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TopicVijay Shekhar Sharma

Topic: Vijay Shekhar Sharma

Vijay Shekhar Sharma steps down as Paytm Bank chairman, board reconstituted

PPBL has reconstituted its Board of Directors with the appointment of Ex-Central Bank of India Chairman Srinivasan Sridhar, retired IAS officer Debendranath Sarangi among others.

A rags-to-riches tale: Startup rockstar, Paytm CEO Vijay Sharma, battles regulatory crisis

Sharma faces arguably his biggest crisis in a race to save his revolutionary digital payments firm that had once counted Warren Buffett as a backer.

In wake of RBI action, Paytm leadership says it will not do business with Payments Bank arm

RBI had Wednesday put curbs on Paytm Payments Bank, a banking partner of Paytm, which included prohibitions on onboarding new customers and operating its mobile wallet services.

Paytm to acquire 10.3% stake worth $628 million from Jack Ma-back Ant Financial

Following Sharma's stake purchase from Antfin Holding, Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma will now hold the largest stake in the digital payments firm, with a 19.42% ownership.

Investors, analysts question Paytm CEO on way forward after turbulent market debut

One97 Communications, the parent of the digital payments giant, ended last week 17% below its offer price of Rs 2,150, after falling to as low as Rs 1,271 at one point.

Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma compares himself to Elon Musk after shares plunge

Sharma encouraged employees to look past the initial stumble and to focus on the long-term opportunities for bringing digital payments to India's fast-growing internet population.

Paytm CEO’s fixation on delivering record IPO led to first-day flop

The company, with support from leading banks, pushed up both the price and the size of the stock offering to the breaking point.

Paytm shares crash 27% on first day of trading after historic IPO

Paytm shares sank to Rs 1,560.8 compared with the IPO price of Rs 2,150. Retail investors who piled into the offering are now sitting on heavy losses.

Harsh Goenka shares video of Paytm CEO dancing ‘after SEBI approves IPO’, but it’s 3 years old

The video shared by industrialist Goenka had been uploaded on YouTube by a user in 2018. It shows Vijay Shekhar Sharma dancing with Paytm employees.

Paytm forms Rs 10-crore investment fund for new mini app store to take on Google

Paytm’s mini-app store, launched 5 October, seeks to break Google Play’s dominance in app distribution on the Android ecosystem.

On Camera

No Mamata Banerjee, women’s safety isn’t a curfew issue

For Indian women, the smallest unit of control becomes the family; the largest, the State. Both speak the same language.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.