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PhonePe communications head shares career journey and insights
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- Date
- Company
- PhonePe
- What it does
- Digital payments platform in India
- Kind
- People
- Sector
- Financial Services
What they do
PhonePe is a major digital payments platform in India
What happened
Priya Patankar serves as Head of Corporate Communications at the company
Why it matters
She joined nine years ago and helped build the CRM function
The details
- Priya Patankar is the Head of Corporate Communications at PhonePe.
- She joined the company nine years ago as the first member of the Communications and PR team.
- Her career spans multiple sectors including telecom, pharmaceuticals, e-commerce, education, fintech, and not-for-profit.
- She previously worked at Dr Reddy’s Laboratories where she learned about cultural nuance and internal communication systems.
- Her experience includes communications, marketing, CRM, content, and demand generation.
- PhonePe uses the PhonePe Pulse initiative to share insights on India's digital payments revolution.
About the business
- PhonePe operates as a leading digital payments platform in India.
- The company shapes communication media storytelling platforms and leadership narratives.
- It engages in external engagement through various media channels.
- PhonePe utilizes data analytics to tell the story of India's digital payments revolution.
- The firm focuses on building strong internal and external communication structures.
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- PhonePe shuts US office, gets UAE licence11 September 2026 · Shutdown
- PhonePe launches UPI 123Pay for feature phone users31 August 2026 · Launch
- PhonePe partners with DPIIT and MeitY for growth20 August 2026 · Partnership
- PhonePe details AI strategy and UPI dominance15 August 2026 · Analysis
- PhonePe files draft prospectus ahead of public listing12 August 2026 · IPO
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