The Enforcement Directorate Saturday said it is conducting raids at Bengaluru premises of online payment gateways like Razorpay, Paytm and Cashfree as part of an ongoing probe against "illegal" instant smartphone-based loans "controlled" by Chinese persons. The searches were launched Friday at six premises in Karnataka's capital city, it said in a statement. The search operation is in progress, the Enforcement Directorate said. The federal probe agency said it has seized Rs 17 crore worth funds kept in "merchant IDs and bank accounts of these Chinese persons-controlled entities", during the raids. The modus operandi of these entities is that they use forged documents of Indians and make them dummy directors leading to generation of "proceeds of crime", it alleged. "These entities are controlled/operated by Chinese persons," it said. "It has come to notice that the said entities were doing their suspected/illegal business through various merchant IDs/accounts held with payment ...
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Around 99.67% shareholders voted in favour of his reappointment
Paytm held its 22nd annual general meeting (AGM), the first such meeting after it became a listed company in 2021
The billionaire founder of Paytm faces a crucial test of investor confidence Friday, when shareholders will decide whether they want him at the helm.
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
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Analysts have said that they will be watchful of the operational impact of the new norms, especially on customer convenience of the payment firm
The number of loans disbursed through Paytm platform jumped close to four-times to 29.46 lakh in July 2022, while the value of loans disbursed soared to Rs 2,090 crore on year-on-year basis.
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The common thread, however, that runs across most brokerages is Zomato, where they suggest buying the stock with the one-year target price ranging between Rs 60 - 115
In their brokerage notes, they highlighted Paytm's strong growth in revenue and contribution margins during the quarter in addition to sharp improvement in net payment margins
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Higher number of monthly users, additional payment devices and more disbursal of loans lifted the company's revenue to 16.8 billion rupees ($211.16 million), from 8.91 billion rupees last yea
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