PhonePe to hire 20,000 employees for deploying 50 lakh devices

PhonePe is planning to hire more than 20,000 frontline sales employees and deploy over 50 lakh payment devices across India during the next 12 months. Around half of the devices will target rural areas, including Tier 6 towns. The expansion will focus on merchant onboarding, KYC, payment infrastructure and support as PhonePe pushes digital payments deeper into rural India.