Oxigen Services

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Oxigen Services India Pvt. Ltd.
OxigenLogo.png
Type of site
 Private
FoundedJuly 2004 (2004-07)
Headquarters Gurugram
Area served India
Founder(s) Pramod Saxena
Industry Fintech
Services Recharge, Bill Payment, Money transfer, Ticket Booking, Online/Offline Shopping, Mobile Wallet
URL myoxigen.com

Oxigen Services is an Indian fintech company. It is involved in the micropayment of services and remittances in real time. [1] [2]

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In June 2016, the company reported that its transaction volume rate increased to 600 million transactions per year with a customer base of more than 150 million. [3]

History

The company was started in 2004 by an alumnus of IIT Roorkee with seed capital of ₹4 crores. [4]

In 2006, Oxigen Services received $11.5 million from Citi Venture Capital, USA and then $35 million from Microsoft in 2008. [5]

The firm launched India’s first non-bank mobile wallet, [6] [7] approved by RBI in 2013 for instant money transfers to any bank. [8] These money transfers are available real-time in association with National Payments Corporation of India using IMPS. [9]

In 2014, the company was estimated at $150 million (₹921 crores). [10]

In 2016, Oxigen became a part of the Bharat Bill Payment System to connect users with the central bill payments and settlement system of National Payments Corporation of India. [11]

The firm set up ‘Super PoS - Micro ATM’ (point of sale) terminals to meet the requirements of merchants. [12] This Super PoS works as Micro ATM - Cash-In and Cash-Out, biometric scanner for Aadhaar transactions, Jan Dhan account servicing, merchant payments and eKYC. [13]

Services

Oxigen Wallet

Oxigen Wallet, powered by Oxigen Services Pvt. Ltd. is India’s first non-bank wallet, approved by Reserve Bank of India, [18] allowing customers to send and receive money through popular social networking platforms. [19]

As per a report published in April 2016 by VCCircle, the app claims to have 20 million users, and is accepted at around 9,000 merchant locations and 10,000 online sites. [20]

The services include money transfer, mobile & DTHTV payments, utility bill payments, gift cards, travel, movie ticket booking and Virtual Visa. [3] [17] Oxigen is the first online wallet allowing consumers to load cash in their mobile wallet. It enables individuals to transfer money, even if they don't have a bank account. [21]

Oxigen enables payments in different systems with various brand tie-ups.

Accessibility

Oxigen Wallet is available on the iOS App Store and Google Play Store.

Awards and recognition

Projects

Aarambh Ventures is Oxigen's accelerator programme which aims to increase startups' growth and innovation. Kalaage was the first startup at Aarambh Ventures and it recently got funded. [25]

Sponsorship

The firm appointed cricketer Sachin Tendulkar as its brand ambassador. [1] Oxigen sponsors the Twenty20 squads of South Africa national cricket team [26] and New Zealand national cricket team [27] along with Indian Premier League’s Gujarat Lions franchisee. [28]

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