Paytm gets RBI approval for offline and cross border payment aggregation

Paytm Payments Services Limited (PPSL), a wholly owned subsidiary of One 97 Communications Limited, has received authorisation from the Reserve Bank of India to operate as a payment aggregator for physical or offline payments and cross border transactions, according to a regulatory filing.

The approval allows PPSL to undertake cross border payment aggregation for both inward and outward transactions. This is in addition to the online payment aggregator authorisation granted by the RBI last month.

With this authorisation, PPSL now holds payment aggregator approvals across online, offline, and cross border segments. The company said the approval enables it to offer payment aggregation services across multiple use cases for merchants.

Paytm had earlier applied for a payment aggregator licence, which was returned by the RBI in November 2022. The company reapplied in September 2024 and received in principle approval from the regulator in August 2025, following which the final authorisation has now been issued.

Paytm becomes part of a limited set of regulated players that are authorised to support domestic and cross border payments across both online and offline merchant channels on a single compliant platform. Other companies in this group include Razorpay, Easebuzz, PayU, Pine Labs, and Airpay.

The company reported revenue from operations of Rs 2,061 crore in Q2 FY26, up from Rs 1,659 crore in the year ago period. However, its net profit fell sharply to Rs 21 crore from Rs 930 crore in Q2 FY25, primarily due to the absence of a one time gain in the base quarter and an impairment loss recorded in the latest quarter.