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In India's Mobile-Payments Boom, Even Beggars Get QR Codes

A beggar in the eastern Indian state of Bihar strolled through a train station one recent weekday, toting a metal pail for cash and a tablet computer with a QR code stuck on the back.

Paytm Payments Bank Expects India's Central Bank To Ease Regulatory Curbs On It Soon

Paytm Payments Bank Expects India's Central Bank To Ease Regulatory Curbs On It Soon

India’s Paytm Payments Bank said it expects the central bank to allow it to start taking on new customers in the next few months and would comply with all the audit requirements to remove the regulatory curbs imposed on it.

Paytm Q4 loss widens to Rs 761 crore, average monthly transacting users (MTU) grow 41% Y-o-Y

Paytm Q4 loss widens to Rs 761 crore, average monthly transacting users (MTU) grow 41% Y-o-Y

NEW DELHI: Digital financial services firm One97 Communications, which operates under the Paytm brand, on Friday reported widening of its consolidated loss to Rs 761.4 crore for the quarter ended March 2022 on account of rise in payment processing charges and employees benefit expenses.

The Times of India

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Walmart Intensifies Rivalry With Google, Amazon By Targeting India's Budding Payments Market

Walmart Inc's (NYSE:WMT) Indian payments unit PhonePe will acquire two wealth management firms for a total enterprise value of $75 million, Bloomberg reports. PhonePe will buy WealthDesk for about $50 million and OpenQ for nearly $25 million. The acquisitions will help broaden PhonePe's offerings in India's budding payments market, where Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL)…

Foreign investors shun LIC IPO over market risks

NEW DELHI: Foreign institutional investors have on the whole steered clear of India’s biggest share sale, deeming it too expensive given currency risks and the global market backdrop.

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Jack Ma, Warren Buffett Backed Paytm Looks To Breakeven Soon: Bloomberg

Paytm, backed by SoftBank Group Corp (OTC:SFTBY) (OTC:SFTBF) and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's (NYSE:BABA) fintech affiliate Ant Group, looks to break even on an operating basis over the next year-and-a-half, Bloomberg reports. The Indian digital payments pioneer doubled its gross merchandise value to $34.3 billion in the March quarter. Paytm looks to become profitable in…

Paytm shares declined due to volatile market conditions: CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma

NEW DELHI: Shares of Paytm declined significantly in recent times due to volatile market conditions for high growth stocks, the company's CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma said on Wednesday.

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Don't Go Buying Every Stock That Is Down 40-50%, Warns Prominent Indian Investment Banker

Don't Go Buying Every Stock That Is Down 40-50%, Warns Prominent Indian Investment Banker

Despite the subdued global cues from the foreign markets, the Indian stock market has given a pretty decent return of almost 13% to investors in the past month.

Softbank representative Munish Varma resigns from Paytm, PB Fintech boards

Softbank representative Munish Varma resigns from Paytm, PB Fintech boards

NEW DELHI: Softbank managing partner Munish Ravinder Varma has resigned from the board of the digital financial services company One97 Communications, which operates under the Paytm brand, and PB Fintech, according to regulatory filings by both companies on Tuesday.

The Times of India

SoftBank Founder Boosts Collateral To 33% Of Stock As Stock Prices Sink

SoftBank Founder Boosts Collateral To 33% Of Stock As Stock Prices Sink

SoftBank Group Corp (OTC:SFTBY) (OTC:SFTBF) founder Masayoshi Son has raised the collateral stock to financial institutions as its shares plunged over 2021, Bloomberg reports. Son boosted the stock pledged as collateral to ~33% of his stake or 153.3 million shares in SoftBank as its shares sank 60% from their peak last year.…

Paytm refutes reports of data leak to Chinese firms, calls it 'false and sensationalist'

Paytm refutes reports of data leak to Chinese firms, calls it 'false and sensationalist'

NEW DELHI: Paytm Payments Bank on Monday refuted reports of leaking data to Chinese firms and termed them to be "false and sensationalist".

The Times of India

Top Paytm official booked in Delhi after SUV hits police vehicle

Top Paytm official booked in Delhi after SUV hits police vehicle

NEW DELHI: After a minor collision of his Land Rover with a police vehicle belonging to DCP (South) last month, Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma has been prosecuted for rash driving. A company spokesperson said reports claiming the nature of the arrest were “exaggerated”.

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