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Who makes money when everyone pays by UPI

6 Indian listed companies the Valarth AI Screener found for this question, as of 13 Oct 2026. Below: how it read the question, the filters it used, and why each company is on the list.
How Valarth read it
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Companies earning from UPI/digital payment rails such as payment switching, merchant acquiring and payment infrastructure, a thematic screen on digital payments.

Filters it used · 3
Sector = FinancialsSub-sector = Payment InfrastructureTheme in Digital Payments Infrastructure & Fintech Rails
semantic_residue semantic_only makes money from UPI and digital payments transaction volume growth, merchant acquiring, payment switching, value-added payment services

No column in the data backs this part of the question, so it was used to rank the results, not to include or exclude a company.

What these companies have in common · written by the model

Six Indian names earning from UPI-era payment rails; Paytm alone dominates the mcap-weighted basket.

The kept basket spans merchant acquiring, payment gateways, in-store and online payment infrastructure, prepaid and B2B2C fintech, and digital wallets or banking-correspondent rails. Paytm and Pine Labs carry most of the weight, so the basket behaves largely like a bet on a few large digital payments platforms. The ROCE and P/E spread is wide, and most names have fallen over the past year, so the basket reflects a sector-wide de-rating rather than a uniform growth story.

Stocks6
Weighted ROCE2.7%
Median P/E55.6x
Combined mcap₹1.37L Cr
Median 1Y return-31.4%
Median beta0.54
Risks of holding them together
  • Concentration risk: Paytm and Pine Labs make up most of the basket's market cap, so the basket moves with a few names.
  • Regulatory exposure: UPI pricing, merchant discount rate rules, payment aggregator licensing, and RBI data-localisation norms can compress margins across the group.
  • Competition and take-rate pressure: free UPI rails and bank-owned platforms limit pricing power for non-bank payment intermediaries.
  • Earnings quality: several names are loss-making or have thin ROCE, so valuations depend on future scale rather than current profits.

6 matches

Zaggle Prepaid Ocean Services Ltd

ZAGGLE · Small Cap · Payment Infrastructure
82%match
Market cap₹2,235 Cr
P/E17.4x
ROCE13.5%
1 year−52.9%
  • Reported segment. Propel platform revenue / Gift cards: 58% of revenue
  • industry_l1: Financials. matches
  • industry_l2: Payment Infrastructure. matches
  • Digital Payments Infrastructure & Fintech Rails. theme tag from the entity model

Fino Payments Bank Ltd

FINOPB · Small Cap · Private Banks
42%match
Market cap₹1,130 Cr
P/E55.5x
ROCE—
1 year−56.6%
  • Reported segment. Other Banking Operations: 67% of revenue
  • industry_l1: Financials. matches
  • filing mentions rupay. annual report / IR text

Pine Labs Ltd

PINELABS · Small Cap · Payment Infrastructure
85%match
Market cap₹18,825 Cr
P/E144.3x
ROCE3.1%
1 year−35.0%
  • Reported segment. Digital infrastructure and transaction platform: 68% of revenue
  • industry_l1: Financials. matches
  • industry_l2: Payment Infrastructure. matches
  • Digital Payments Infrastructure & Fintech Rails. theme tag from the entity model

One 97 Communications Ltd

PAYTM · Mid Cap · Payment Infrastructure
89%match
Market cap₹1.09 lakh Cr
P/E161.0x
ROCE2.4%
1 year+35.3%
  • industry_l1: Financials. matches
  • industry_l2: Payment Infrastructure. matches
  • Digital Payments Infrastructure & Fintech Rails. theme tag from the entity model
  • filing mentions soundbox. annual report / IR text

AvenuesAI Ltd

CCAVENUE · Small Cap · Payment Infrastructure
81%match
Market cap₹4,826 Cr
P/E14.8x
ROCE3.4%
1 year−27.7%
  • Reported segment. Payment Business: 97% of revenue
  • industry_l1: Financials. matches
  • industry_l2: Payment Infrastructure. matches
  • Digital Payments Infrastructure & Fintech Rails. theme tag from the entity model

One Mobikwik Systems Ltd

MOBIKWIK · Small Cap · Payment Infrastructure
82%match
Market cap₹1,896 Cr
P/E-151.5x
ROCE—
1 year−12.7%
  • industry_l1: Financials. matches
  • industry_l2: Payment Infrastructure. matches
  • Digital Payments Infrastructure & Fintech Rails. theme tag from the entity model
  • filing mentions soundbox. annual report / IR text

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