The Enforcement Directorate on Monday said it has issued a Rs 611 crore worth show cause notice to Paytm's parent company and linked entities for "contravention" of the FEMA on various counts. The notice has been issued by a special director of the federal agency before the initiation of adjudication proceedings. The show cause notice has been issued to Paytm's flagship company One 97 Communication limited (OCL), its managing director and other Paytm subsidiary companies like Little Internet Pvt Ltd and Nearbuy India Pvt Ltd for contraventions of the provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) to tune of around Rs 611 crore, the ED said in a statement. Investigation found that OCL made foreign investment in Singapore and "did not" file necessary reporting to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for the creation of an overseas step-down subsidiary, it said. The OCL had also received foreign direct investment (FDI) from overseas investors "without following" proper pricing ..
The company has allegedly violated the Foreign Exchange Management Act (Fema) involving aggregate transactions worth over Rs 611 crore related to the acquisition of its subsidiaries
Company says these violations pertain to a period when these firms were not subsidiaries of One97 Communications
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The reactivation effort comes at a time when the payments bank has lost 72.25 per cent of its prepaid payment instrument (PPI) wallets from 363.15 million
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Paytm had informed about the investment of $1 million (equivalent to Rs 8.7 crore) by Paytm Cloud Technologies Ltd in Seven Technology LLC, Delaware for acquisition of a 25 per cent stake
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In a separate development, Paytm Money announced the appointment of Rajeev Krishnamuralilal Agarwal as an additional non-executive independent director on its Board
The Noida-based company said it was evaluating its options, including an appeal against the order issued by the Joint Commissioner, CGST Delhi North
Following the completion of the transaction, Seven Technology and Dinnie will become associate entities of One97 Communications (OCL), the parent company of Paytm
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Paytm on Friday said it has not received any fresh notice, communication, or query from the Enforcement Directorate after reports suggested that the fintech firm is among companies facing a probe over cryptocurrency scam. The information published is "factually incorrect and misleading", Paytm said dismissing media reports that claimed ED is investigating eight payment gateways, including Paytm, in connection with a scam involving 10 Chinese nationals. Shares of One97 Communications, which owns the Paytm brand, fell 8.4 per cent during the day to Rs 773.90 but recovered partially and closed at 5 per cent lower on BSE. "...we confirm that we have not received any such new notice, communication, or query from the Enforcement Directorate regarding the matter mentioned in the media articles," Paytm said in a clarification to BSE terming the information published as "factually incorrect and misleading". Drawing attention to its previous letter dated September 4, 2022, regarding the ...
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