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Paytm Mall To Invest $35 Mn To Further Strengthen Its Logistics Network

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Paytm Mall To Invest $35 Mn To Further Strengthen Its Logistics Network

Paytm Mall is planning to put more money(around $35 million) to strengthen its logistics infrastructure, technology and add more product offerings to further strengthen its position in the market. "Paytm Mall is now expanding its logistics support by servicing demand with local supply to service same-day and next-day deliveries,” the company said in a statement. In the first phase, the company had limited its offerings to electronic goods and appliances across 25 cities. Now, it plans to expand its footprint to 100 cities and add other categories of merchandise as well. “We aim to build a trusted and highly-efficient logistics network to help local shopkeepers offer more convenient shopping experience to customers and enable brands to save up to 50% on logistics, as they will be able to...

Alibaba Acquired 1% More Equity in Paytm, Up Stake to 41%

Reliance Capital has sold its nearly 1 percent stake in popular digital payments firm Paytm for Rs 275 crore to China's Alibaba Group in a deal reaping huge gains for the Anil Ambani-led group firm. The financial services arm of Reliance Group had invested Rs 10 crore for this stake in Paytm. The deal gives a valuation of over USD 4 billion to Paytm, which is already backed by Alibaba group as a strategic investor. Sources said that Reliance Capital has retained a stake in Paytm e-Commerce, which it had got free of cost by virtue of the investment in the parent firm. In the latest fund-raising round, Paytm e-Commerce was valued at USD 1 billion. A Reliance Capital spokesperson declined to comment on the deal while Paytm spokesperson also did not comment. Earlier, Reliance C...

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....