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BHIM transactions triple to 244M monthly, groceries and food lead Telangana retail spend
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With UPI now driving 23.9% of grocery and 18.1% of food spend in Telangana, optimize checkout flows and loyalty integrations for BHIM/UPI rails to capture sticky everyday basket frequency.
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The report,
BHIM Payments App monthly transactions tripled to 244 million by May 2026, processing ₹26,952 crore. In Telangana, groceries (23.9%), food outlets (18.1%) and quick commerce (11.6%) lead merchant categories, signaling deeper digital payment adoption in routine retail.
Demand data
From the report. Source details below
| 79.64 million transactions June | 2025 |
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What it says about consumers
The embedding of UPI in daily retail baskets opens M&A and partnership angles around quick commerce, fintech-enabled loyalty, and grocery aggregators where payment-data flywheels compound.