# India Post Payments Bank (IPPB)

> Source: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/india-post-payments-bank
> research date 2026-05-30 · extracted at 2026-10-07
> Publisher: Barcoder — encyclopedia of QR, barcode and payment-code standards

Specifications:
- [IPPB — official](https://www.ippbonline.com/)

## Overview

**India Post Payments Bank (IPPB)** is **Indian government India Post Payments Bank** + **Ministry of Communications India Post Department of Posts fully owned** + **~90M+ IPPB customers + ~150,000+ India Post + Department of Posts retail outlets nationwide** + **India's largest banking points network** <sup>[1][1], [India report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/IN)</sup>.

## History

**Aug 2015 — RBI grants in-principle Payments Bank licenses to 11 entities including India Post**.

**Jan 30 2017 — IPPB pilot launch in Raipur + Ranchi**.

**Sep 1 2018 — India Post Payments Bank IPPB officially launched nationwide by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as Indian government India Post Payments Bank** distinctive Indian payments banking heritage.

## Ownership & operator

**Operating entity**: **India Post Payments Bank IPPB** (Indian government India Post Payments Bank).

**Major shareholders**: **Government of India (Ministry of Communications + Department of Posts) fully owned**.

**Regulators**: **RBI**.

## Technical integration

IPPB mobile app (iOS + Android; ~90M+ IPPB customers) + ippbonline.com online + ~150,000+ India Post + Department of Posts retail outlets nationwide (India's largest banking points network) + IPPB Visa + Mastercard + RuPay cards; UPI + BharatQR + IMPS + RuPay + Aadhaar-Enabled Payment System AePS; max balance Rs 2 lakh per customer under Payments Bank framework.

## Implementations & partners

**Major Indian payments bank + payments competitors**: [Airtel Payments Bank](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/airtel-payments-bank) (Airtel Payments Bank; India's #1 Payments Bank by customers + India's first Payments Bank; ~70M+ Indian customers) + [Paytm Payments Bank](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/paytm-payments-bank) (Paytm Payments Bank; Mar 15 2024 RBI operational shutdown for non-compliance) + [Fino Payments Bank](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/fino-payments-bank) (Fino Payments Bank; BSE: 543386 + NSE: FINOPB; Indian payments bank) + [Jio Payments Bank](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/jio-payments-bank) (Jio Payments Bank; Reliance Jio + SBI JV Indian payments bank) + NSDL Payments Bank (NSDL Payments Bank; NSDL Indian depository payments bank) + [PhonePe](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/phonepe) (PhonePe; Walmart Flipkart subsidiary; India's largest UPI wallet by transactions) + [Google Pay](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/google-pay) (Google Pay India; India's #2 UPI wallet by transactions) + [Paytm](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/paytm) (Paytm; BSE: 543396 + NSE: PAYTM; Indian super-app wallet) + [Amazon Pay (India)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/amazon-pay-india) (Amazon Pay India; Indian wallet by Amazon).

**Regulator**: RBI.

## Status

**Active, Indian government India Post Payments Bank + Ministry of Communications India Post Department of Posts fully owned + ~90M+ IPPB customers + ~150,000+ India Post + Department of Posts retail outlets nationwide + India's largest banking points network** <sup>[1][1], [2][2]</sup>.

## Sources

[1]: https://www.ippbonline.com/ "IPPB — official"
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_Post_Payments_Bank "India Post Payments Bank — Wikipedia"
[in-cro]: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/IN

- [1] [IPPB — official][1]
- [2] [India Post Payments Bank — Wikipedia][2]
- <sup>[India report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/IN)</sup> In-corpus: `reports/countries/IN-india.md`

## Source

Biography extracted from [india-post-payments-bank.md](https://docs.barcoder.ai/source/wallets/india-post-payments-bank). See `matrix.md` for standards-support matrix if present.