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Resilient had acquired approximately a 10.20% stake in Paytm from Antfin in 2023.

The companies have sent their concerns in a letter to the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).

Several Indian digital payments firms have opposed a proposal that would allow merchants to store customers' ‌preferred Unified Payments Interface option for one-click checkouts, arguing it could ‌entrench the dominance of the bigger payment apps. In a July 23 letter reviewed by Reuters, the ​companies told the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), which oversees the UPI network, that the proposal could "adversely impact" competition. NPCI and the companies did not immediately reply to Reuters' requests for comments.

As part of the approval, Paytm Europe has been registered on the regulator’s official list of payment institutions.

Paytm Europe Payments was incorporated earlier this year in Luxembourg.

Teenagers can use it for canteen payments, metro rides, cab fares, mobile recharges and shopping.

Despite a decline in marketing services revenue, One97 Communications Ltd (BOM:543396) remains optimistic about future growth driven by AI and disciplined pricing strategies.

Indian fintech firm Paytm said it expects to grow faster in fiscal 2027 than in the previous year, ‌banking on gains in market share in merchant and consumer payments and ‌growth in the distribution of its financial services. The company also expects its margins to expand ​in the current financial year, helped by tight control on indirect expenses such as marketing and software costs. "Revenue growth in FY 2027 expected to be higher than the 22% delivered in FY 2026 and indirect expenses will grow meaningfully slower than ‌revenue," Paytm said in a ⁠statement.

Shares of India’s One 97 Communications, commonly known as Paytm, recouped most losses on Monday afternoon, as analysts said the cancellation ‌of an associate firm's payment bank licence would have a limited ‌impact on the fintech company. India's central bank on Friday cancelled the licence of the associate firm, Paytm Payments Bank, saying that "the general character of the management of the bank is prejudicial to the interest of depositors as also ‌the public interest." A payment bank ⁠licence allows an entity to take small deposits and facilitate money transfers but does not permit lendi

Walmart-backed Indian fintech firm PhonePe, the country's most used payments platform, is aiming to list at a valuation of between $9 billion and $10.5 billion, two people with direct knowledge ‌of the matter said. That suggests the IPO will raise about $900 million to $1.05 billion. Walmart will trim ​its stake in PhonePe by about 12% in the firm's initial public offering, while Tiger Global and Microsoft plan to exit their stakes, according to the firm's IPO filing.

The Japan-based company reportedly aimed for a public valuation of at least ¥1.5 trillion ($10 billion).

Zomato co-founder Deepinder Goyal's new wearable startup Temple has raised $54 million in a friends-and-family round at a post-money valuation of about $190 million.