PayTM, Mobikwik and Freecharge (owned by Snapdeal) are the biggest independent online wallet companies in India with claimed registered wallets of 120mn/25mn and 20mn respectively. Apart from them some telecom companies (Vodafone, Airtel, Idea ) and banks (SBI, ICICI, HDFC etc.) have their own online wallet services. The online wallet was initially developed as a means of enabling mobile recharges for consumers, which was subsequently, expanded to PayTV and utility bill payment services.
Some of the wallets companies like PayTM, telco and banking wallets etc have received