Highlights:

●        With a positive unit economics business model, Spice Money continues to be a profitable fintech with an EBITDA of Rs. 22 cr in FY22.

●        Spice Money delivers 4X growth over the last two years on all key metrics of transaction volumes, network growth, customer GTV and service-fee revenue.

●        The Spice Money Adhikari Network nearly doubled to reach 1 million nanopreneurs in FY22.

DiGiSPICE Technologies Limited, a next-gen technology company building future-ready digital platforms, announced its results for the quarter and year ended 31^st March 2022 today.

DiGiSPICE Technologies Ltd. operates in the rural fintech space through its subsidiary, Spice Money. Spice Money achieved the significant milestone of 1 million Adhikaris (nanopreneurs) this financial year, growing by nearly double over the last financial year. Spice Money’s strategy, to provide the first-of-its-kind zero investment model, continues to yield results and growth in Adhikaris. This network is spread across rural India covering more than 95% rural pincodes, 700+ districts serving a base of over 100 million consumers, through the Spice Money app and web portal.

In FY23 Spice Money aims to expand into other digital and financial services. The company will consolidate its ATM, banking and payments business, while scaling its enterprise Cash Management Services (CMS) business. The company, additionally, will be introducing a financial products & services marketplace which will offer solutions such as insurance, credit etc. Considering the crucial role agriculture plays in the rural economy, Spice Money will also venture into digital solutions for the industry. With the country emerging from the pandemic, Spice Money will expand its travel tech platform, Travel Union, to offer a first-of-its-kind solution for all travel agents in semi-urban and rural India. Through its phygital super app, the company will disseminate multiple digital services including education, ecommerce and healthcare to the masses.

Spice Money aims to build India’s largest Adhikari network with the best last-mile connectivity, revolutionising the way Bharat banks through an Open Network Assisted Digital Distribution (ONADD) model.

Commenting on the performance for the year under review, Dilip Modi, Chairman, DiGiSPICE Technologies & Founder, Spice Money said “For DiGiSPICE Technologies, FY22 has witnessed commendable growth, with our fintech business, Spice Money showcasing consistent double-digit growth over the past eight quarters.

We continue to remain bullish about rapid adoption of digital services in rural India, as we aim to foray into new business segments in FY23. Spice Money’s phygital super app will further help rural communities get essential services like basic banking, payment services, financial services, travel services and entrepreneur solutions along with healthcare and e-commerce at their doorstep, assisted by Spice Money’s 1 million+ Adhikaris.

We are delighted with how far we have reached towards solving for lack of access. We will continue to innovate and thereby, revolutionise the way Bharat banks.”