Paytm: News

17 Dec 2018

Xiaomi

Xiaomi announces festive sale: Best deals on smartphones, Mi TVs

Xiaomi has announced its festive "No. 1 Mi Fan Sale" which starts from December 19.

06 Nov 2018

Haryana

Delhi: 2 held for cheating shops by fraudulent Paytm transactions

Two men were arrested and a juvenile apprehended yesterday at Mewat (Haryana) for allegedly cheating people through Paytm.

02 Nov 2018

Delhi

Service center staff withdraws Rs. 91,000 from customer's Paytm account?

Next time before giving your cellphone at a service center, be sure to delete mobile wallet applications from it.

25 Oct 2018

Kolkata

In an unforeseen twist, Paytm secretary claims she was extorted

In what can only be called an unforeseen twist in the extortion case involving Paytm employees and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma, the mastermind of the extortion plot has claimed to be a victim of extortion herself.

25 Oct 2018

Facebook

Reliance JioPhone 2 flash sale today: Everything to know

JioPhone 2, the latest feature phone from Reliance Jio, will be up for grabs today starting 12 pm via a flash sale on Jio.com.

23 Oct 2018

India

Paytm CEO's secretary arrested for blackmailing him for Rs. 20crore

Two senior Paytm employees and their accomplice have been arrested by the Noida police for allegedly stealing personal and confidential information from Paytm founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma, and blackmailing the entrepreneur.

07 Sep 2018

India

How to avail discounts, cashbacks on online train ticket bookings

In what comes as good news to Indian Railways passengers, various online e-wallet service providers like Paytm and PhonePe are offering attractive discounts and cashback offers for booking railway tickets online, this festive season.

29 Aug 2018

E-commerce

5 exclusive features that Paytm offers

Paytm was founded by Vijay Shekhar Sharma in August 2010; it is based out of Noida.

27 Aug 2018

India

Warren Buffett set to invest Rs. 2,000+ cr in Paytm

If reports are to be believed, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway are in talks with Paytm parent company, One97 Communications to invest around Rs. 2,200-2,500cr ($300-350mn) in the digital payments company.

18 Aug 2018

Kerala

India's youngest billionaire slammed for Rs. 10,000 donation for flood-victims

With several avenues now open for providing financial help to flood victims in Kerala, several industrialists, politicians, celebrities, and the like, along with normal citizens, have started contributing.

18 Aug 2018

Kerala

#KeralaNeedsYou: Here's how you can help the flood victims

The worst floods in a century have crippled Kerala, misplaced thousands, killed hundreds, and devastated homes. During this time of deluge, God's own country and its people need you.

03 Aug 2018

India

5 financial services offered by Paytm you should know about

Paytm is Noida-based E-commerce start-up that mainstreamed digital wallets in India, and helped us get rid of the unnecessary hassle of making cash payments.

21 Jul 2018

India

Paytm Mall hiring 5,000 graduates through 'Campus Icon': Details here

Paytm Mall launching the second edition of its Campus Icon program, aiming to hire 5,000 graduates this time.

25 Jun 2018

Vivo

Vivo Carnival starts from June 26 on Paytm: Details here

E-commerce marketplace Paytm will host its Vivo Carnival sale from June 26-28.

23 Jun 2018

India

WhatsApp gets a new privacy policy: All details here

Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp, which is launching payments services in India, has updated its privacy policy and terms of use to "reflect the addition of payment interoperability features."

13 Jun 2018

Alibaba Group

Paytm Mall receives $225 million in funding from SoftBank, Alibaba

Paytm Mall, the independent e-commerce arm of digital payments platform Paytm, has received $225 million (Rs. 1509 crore) from Japan's SoftBank and China's Alibaba as the second and final tranche of its latest round of funding.

12 Jun 2018

India

Business Roundup: Here are today's top 5 Business news

Hola! Missed the business headlines of the day? No worries, here's your daily wrap of business news.

12 Jun 2018

India

WhatsApp Payments or Paytm, who will win digital payments race?

The world's largest messaging app WhatsApp, which has now become a part and parcel of our daily lives, recently rolled out its digital payments feature 'WhatsApp Payments' on a trial basis in India.

Buy Samsung Galaxy Note 8 at whopping Rs. 22,000 discount!

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 was launched last year for Rs. 67,900.

09 May 2018

Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Former Paytm employee duped dozens of users through KYC

A former Paytm employee based in Hyderabad found a way to cheat customers of their hard-earned money by exploiting the platform's Know Your Customer (KYC) system.

07 May 2018

Bharti Airtel

My Airtel vs. MyJio: My Coupons launched against My Vouchers

Bharti Airtel has launched a "My Coupons" section in its My Airtel app.

03 May 2018

India

#FinancialBytes: 7 apps you can use to invest in gold

Indians just love gold and share a special bond with it. Apart from buying gold, it's common for Indians to invest in the yellow metal.

29 Apr 2018

India

Paytm launches Tap Card: Allows offline payments in 0.5 seconds

Paytm has launched Tap Card to make digital payments at merchant outlets without using the internet.

19 Apr 2018

Jaipur

Paytm scams are getting too real. Be alert, be safe

Paytm has come to be widely accepted as a mode of digital transaction, but with popularity comes scams.

09 Apr 2018

India

Soon, you can buy mutual funds from Paytm

Paytm will reportedly launch a mutual fund distribution app called Paytm Money by end of April.

03 Apr 2018

India

Paytm completely revamps iOS app, updates layout

Paytm has revamped its iOS app with a new design, an updated home screen, and improved in-app navigation.

03 Apr 2018

Samsung

Samsung Galaxy S8, S8+ price slashed by upto Rs. 11,000

After having recently launched the Galaxy S9 and S9+ smartphones, Samsung has expectedly slashed the prices of the Galaxy S8 and S8+ smartphones.

21 Mar 2018

LinkedIn

Indians would rather work at Paytm than Google: LinkedIn report

According to a new report by professional social network LinkedIn, Indians prefer to work at home-grown mobile internet companies like Paytm instead of global tech giants like Google.

13 Mar 2018

iOS

South Western Railway ticketing-app gets 17,235 users in a month

On February 8, the South Western Railway (SWR) had launched an unreserved ticketing app, and just within a month, it has received a whopping 17,235 registered users.

09 Mar 2018

India

Paytm being biggest payment network on UPI is false: PhonePe

e-Commerce website Flipkart's mobile payments arm PhonePe has alleged that Paytm's recent claim of being the biggest payment network in terms of the number of UPI transactions is false.

07 Mar 2018

India

Google rolls out chat feature to digital payments app Tez

Google is adding a chat feature to its India-exclusive digital payments app Tez.

Missed the Paytm KYC deadline? Here's how to do it

Yesterday was the deadline to update the Know Your Customer (KYC) details on Paytm and other mobile wallets.

E-wallets KYC-deadline: No extension beyond 28-February. Will it impact you?

In a major setback for e-wallets, RBI has refused to extend the deadline for mandatory full-KYC (Know-Your-Customer) compliance by users beyond 28 February.

16 Feb 2018

India

Facebook is the world's most evil company: Paytm founder

Vijay Shekhar Sharma, founder and CEO of India's biggest mobile wallet firm Paytm, has called Facebook "the most evil company in the world."

13 Feb 2018

India

Paytm, Google Tez, WhatsApp: Which wallet should you opt for?

WhatsApp's peer-to-peer payments system using the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has been recently launched, but for now it is invite-only.

12 Feb 2018

PayPal

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30 Jan 2018

Vijay Shekhar Sharma

200 Paytm employees including office boy become millionaires after stock-sale

About 200 former and current Paytm employees have become millionaires after selling their stocks in the company worth Rs. 500cr.

28 Jan 2018

India

Paytm to become a $10bn start-up after secondary share sale

The valuation of home-grown digital payments giant Paytm, owned by Noida-based One97 Communications, is likely to jump to $10bn after some existing and former employees sell a part of their shares to new investors, including Canada-based Discovery Capital. Information about other investors isn't available yet.

22 Jan 2018

WhatsApp

After WhatsApp Business, "Paytm for Business" app launched on Android

Only days after Facebook-owned global messaging platform WhatsApp launched its "WhatsApp Business" app, Indian digital payments giant Paytm has rolled out the "Paytm for Business" app.