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Topic: Vijay Shekhar Sharma

Paytm back on Google Play Store hours after being pulled down for policy violation

Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma tweeted that a UPI cashback offer led to the suspension of the app and asked 'India to decide' if giving cashback is gambling.

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.’

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.

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.

ThePrint’s first Democracy Wall echoes voices from Left, Right and Centre

On ThePrint's 'Democracy Wall', a free speech campus initiative, students of Amity University engaged with a stellar list of personalities from politics, cinema, business, comedy and military.

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....

Printline Media concludes first round funding with stellar list of investors

N.R. Narayana Murthy, Ratan Tata, Nandan Nilekani, Uday Kotak Family, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Bangalore-based tech entrepreneur Rajiv C. Mody, Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Chairman, LVMH Asia Ravi Thakran, IIFL founders Nirmal Jain, R. Venkataraman, Karan Bhagat and Yatin Shah are eminent investors in the venture.

Our payments bank is more secure than PSU banks — Paytm chief Vijay Shekhar Sharma

India's youngest billionaire spoke in Mumbai about taking on the big banks, Aadhaar, privacy and the NPA debate.

On Camera

Top 10 picks of Serendipity Art Festival 2025 by Rohit Chawla

Through film, textile, scent, sound, and gesture, spectators are invited to descend into an immersive environment where inherited knowledge seeps through material and form.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.