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Saturday, November 2, 2024
TopicPaytm

Topic: Paytm

Paytm close to $2 billion war chest from Jack Ma’s Ant Financial, SoftBank, other investors

Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma is raising capital to protect his digital payments company from new entrants like Facebook, Google and Walmart's PhonePe.

Indian company, not Chinese, can dominate global payments: Paytm’s Vijay Shekhar Sharma

‘India’s payments leader will build a low-cost, highly scalable model in an extremely competitive environment. The winner here can go win anywhere.’

Deal with Paytm could help troubled Yes Bank re-emerge as a digital lender

Yes Bank is a battered lender gasping for capital. A deal with Paytm could help the bank break free of its chequered past.

Facebook close to launching WhatsApp payment service in India

The WhatsApp payments offering has been in beta mode in India since early 2018. It’s gearing to meet RBI’s data localisation rule to launch nationally.

MobiKwik to emulate Paytm, offer financial products to double revenue

In its 10 years of existence, MobiKwik expanded from online payments into financial products including insurance, gold and mutual funds.

Alibaba-backed Paytm wants to cash in on Amazon’s India distress

Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma says their focus is on growing the market by converting offline partners to online retail.

Vijay Shekhar Sharma and the case of really incompetent blackmailers

Paytm’s founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma was allegedly targeted by one of his most trusted lieutenants for millions in ransom.

India’s retail market may not be as attractive as it appears

Global companies must understand consumer needs and let govt regulations settle down before investing in India’s attractive retail market.

Facebook & Google are in a frenzy chasing India’s $1 trillion online payment market

While India's digital payments market will touch $1 trillion only by 2023, China’s current mobile payments market stands at $5 trillion.

A stake in company behind Paytm will be Warren Buffett’s first foray into Indian startups

Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is set to acquire a stake in One97 Communications Ltd, valuing the target at more than $10 billion.

On Camera

As a Hindu Canadian, I am deeply hurt by cancellation of Diwali. My community is now sidelined

Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.