Flipkart acquired UPI-based payments start-up ----------- in April 2016 ?
A. RuPay
B. PhonePe
C. Billdesk
D. m-Paisa
Answer:B
Flipkart acquired UPI-based payments start-up ----------- in April 2016 ?
A. RuPay B. PhonePe C. Billdesk D. m-Paisa
Explanation: E-commerce website Flipkart on 1 April 2016 announced that it has acquired payments start-up PhonePe Internet Pvt. Ltd. The start-up PhonePe was launched in December 2015 by former Flipkart executives Sameer Nigam, Rahul Chari and Burzin Engineer. As per the deal of acquisition, PhonePe will function as an independent business unit. The details of the transaction were not disclosed, however, the deal is not cash transaction. PhonePe is Flipkart’s third major acquisition in payments, after it bought payments start-up NGPay in 2014, and FX Mart Pvt. Ltd, which owns a prepaid wallet licence, in August 2015.