Paytm was founded in 2010 as a mobile recharge company in India and has since expanded to offer various digital payment services. It has over 150 million wallets and 75 million app downloads, and processes payments for 3 million offline merchants across India. Paytm has received large investments over the years from companies like Alibaba and Softbank, with Softbank investing $1.4 billion in 2017, one of the largest funding rounds in India. Paytm also received approval to start its own payments bank in India to offer banking services and further digital payments.