Digital financial services firm Paytm on Tuesday said it partnered with Samsung stores to facilitate smart payments as well as its loan service through deployment of point of sale devices
The Paytm Payments Bank has not yet appointed a firm which will conduct an audit of its information technology (IT) systems, minister of state for finance Bhagwat Karad said
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Analysts expect Paytm's business to be affected owing to the ban
RBI in its letter to Paytm Payments Bank has not mentioned anything about data access but has asked the company to carry out an audit from a third party, a top official of the company said on Monday.
In an interview with Reuters, Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma said 'there is no access of any bank customer data to anyone, any investor'
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Annual inspections by RBI found that the company's servers were sharing information with China-based entities that indirectly own a stake in Paytm Payments Bank, says a source
This is the third time that Vijay Shekhar Sharma-promoted Paytm Payments Bank (PPBL) is facing action from the banking regulator since its inception in May 2017
The ban on customer acquisition shall cripple business growth for Paytm PB, which is targeting to add half a billion customers to its fold
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Paytm Payments Bank on Monday said it issued over 4.5 lakh FASTags in December 2021, registering 11.33 per cent rise as compared to the previous month. Paytm Payments Bank Ltd (PPBL) claims to have led the market in the FASTag segment with 28.2 per cent market share. The firm said it issued 4,51,463 FASTags in December 2021 as against 4,05,541 in November, cementing its leadership position in the digital toll payments in the country. "Till now, Paytm Payments Bank has issued a total of 1,24,83,038 out of 4,42,23,583 FASTags issued by all 35 banks together," a company spokesperson said. PPBL has toll collection in over 200 toll plazas across national and state highways. "Users prefer Paytm Fastag, as it's linked to the Paytm Wallet and does not require them to create any separate account. We hope to continue to leverage our technology and banking expertise to offer seamless & convenient toll payments experience," PPBL MD and CEO Satish Gupta said.
Paytm's revenue from payments, including merchant transfers, is expected to be at around $140 million in the current quarter with a growth of 50-60% on a year-on-year basis
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After the announcement, Paytm's share price rose 2.62 per cent to close at Rs 1,594.55 apiece.
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