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Paytm posts profit, plans AI-driven automation

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Paytm is a digital payments and financial services platform offering UPI, recharges, bill payments, and more

Q4 FY26 net profit was ₹183 Cr, up from a loss of ₹545 Cr a year ago; operating revenue rose 18.4% to ₹2,264 Cr

CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma outlined plans to invest in AI for automation across services, including Paytm Money and Paytm Check-In

Paytm reported its first full year of profitability in FY26, but it was not its first full year of profitability since its stock listing.
Operating revenue rose 18.4% YoY to ₹2,264 Cr.
CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma outlined a vision to invest in AI for automation across all services.
The company plans inorganic growth but only in the AI space.
Paytm will not build its own data centre; it will rent one and run its own model on top.
The company aims to automate all services including Paytm Money and Paytm Check-In for consumers and merchants.
Shares rallied 8.5% intraday to ₹1,204.4 and closed at ₹1,199.25, up 8%.
Analysts gave positive ratings: Bernstein 'outperform' (TP ₹1,500), Citi 'Buy' (TP ₹1,375), Jefferies 'Buy' (TP ₹1,350).

Paytm's cash balance stood at ₹13,315 Cr as of March 2026, providing firepower for AI investments.
AI-powered fraud detection and collections routing contributed to the FY26 profitability turnaround.
The RBI cancelled PPBL's banking licence last month; Paytm had already impaired the investment as of March 31, 2024.
Paytm shifted its payments business to UPI partnerships with Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, SBI under the TPAP model.
Financial services now account for 30% of revenue, with compounding across merchant loans, personal loans, and wealth management.

Paytm offers UPI payments, mobile recharges, bill payments, FASTag, DTH, insurance, metro, toll, flights, and credit cards.
Paytm Money provides margin trade funding (MTF) at 7.99% p.a. with up to 4X buying power on 1200+ stocks.
AI is deployed for payments intelligence, fraud prevention, merchant onboarding, and collections.
AI agents are embedded in engineering for coding, reviews, testing, and deployment, compressing software development timelines and costs.
AI is integrated into Soundbox devices for business insights, customer notifications, and merchant support.
AI helps acquire higher-quality users at lower costs and drives monetisation through personalisation.
Paytm Check-In is experimenting with agentic interfaces; funnel conversion is 7X to 8X higher than normal interface.
PPSL began onboarding new customers after licence restrictions were lifted mid-2025.

FY27 focus: marketing services using AI agents to strengthen merchant engagement tools over the next 12 months.
All new investments limited to the AI space.
Automate all services across the platform, including Paytm Money and Paytm Check-In.