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Paytm acquires Bengaluru's savings management startup Balance Technology

The acquisition will help One97 Communications, which operates the Paytm brand, in further enhancing its user and merchant interfaces

Incumbent distributors confident despite talks of Paytm's MF foray

Most don't see their business getting impacted by the entry of mobile payments giant

Paytm Money in final stages of testing; MF foray likely to begin this month

Paytm Money - which will be offering direct plans, and not regular plans - has led to quite a bit of excitement within the 42-player MF industry

Paytm debuts in Japan with launch of PayPay, plans an entry into Europe

Indications of entering Europe were given last year by Vijay Shekhar Sharma, founder of One97 Communications, when he launched in Canada

US companies face off with Paytm in lobbying against data storage rules

The RBI in April said payments data should be stored "only in India" within six months for "safety and security"

Paytm receives final tranche from $445 mn funding from SoftBank, Alibaba

In April, Paytm Mall had closed $445 million funding round from SoftBank Investment Holdings and Alibaba.com Singapore E-commerce.

Paytm acquires Chennai-based TicketNew for $40 million

With this acquisition, Paytm hopes to take on major players such as BookMyShow.

Paytm may process Rs 600 bn in monthly bank transfers by end of this year

Paytm said there is no upper or lower limit to the number of payments or amount that can be transferred under the 'My Payments' feature.

Paytm revamps app, aims exponential growth in money transfers this year

Paytm has moved from being a wallet to a full stack payments provider by offering multi-source and multi destination solutions

Paytm more preferred by Indian professionals than Google: LinkedIn report

Google's parent company, Alphabet, is ranked seventh in the "Top Companies" list by the professional social network site

Paytm to launch mutual funds, insurance, banking services via payments bank

The firm, owned by One97 Communications, is also providing the option to transact offline with a physical debit card

Paytm's claim of leadership in UPI payments misleading, says PhonePe

Says Paytm's high transaction volumes of low value indicative of discount heavy growth strategy

Paytm inks pact with Singapore Tourism; flyers to get Rs 2500 cash back

The Paytm platform will house a microsite featuring Singapore's new, inside-out, unified brand 'Passion Made Possible'

Paytm on a rapid expansion mode, floats two new entities in insurance biz

The fintech major has not made any announcements on who would be heading these companies as of now

Thanks to Esops, 200 Paytm current and former staff become millionaires

An ESOP is a benefit plan to enable employees to acquire shares in the company

Paytm comes out with new measures to expand daily average transaction value

Around 10 million transactions are done on the Paytm platform every day

Paytm merges start-ups Nearbuy, Little Internet

Paytm over a year has made investments for further expansion of its various services

Paytm eyes top spot in e-commerce business in 3-5 yrs; to infuse $2.5 bn

Rivals Amazon, Flipkart are pouring in billions of dollars to boost market share

Paytm swears by India digital play, lines up Rs 20,000 crore

Founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma said its platform processes about 250 crore transactions annually worth of Rs 80,000 crore

Paytm to invest Rs 5,000 cr to retain lead in digital payment space: Report

The statement from the company came a day before one year of demonetisation anniversary, which happened on November 8, 2016 and gave boost to India's digital payment sector