Paytm on Monday launched two Made-in-India soundboxes for UPI and credit card on UPI payments. Paytm founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma said that the advanced soundboxes offer better sound quality and battery life, making them better suited to Indian conditions. The need for these hybrid soundboxes was felt in the backdrop of a high-noise environment in India, Sharma said describing the evolution of the company's soundbox offerings as 'legitimate India innovations'.
Paytm Payments Bank's parent is One 97 Communications, popularly known as Paytm for its digital payments app. One97 owns 49% in the payments bank, while Sharma holds the remaining 51%
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The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) recently gave Paytm the green light to migrate users to specific banks that handle UPI transactions.
he National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) recently gave Paytm the green light to migrate users to specific banks that handle UPI transactions (called PSP banks).
UPI users with the @Paytm UPI handle can now create new virtual payment addresses or VPAs with partner PSP banks
The banking regulator has identified two major types of payment aggregators (PAs) as part of the payments ecosystem in the country
The company added that investor Ant Financial did not have any board representation or special rights
Paytm sought government approval last year for the investment it had already made in its newly established payments gateway arm
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Chawla was appointed as managing director and CEO of Paytm Payments Bank in January 2023 after it received a nod from RBI
Beleaguered Paytm Payments Bank's managing director and CEO Surinder Chawla has resigned from the company, a regulatory filing said on Tuesday. Chawla's resignation comes amidst Paytm Payments Bank facing prohibitory action from banking regulator RBI. "Surinder Chawla, Managing Director and CEO of PPBL has tendered his resignation on April 8, 2024, on account of personal reasons and to explore better career prospects. He will be relieved from PPBL w.e.f. close of business hours on June 26, 2024, unless changed by mutual consent," One97 Communications, Paytm brand owner, said in a regulatory filing. Chawla joined PPBL in January last year.
Paytm parent company One97 Communications on Friday announced approval of grant of 91,250 stock options under ESOP 2019. The Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the company's board has also approved allotment of fully paid-up 2,91,388 equity shares having face value of Rs 1 each to eligible employees under ESOP 2008 and 2019, as per a stock exchange filing. It said each stock option (of 91,250 stock under ESOP 2019) is convertible into one fully paid up equity share having face value of Rs 1 each. The exercise price per stock option is Rs 9. The company further said that out of the total equity shares allotted to eligible employees, 2,86,997 equity shares were under One 97 Employees Stock Option Scheme 2019 (ESOP 2019) and 4,391 equity shares under ESOP 2008. These were issued on April 4, 2024, according to the filing. After the allotment, the equity shares capital of the company has increased to over Rs 63.57 crore.
Paytm said the company is undergoing a routine appraisal process involving performance assessments which may lead to 'role adjustments'
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The company has launched 18,000 Smart Stores in India since its inception in 2019
The Reserve Bank of India had mandated Paytm to shift existing users to a new handle after the Paytm Payments Bank was asked to stop transactions after 15 March
After the RBI's ban on PPBL from onboarding new clients and its wallet services, customers have complained of issues in closing their PPBL-linked FASTag accounts
According to the FAQs, no further funding or top-ups will be allowed in the FASTags issued by Paytm Payments Bank after March 15
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