{
  "id": 9540720,
  "title": "PhonePe to hire 20,000 staff, deploy 5 mn payment devices in 12 months",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/phonepe-to-hire-20-000-staff-deploy-5-mn-payment-devices-in-12-months",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-24T10:03:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Standard IN",
    "slug": "business-standard-in",
    "url": "https://www.business-standard.com/companies/news/phonepe-to-hire-20-000-staff-deploy-5-mn-payment-devices-in-12-months-126092400714_1.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The fintech plans to expand digital payment acceptance across Tier 6 towns and rural India, with about half of the new devices to be deployed in rural areas",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}