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Paytm surges 7% on share buyback plan; board to meet on Dec 13

The company in a release to the exchanges said that the management believes that given the company's prevailing liquidity/ financial position, a buyback may be beneficial to the shareholders.

Sensex sinks 389 pts, Nifty below 18,500; IT, PSBs crack; HCL Tech down 7%

CLOSING BELL: Sectorally, defensive indices like the Nifty FMCG and Pharma held gains as they rose 0.8 per cent and 0.4 per cent

Stocks to Watch: Paytm, HUL, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Jindal Steel, Pharma

Stocks to Watch Today: Shares of Paytm are likely to be in limelight as the company plans share buyback; board to meet on December 13.

Paytm announces board to consider share buyback proposal on December 13

Digital financial services firm Paytm on Thursday said its board will meet on December 13 to consider a proposal for share buyback keeping in mind the company's liquidity position which may be beneficial for its shareholders. Paytm has a liquidity of Rs 9,182 crore, as per its last earnings report. Liquidity of a company is measured by its ability to covert assets into cash. "The meeting of board of directors of the company is scheduled to be held on Tuesday, December 13, 2022 to consider a proposal for buyback of the fully paid-up equity shares of the company," Paytm said in a BSE filing. The company's revenue in the last quarter was Rs 1,914 crore. "The management believes that given the company's prevailing liquidity/financial position, a buyback may be beneficial for our shareholders," the filing said. The company in its recent analyst meeting, where it had outlined key growth drivers, had said that it expects to become cash flow positive in the next 12-18 months. Paytm got

Risk-reward favourable for Paytm; may rise more than 100% in 1 yr: Analysts

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

UPI volume cap deadline extended by 2 yrs in relief for PhonePe, Google Pay

Players wanted five-year extension on the market cap deadline

HDFC Bank revises credit card rewards points programme for customers

The bank said for select products and vouchers, redemption of reward points will be capped at 70 per cent of the total value, but this is not applicable for Infina and Diners Black cards

Paytm expects blended payment margin to stabilise at 5-7 bp on GMV

Digital financial services firm One97 Communications, which operates under Paytm brand, expects its blended net payment margin to stabilise at 5 to 7 basis points due to increase in share of UPI in the payment business, according to company's founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma. Net payment margin or net contribution profit is defined as payment revenues less payment processing charges. According to a presentation made before analysts, One97 Communications (OCL) said the company at present, earns net payment margin of 7 to 9 basis points (bps) of gross merchandise value (GMV) on processing. "Of which UPI gives us 3 to 4 bps and other instruments give us 15 to 18 bps. Since UPI is growing faster than other instruments, we expect blended margin to stabilize at 5 to 7 bps," Sharma said during the presentation. Paytm's payment charges will trend lower as percentage of GMV because of higher UPI in mix and routing and rate optimisations, the company explained. During the September 2022

Sensex ends at record closing, rises 211 pts; Nifty holds 18,550; RIL up 3%

CLOSING BELL: The S&P BSE Sensex hit a fresh life-time high at 62,701, and the Nifty 50 registered a fresh summit at 18,614 on Monday

Paytm dips 4% intra-day as RBI asks arm not to onboard new online merchants

This has no material impact on our business and revenues, since the communication from RBI are applicable only to on boarding of new online merchants, Paytm said

RBI pauses onboarding of online merchants by Paytm Payments Services

Banking regulator RBI has put a pause on onboarding of online merchants by Paytm Payments Services, even as the company said it will have no material impact on its business, according to a regulatory filing. One97 Communications (OCL), which owns the Paytm brand, had proposed to transfer the payment aggregator services business undertaken by it to Paytm Payments Services (PPSL) in December 2020 to comply with payment aggregator (PA) guidelines of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) but the banking regulator had rejected its application. The company had re-submitted the required documents in September 2021. Paytm said PPSL has now received a letter from RBI in response to an application for the authorisation to provide PA services for online merchants. As per the letter, PPSL is required to "Seek necessary approval for past downward investment from the company into PPSL, to comply with FDI Guidelines" and "not onboard new online merchants". Paytm, in the regulatory filing, said it can

Paytm Payments to reapply for authorisation of payment aggregator service

Ahead of that, the company will seek necessary approval for past downward investment from One97 Communications Ltd (OCL) into PPSL, to comply with FDI guidelines

Zomato, Paytm dole out ESOPs to top executives in H1FY23 despite losses

According to regulatory filings by Paytm and Zomato, key managerial personnel have been rewarded ESOPs worth crores during the first half of FY23

PhonePe set to acquire fintech start-up ZestMoney for about $300 mn

Deal expected to be closed in two-four weeks, says source

Paytm's 75% share slump is world's worst for large IPOs in a decade

Paytm's stock price dive is the steepest first-year slide globally among IPOs that raised at least the same amount since Spain's Bankia SA's 82% drop in 2012

Withdrawal of start-up IPOs take wind out of sails of unlisted market

Share prices, trading activity slump amid rising uncertainty for startup listings

Paytm stock crashes 11% to end at all-time low of Rs 477 a share

Macquarie report says the fintech firm could face headwinds with the entry of Jio Financial Services, which may focus on consumer and merchant lending, the mainstay of Paytm's business

Paytm has lost over Rs 1 trillion in market cap since its issue

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

Paytm hits new all-time low, stock tanks 26% in two weeks

Shares of Paytm hit a new low at Rs 483.30 on the BSE in Tuesday's intra-day trade, thus were now trading 77 per cent below the company's IPO price of Rs 2,150 per share.

Carlyle Group sells Rs 607 crore shares in logistics firm Delhivery

The six-month post-initial public offering (IPO) lock in on shares of Delhivery ended on November 20