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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
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Topic: Paytm

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.

Criticised for protectionism, India set to review e-commerce policy draft

The draft addressed data localisation to antitrust rules in e-commerce regulation in India.

PayTM helping SoftBank wade into Japan’s crowded digital payments space

Dozens of employees of the Indian startup are said to be working in Tokyo on getting the service up and running.

Cobrapost sting ‘exposes’ media houses: All deny charges, Times Group, Zee claim reverse stings

India Today Group has threatened the portal with legal action, while Paytm has assured ‘user data is 100% secure’

India Today and The New Indian Express deny Hindutva push allegations made by Cobrapost

Cobrapost released a series of sting videos, claiming several media houses had agreed to carry Hindutva campaign in return for crores of rupees ahead of 2019 polls.

Did you pay your phone bill online? Such data can be used to build your credit history

The question is one of identifying what datasets are being used to arrive at credit scores and if there is a need to set boundaries beyond which the law must step in.

Demonetisation is like a monkey on my back, says Paytm’s Vijay Shekhar Sharma

There were pros and cons to demonetisation and to being an entrepreneur, says Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma at Democracy Wall.

Off The Cuff with Vijay Shekhar Sharma

This edition of 'Off The Cuff' saw Founder, PayTm Vijay Shekhar Sharma in conversation with ThePrint Chairman & Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta and Contributing Editor Mahrukh Inayet....

A year after demonetisation: Still a cash economy, but mobile payments heating up in India

The spike in digital payments settled down, but growth has continued across the board and that is even after the cash returned to the economy.

On Camera

Hrithik Roshan & Jr NTR in Janaab-e-Aali is exactly what a dance-off should not be

Forget comparing it with classics like Hrithik’s Ek Pal Ka Jeena or the slick title track of Dhoom 2, Janaab-e-Aali does not even come close to Ghungroo.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

India expands Southeast Asia defence footprint with new joint venture in Philippines

Memorandum of understanding between SMPP and ADFC was signed during state visit of Philippines’ President to India earlier this month.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.