The surge in Paytm share price came after the company announced that National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has granted approval to the company to onboard new UPI users
The surge in the Paytm stock was fueled by domestic brokerage Emkay's upgrade to 'Add' from 'Reduce.'
Hope to deliver at least one profitable quarter this year, says Sharma
Former Chief Business Officer of WhatsApp Neeraj Arora has quit the board of the fintech firm One97 Communications, owner of Paytm brand, citing pre-occupation and personal commitments, a regulatory filing said on Monday. Arora had quit the Paytm board earlier in early 2018 but rejoined it before the company's IPO. "The Board, at its meeting held today i.e., June 17, 2024, took note of the resignation tendered by Shri Neeraj Arora, Non-Executive Independent Director of the Company on account of pre-occupation and other personal commitments. He will accordingly cease to be a Non-Executive Independent Director, with effect from the closure of business hours on June 17, 2024," Paytm said in the regulatory filing. Arora was a key figure in negotiating the WhatsApp merger deal with social media major Facebook. He has co-founded his own social networking Hallo App and a venture capital firm Venture Highway. Paytm has onboarded former whole-time director of market regulator SEBI Rajeev .
Fintech firm One97 Communications, owner of Paytm brand, is laying off an undisclosed number of employees and claimed that it is providing outplacement support for their smooth transition, according to a company statement. Paytm's sales employee headcount in March 2024 quarter dropped by about 3,500 to 36,521 personnel on a quarter-on-quarter basis, mainly due the impact of the Reserve Bank of India's ban on services of Paytm Payments Bank. "One97 Communications Limited (OCL) is providing outplacement support to employees which have resigned as a part of the restructuring efforts by the company. "The company's human resource teams are actively collaborating with over 30 companies that are currently hiring, and providing assistance to employees who have opted to share their information, facilitating their immediate outplacement," the company said on Monday. Paytm, however, did not not disclose the number of employees impacted by the restructuring. "Paytm is also disbursing bonuses
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Company has 'transitioned' payment business from Paytm Payments Bank to other partner banks, says CEO
Paytm is now enabled to offer UPI services through partners such as Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, State Bank of India (SBI), and YES Bank
Paytm has seen its shares lose more than half of their value since the banking regulator's surprise clampdown amid concerns over the continuity of its business model
The idea is to use attractive cashback offers to build a relationship with merchants and eventually offer them business loans, said a top executive
The company reported a net loss of Rs 168 crore for Q4FY23 as against a net loss of Rs 763 crore in the year ago quarter.
Shares of Paytm surged 8 per cent to Rs 535.45 apiece in the intra-day trade on Friday, before settling at Rs 537, up 7 per cent
Paytm's m-cap, which was over Rs 1.38 trillion at the time of the launch of the IPO, has declined 77 per cent in just over a year to Rs 30,971 crore
The global research and broking house suggests investors buy the stock at the current levels and maintains a 12-month target price of Rs 1,100 on the counter
Google had earlier claimed its payments platform Tez was the largest contributor to UPI transactions