Google Pay active user-base grows three times to reach 67 mn in September

Google Pay monthly active user-base grew three times to reach 67 million in September 2019 up from 22 million in September 2018, a top company official said on Wednesday.

“We have grown three times in terms of monthly active users and are at 67 million monthly active users as of September 2019 and that is up from 22 million users in September 2018,” Sajith Sivanandan, managing director and Business Head – Google Pay and Next Billion User Initiatives, told reporters.

He spoke to reporters after announcing the roll out of the company’s merchant-focused Google Pay app – Google Pay for Business – in Hyderabad. Reacting to a query, Sivanandan said the company was in the process of working and complying with the data localisation circular (RBI’s local data storage norm for payment services).