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Paytm to buy Stake in Yes Bank from Co-founder Rana Kapoor
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Paytm to buy Stake in Yes Bank from Co-founder Rana Kapoor

As per the latest update, India's leading payments app Paytm is in discussions to buy stakes in Yes Bank from co-founder Rana Kapoor. The sources, privy to the discussions, said Kapoor has held preliminary discussions with Paytm. They said the structure of the deal would depend on the approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), given that Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma already owns stake in Paytm Payments Bank. Paytm declined to comment on the matter. Kapoor and associated entities own a 9.6 per cent stake in Yes Bank. Rana Kapoor didn't answer on the email of Pixr8 News. Also, Yes bank group didn't clear whether Rana Kapoor and family will sell their entire stake in the bank. Ravneet Gill, the current chief executive officer of Yes Bank who took charge in March, has...