI Digital Awards 2017". IAMAI.
  17. "The Asian Banker Risk Management Awards". asianbankerawards.com.
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