Articles about Vijay Shekhar Sharma

13 Mar 2022
BusinessPaytm founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma was arrested last month and released on bail, reports said on Sunday.

18 Nov 2021
BusinessToday, the financial sector is clamoring about India's biggest initial public offering (IPO). Mobile payment platform Paytm's parent firm, One97 Communications, will debut on Dalal Street.

06 Oct 2020
TechnologyIndian payments decacorn Paytm is gearing up to take on the dominance of Google.

01 Oct 2020
BusinessIn the past few weeks, tensions have grown between Google and several Indian start-ups that have called out the internet giant over its 'monopolistic' Play Store policies.

01 Oct 2020
TechnologyLast night, Google held its Launch night event and showcased a bunch of new devices, including 5G-capable Pixel 5 and Pixel 4a, a new Chromecast dongle with mic-integrated remote, and redesigned, more powerful Nest Audio speakers.

31 Aug 2020
TechnologyYesterday, a report published by US-based cyber-risk intelligence company Cyble claimed that Paytm Mall, the e-commerce arm of Indian payments unicorn Paytm, has suffered a massive data breach.

20 Jul 2020
EntertainmentIn the world of entertainment, it was a mixed bag on Monday.

27 Mar 2020
BusinessAs the coronavirus pandemic continues to sweep across countries, the Government of India is doing everything possible to control the spread of the disease, while combating the wide-range of problems stemming from it.

13 Dec 2019
BusinessJust a couple of weeks after raising a whopping $1 billion, One97 Communications, the parent of digital payments giant Paytm, has raised $669.5 million (roughly Rs. 4,724 crore) in another round of funding.

25 Nov 2019
BusinessOne97 Communications, a Noida-based company that owns digital payments platform Paytm, has raised around $1 billion in a recent funding round.

21 Aug 2019
SportsIndia's leading digital payment platform, Paytm, owned by One 97 Communications Pvt. Ltd., has retained the title sponsorship rights for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

01 Jan 2019
BusinessAfter six months of inactivity, Paytm Payments Bank (PPB) has started adding new customers following a clearance by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

20 Dec 2018
BusinessAlthough Paytm got off to a good start with its payments bank initiative, opening of new bank accounts and e-wallets abruptly came to a halt in August this year, thanks to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

26 Nov 2018
IndiaLow-cost airlines IndiGo and SpiceJet will now charge for web check-in from passengers, and this has obviouly upset fliers.

25 Oct 2018
BusinessIn 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.

23 Oct 2018
BusinessTwo 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.

29 Aug 2018
BusinessPaytm was founded by Vijay Shekhar Sharma in August 2010; it is based out of Noida.

27 Aug 2018
BusinessIf 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
IndiaWith 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.

03 Aug 2018
BusinessPaytm 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.

23 Jun 2018
BusinessFacebook-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."

17 Jun 2018
BusinessBecoming a self-made billionaire is no easy task; it's one of the greatest achievements.

30 May 2018
TechnologyEarlier in February, WhatsApp did an initial roll-out of its payment feature in India which allows users to send and receive money through the chat app.

26 May 2018
IndiaCobrapost, arguably the king of sting operations in India, is back with another in its Operation-136 series, which reveals media houses' willingness to peddle content (mostly 'Hindutva'-related) for money.

26 Apr 2018
BusinessBecoming a self-made billionaire is no easy task; it's one of the greatest achievements.

16 Feb 2018
BusinessVijay Shekhar Sharma, founder and CEO of India's biggest mobile wallet firm Paytm, has called Facebook "the most evil company in the world."

15 Feb 2018
BusinessThat entrepreneurs are dreamy is an understatement. People outside the 'chaar dewari' find this job glamorous, people inside it find it lonely.

30 Jan 2018
BusinessAbout 200 former and current Paytm employees have become millionaires after selling their stocks in the company worth Rs. 500cr.

28 Jan 2018
BusinessThe 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.

16 Nov 2017
BusinessPaytm has been expanding its range of services tremendously, and there's another new product in store.

07 Nov 2017
BusinessAfter introducing Paytm "Inbox" in-app messaging feature, the Indian digital payments leader has now launched yet another exciting feature.

06 Oct 2017
BusinessIn its regulatory filing to Registrar of Companies (RoC), Paytm Payments Bank informed that in the time period between August 2016 and March 31, 2017, it has incurred losses of Rs. 30.7 crore.

01 Sep 2017
BusinessPaytm's rise to prominence during the demonetization-phase fuelled its ambition to get into the banking business.

17 Aug 2017
BusinessPrime Minister Narendra Modi will be meeting the 'champions of change', who have set up successful businesses from the grounds up, today at a session organized by federal policy think tank NITI Aayog.

07 Aug 2017
BusinessIt's a thinking-out-loud kind of a situation. What makes a CEO tick?

26 Jul 2017
BusinessOne97 Communications-owned digital payments giant Paytm inked a joint venture deal with Hong Kong's lottery company AGTech Media, a wholly-owned subsidiary of AGTech Holdings.

07 Jun 2017
BusinessPaytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma has a new property: 6,000-sq-ft residential premises worth Rs. 82cr at New Delhi's coveted Lutyens' zone, one of India's most expensive locations.

23 May 2017
BusinessTesla's Model 3 is capable of reaching 60kmph from zero in 6 seconds and it gives 215 miles mileage on a single charge; it's a technological marvel, environment-friendly car and it's also a car that will not be available in India anytime soon.

23 May 2017
BusinessPaytm Payments Bank, in a gradual roll-out, will start operations in North India on May 23. In the first phase, it will offer accounts to users on invite-only basis.

18 May 2017
BusinessPaytm is said to have raised over $1.4 billion from Japanese investor SoftBank, in one of its largest funding rounds from a single investor.