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Paytm was founded in August 2010 with an initial investment of US$2 million by its founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma in Noida, Delhi NCR. It started off as a prepaid mobile and DTH recharge platform, and later added debit card, postpaid mobile and landline bill payments in 2013. [14]
Paytm Payments Bank (PPBL) was an Indian payments bank, founded in 2017 and headquartered in Noida. [3] In the same year, it received the license to run a payments bank from the Reserve Bank of India and was launched in November 2017.
Paytm Payments Bank and Airtel Payments Bank together command over 88% of the deposits in payment banks in India in 2018. According to the Reserve Bank of India's report on ‘Trend and progress of Banking in India 2017-2018', the payment banks reported losses in the financial year 2017-2018, after a weak performance in the FY 2016-17. [14]
In July 2023, Government of India directed banks to issue NCMC-compliant cards by default to customers. [23] On January 2, 2024, Bank of Baroda announced the introduction of the NCMC RuPay Reloadable Prepaid Card. [24] On February 5, 2024, Federal Bank introduced dual-interface RuPay Debit cards with NCMC integration. For NCMC usage, the ...
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) is an Indian public sector company that operates retail payments and settlement systems in India. The organization is an initiative of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Indian Banks' Association (IBA) under the provisions of the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007, for creating a robust payment and settlement infrastructure in India.
BENGALURU (Reuters) -India's Paytm has received an approval from the country's finance ministry to invest in its payment services business, the fintech firm said on Wednesday. One 97 ...
The government panel had earlier held back approval due to concerns about the 9.88% stake in Paytm held by China's Ant Group. India has intensified scrutiny of Chinese businesses since a 2020 ...
Paytm is the latest member of India’s startup royalty to flame out. Edtech firm Byju’s was once India’s most valuable startup, worth $22 billion in late 2022, but the startup is now dealing ...