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Jasper Infotech Invests 30 Crore in Freecharge

14Mar By NitishNo Comments

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Jasper Infotech Invests 30 Crore in Freecharge

Jasper Infotech which acquired Freecharge platform invested additional Rs 30 crore into the latter, according to documents filed with the registrar of companies. Jasper infotech also own and operate one of the leading e-commerce platform of India Snapdeal.com. An email sent to FreeCharge and Jasper spokespersons seeking comments on the latest development remain unanswered at the time of going to press. Earlier in report, Snapdeal is in talks such as PayPal, Paytm and PayU to sell FreeCharge. The deal size is somewhere around $300 million. Snapdeal acquired Freecharge for $400-450 million in a cash-and-stock deal in mid-2015.

HDFC Bank Chief Aditya Puri Says Wallet Players Like Paytm Have No Future

18Feb By NitishNo Comments

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HDFC Bank Chief Aditya Puri Says Wallet Players Like Paytm Have No Future

In one of the sharpest comments against prepaid wallets like Paytm, HDFC Bank chief Aditya Puri today said such companies which hold on to customers through cash-backs are loss-making and have "no future". "I think wallets have no future. There is not enough margin in the payment business for the wallets to have a future," Puri, the managing director and chief executive of the second largest private sector lender, said at the annual Nasscom summit here. "Wallets as a valid economic proposition is doubtful. There is no money in the payments business. The current loss reported by market leader Paytm is Rs 1,651 crore. You cannot have a business that says pay a Rs 500 bill and take Rs 250 cash-back," Puri said. Wallet companies cannot "copy" the "Alibaba model" as well, as the domest...

9Feb By AnkitaNo Comments

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MobiKwik Looking To Raise Fresh Funding in 3 Months

Digital payments firm MobiKwik today said it is looking at raising fresh funding in three months as it revs up expansion to compete head-on with rivals like Paytm. The company, which has raised over USD 85 million in funding so far, also expects to break-even by middle of next year. "We are looking at raising a decent amount of fund. While we are well-capitalised at this time, fresh funding will help us expand our customer base of merchants and consumers. We have grown at a massive pace in the weeks after demonetisation and the funds will help us strengthen our operations and expand," MobiKwik founder and CEO Bipin Preet Singh told PIXR8. He, however, declined to comment on the amount being raised as the discussions are still on. "We are talking to both new and existing investors....

5Feb By AdityaNo Comments

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Paytm Payment Bank Received 218 Cr Funding From Vijay Shekhar Sharma & One97 Communications

Vijay Shekhar Sharma, founder and CEO of Paytm & One97 Communications infused 218 Cr in its new venture Paytm Payments Bank. According to the report Vijay Shekhar will invest Rs 111 Crore and while One97 Communications Invest 107 Crore out of Rs 218 crore fresh capital. The payment bank will start operations this month from Uttar Pradesh. Earlier in January, Paytm received RBI nod to start the bank. Till date, Paytm Payments Bank has issued 2,18,000,000 shares to the three shareholders. In others, Airtel Payments Bank and India Post Payments Bank already launched their operations. In December Paytm CEO has sold his 1% equity of Paytm's parent firm One97 Communications for about Rs 325 crore. The amount he received will be invested in the payments bank. Sharma holds 51% stake i...

Adventz Group Declined To Acquire Paytm stake, Sunil Munjal Still in Race

3Jan By AdityaNo Comments

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Adventz Group Declined To Acquire Paytm stake, Sunil Munjal Still in Race

Saroj Poddar-controlled Adventz group today said it was approached for buying a minority stake in Paytm, but has decided against it. If the deal were successfully performed then it will reportedly value the Vijay Shekhar Sharma-led firm at about USD 5-5.6 billion, an increase from USD 4.8 billion valuations in August 2016. "We were approached by a few merchant bankers for a minority stake in Paytm. But we have decided not to go ahead with it," a top official of the group told Pixr8 today. According to sources, Saroj Poddars son Akshay Poddar was negotiating the deal. Valuation is the key reason for not buying into the leading wallet company, the sources indicated. The deal was offered Rs 50 crore worth secondary stock at Rs 8,000 per share. According to media reports, indust...

Now Shop Online on eBay Using FreeCharge

28Dec By AnkitaNo Comments

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Now Shop Online on eBay Using FreeCharge

Leading mobile wallet platform FreeCharge today, announced its partnership with the online marketplace pioneer eBay India via Billdesk. With the partnership, both FreeCharge and eBay customers can access over 100 million product listings on ebay and pay for their order using the FreeCharge wallet option. Users can also avail 25% Cashback offer on selecting FreeCharge as the payment mode. FreeCharge offers its customers, the comfort of payment on shopping category partners like Snapdeal, Voonik, Jabong, Yepme, Zivame.com, Vishal Megamart, Pantaloons, Shoppers Stop and many others. Commenting on the partnership, Sudeep Tandon, CBO – FreeCharge, said, “We are extremely pleased to associate with eBay as their payment partner. While we are constantly trying to provide our users with a ...

Paytm App Still Facing Glitches; Users Complain of Payment Issues

23Dec By AnkitaNo Comments

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Paytm App Still Facing Glitches; Users Complain of Payment Issues

Mobile payments company Paytm is still facing issues in transacting as many users have complained that money was deducted from their bank accounts but did not reach the e-wallet. Besides, the users said they are not able to see the existing balance in their Paytm wallet and their attempts to transfer the balance back to bank accounts were failing. Paytm customers have been facing such issues for the last few days. Its customer care hasn't been of much help as no transaction IDs are getting generated on its platform to help track details, they said. Several customers using Apple handsets complained that they could not even access their accounts and pay through using. When contacted, a Paytm spokesperson said there are regular cases wherein owing to server connectivity issues, bank dow...

Global Payment Firm Paypal May Acquire 25% Shares of Freecharge

23Dec By NitishNo Comments

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Global Payment Firm Paypal May Acquire 25% Shares of Freecharge

A leading online payment firm PayPal is in talks with freecharge team to acquire 25% stake as the report by Mint. The expecting amount of the acquisition may be around $200 million (approximately Rs 1,357 crore). Jasper Infotech Private Limited known as snapdeal owned FreeCharge.com. Initially United States-based online payments company PayPal had made an offer for a 51% buyout. However, Snapdeal, which owns FreeCharge, is not too keen on selling a controlling stake. As per recent scenario, Paypal looking to stand itself as a direct competitor of paytm to acquire the large number of Indian market share. After acquiring the stakes in Freecharge, Paypal can offer national and international payment through Freecharge app. The talk is final stage, while PayPal has hired Goldman Sachs...

21Dec By AdityaNo Comments

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PayTm Faces Service Outage

Users of e-payments company PayTm today faced difficulties in transacting through the app which the company said was due to some "technical" error. "We are facing some technical issues. We will have it resolved shortly so please try again after some time," an automated message popped up on screen at time of transaction. When contacted, a Paytm spokesperson attributed the outage to challenges the company is facing with sudden jump in number of users and associated traffic. The spokesperson said that Paytm has added 20 million new users in last 40 days taking the total number of registered users with us to 170 million. "Furthermore, we are seeing much higher interaction per user as compared to earlier and are also witnessing continuous increase in the traffic on our platform. At the eve...

19Dec By NitishNo Comments

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Paytm vs Paypal – A Legal Battle Over Logo

California based payment startup PayPal has filed a trademark infringement case against Indian leading e-wallet company Paytm. The company which was founded by Elon Musk and Peter Thiel in 1998, used a two-toned blue colour scheme for its logo and has alleged that Paytm has used the same pattern to exploit Paypal's "global reputation and grow its user base." PayPal in its notice states, “Such adoption and/or use of the impugned mark is likely to cause confusion and deception amongst members of trade and public in that they will mistakenly believe that the services under the impugned mark originate from the Opponent [PayPal] or that the Applicant [Paytm] is affiliated or connected with the Opponent, which is not the case.” However, many seems this tactics as a promotional marketing be...

Vijay Shekhar Sharma Raises Rs 325cr By Selling His 1% stake

10Dec By NitishNo Comments

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Vijay Shekhar Sharma Raises Rs 325cr By Selling His 1% stake

As per a news report, Vijay Shekhar Sharma India's leading e-wallet and recharge platform, Paytm, has sold 1% of his equity in One97 Communication to raise about Rs 325 crore for Paytm Payment bank. One97 Communications is the company that runs Paytm. The shareholder's name was not disclosed. Vijay had now 20.33% stake in One97 Communication. The transaction values One97 Communications at about $4.7 billion. Earlier Vijay Shekhar Sharma has received in-principle approval from the Reserve Bank of India after the company decided to transfer the e-wallet business to the payments bank entity to start the payments bank but the final approval is awaited. According to RBI rules, Sharma has to hold a 51% stake in the payments bank for which he has created a new entity-Paytm Payments Bank....

Paytm to Complete 2 Billion Transactions This Year: VSS, Paytm CEO

8Dec By AdityaNo Comments

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Paytm to Complete 2 Billion Transactions This Year: VSS, Paytm CEO

On its way to complete two billion transactions this year surpassing its own expectations, Digital payments platform Paytm today said it aims to become universal payments app across every bank account. The company also said it aspires to enter the US market in the long run as it sees an opportunity there. "Today Paytm is on the way to complete 2 billion transactions this year. I personally did not expect 2016 to end on such number. Our numbers are at 2 billion transactions this year, which in turn will enable us to become really the transaction layer on top of every bank account," Paytm Founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma told reporters here. He said, "With connectivity with the UPI (Unified Payment Interface)we will become the payment app for every bank account. With UPI support Paytm ...