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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

GST reform is pointless if it doesn’t simplify tax slabs. 40% rate is counterproductive

A lesser-known reality of the GST is that it has a total of eight tax slabs, excluding the exemptions. These start at 0.25 and go all the way up to 28 per cent.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

Army ramps up two-front readiness, 5 Bhairav Commando units ready for frontline deployment

Three battalions are being deployed along northern frontier with China and Pakistan, one in the northeast and another on western front, ThePrint has learnt.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.