PhonePe計畫增聘2萬人，擴大印度農村商家網絡

9月24日（路透社）—— 數位支付平台PhonePe週四表示，該公司計畫在未來一年增聘2萬名正式編制銷售員工，這是其將商家網絡擴展至印度較小城鎮和鄉村的布局之一。Sept 24 (Reuters) - Digital payments platform PhonePe said on Thursday it plans to hire 20,000 additional on-roll sales employees over the next year as part of a push to expand its merchant network into India's smaller towns and villages.

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• 這家由沃爾瑪支持的公司計畫在未來12個月部署超過500萬台裝置，包括智慧音箱和銷售點終端機，以擴大農村地區對數位支付的接受度。• The Walmart-backed company plans to deploy more than 5 million devices, including smart speakers and point-of-sale terminals, over the next 12 months to expand digital payments acceptance across rural areas.

• 此舉是在印度國家支付公司（NPCI）決定對特定UPI商家交易課徵0.4%費用之後提出；其中一部分收入將指定用於擴大服務不足地區小型商家對數位支付的接受度。• The move follows India's NPCI decision to levy a 0.4% fee on select UPI merchant transactions, with a portion of the proceeds earmarked to expand digital payments acceptance among small merchants in underserved regions.

• PhonePe表示：「最近公布的MDR架構讓公司得以採取長期視角，並投資於商家拓展。」• "The recently announced MDR framework allows the company to take a long view and invest in merchant expansion," PhonePe said.

• 截至8月，PhonePe的支付網絡包含超過7.2億名註冊用戶和逾5,000萬家商家。• As of August, PhonePe's payments network comprised more than 720 million registered users and over 50 million merchants.

（班加羅爾Abhinav Parmar報導；Shreya Biswas編輯）(Reporting by Abhinav Parmar in Bengaluru; Editing by Shreya Biswas)