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Exclusive: UAE Regulator holds back key Paytm licence

Exclusive: UAE Regulator holds back key Paytm licence

25 Oct 2025, 12:18 PM

Paytm had applied to the Central Bank of the UAE for two licences — one covering acquiring and domestic payments, and another for a wallet-type product.

BharatPe appoints Paytm

BharatPe appoints Paytm's Ajit Kumar as CTO

24 Oct 2025, 12:50 PM

This appointment comes months after the company's previous technology head Pankaj Goel left the organization.

Paytm parent restructures to bring entities under direct ownership

Paytm parent restructures to bring entities under direct ownership

15 Oct 2025, 20:34 PM

Paytm has also approved the transfer of its offline merchant payments business to its wholly-owned subsidiary, Paytm Payments Services Ltd.

Paytm approves investments in Paytm Money, Paytm Services, discontinues real money gaming biz

Paytm approves investments in Paytm Money, Paytm Services, discontinues real money gaming biz

26 Aug 2025, 11:27 AM

Paytm has approved investments of up to Rs 300 crore in Paytm Money and Rs 155 crore in Paytm Services through rights issues.

Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund hikes stake in Paytm

Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund hikes stake in Paytm

20 Aug 2025, 17:28 PM

Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund acquired 26.31 lakh shares of Paytm to raise its stake to 5.15% through open market transactions.

Exclusive: Paytm gets in-principle approval from RBI to operate as payment aggregator

Exclusive: Paytm gets in-principle approval from RBI to operate as payment aggregator

12 Aug 2025, 20:46 PM

The approval comes barely a week after Ant Group's Antfin, backed by Chinese giant Alibaba, offloaded its entire 5.84% stake in Paytm.

Paytm employees see single-digit remuneration hike; headcount falls 10%

Paytm employees see single-digit remuneration hike; headcount falls 10%

06 Aug 2025, 12:44 PM

No remuneration was paid to non-executive directors at Paytm for the financial year 2024-25.

Antfin looks to fully exit Paytm via Rs 3,800 crore share sale

Antfin looks to fully exit Paytm via Rs 3,800 crore share sale

05 Aug 2025, 13:09 PM

This latest divestment plan follows Antfin's previous stake reduction in May 2025, when it sold a 4% holding for Rs 2,103 crore.

Madhur Deora to step down from Paytm

Madhur Deora to step down from Paytm's board but continue as President, group CEO

23 Jul 2025, 15:50 PM

Meanwhile, the company has appointed Urvashi Sahai, general counsel and senior vice president-legal, as a new board member.

Paytm posts net profit of Rs 123 crore in April-June

Paytm posts net profit of Rs 123 crore in April-June

22 Jul 2025, 18:21 PM

The Vijay Shekhar Sharma-led company had last posted a profit in the July-September quarter of 2024 helped by a one-time gain from the sale of its ticketing business.

Paytm Money to rope in HDFC Securities executive as CEO: report

Paytm Money to rope in HDFC Securities executive as CEO: report

18 Jul 2025, 18:02 PM

The appointment marks another quick leadership transition for Paytm Money, as current CEO Rakesh Singh had assumed the role just last year.

Paytm to become AI-first company: Vijay Shekhar Sharma

Paytm to become AI-first company: Vijay Shekhar Sharma

11 Jul 2025, 23:18 PM

Sharma also said that companies will have to start using AI as an employee or even as a CEO.

Groww retains top spot in brokerage race despite dip in users

Groww retains top spot in brokerage race despite dip in users

11 Jul 2025, 17:32 PM

Zerodha, led by the Kamath brothers -- Nithin Kamath and Nikhil Kamath, also held on to its second spot with a 15.58% market share and 7.58 million users.

PhonePe, Google Pay command 82% of UPI transaction volumes

PhonePe, Google Pay command 82% of UPI transaction volumes

11 Jul 2025, 16:58 PM

PhonePe topped the list, processing 8.55 billion transactions worth Rs 11.99 lakh crore, securing a 46.5% share by volume and nearly half the total transaction value.

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