Deeptech bets heat up; Paytm, PB Fintech, Meesho earningsHappy Thursday! VCs are doubling down on India’s deeptech, with early-stage bets leading the charge. This and more in today’s ETtech Mornin...
07 May, 2026, 08.04 AM IST
A decade after Jack Ma’s bet, Paytm’s China ties endThe exits mark the end of a high-profile Japanese-Chinese investor chapter in Paytm’s journey, from becoming India’s most valued startup at...
06 Aug, 2025, 03.20 PM IST
'As desi as Tata and Maruti': Paytm is 100% Indian after Jack Ma's Ant Fin exits fintechPaytm is now fully Indian-owned as Antfin completed its exit, selling its remaining stake. This shift follows exits by other major early ba...
06 Aug, 2025, 12.41 PM IST
Why Ant Financial is reducing its Paytm stake amid rising geopolitical tensionsChinese fintech giant Ant Financial offloads shares worth Rs 2,200 crore in Paytm amid continued stake reduction. The news triggered a sign...
13 May, 2025, 03.22 PM IST
India defers approval of Paytm's investment in its payments armOne 97 Communications, popularly known as Paytm, is already under the scrutiny of India's banking regulator and financial crime-fighting ag...
16 Apr, 2024, 05.21 PM IST
The China angle that could hamper Paytm's forward marchGlobal financial services major Macquarie isn't enthused and sees a 40% downside from its issue price in what it described as a 'cash guzzl...
18 Nov, 2021, 09.03 PM IST
Paytm IPO: Chinese nationals exit boardAccording to filings with the registrar of companies, Jing Xiandong of Alipay and Guoming Cheng of Ant Financial, both Chinese nationals, h...
07 Jul, 2021, 07.10 AM IST
China's Ant mulls Paytm stake sale amid tensions with India: ReportThe main trigger for Ant to consider a stake sale in Paytm is the worsening diplomatic relations between India and China in the past few mo...
03 Dec, 2020, 09.50 AM IST
How logjam with China has hit Indian startupsApart from Ant, SoftBank and SAIF Partners are currently the other large shareholders in One97 Communications with stakes of around 19% and...
19 Sep, 2020, 04.35 PM IST
Ant talks of significant influence over PaytmAnt Group's stake in the Paytm parent would be pegged at about $5 billion, based on the $16 billion valuation ascribed to its business when...
26 Aug, 2020, 11.30 AM IST
BCCI is under no pressure to drop IPL sponsors with links to China, say officialsWhile BCCI has still to get a corporate sponsor for IPL 2020, it also is in the midst of completing formalities with the team owners even a...
11 Aug, 2020, 12.04 AM IST
CCI nod to Alibaba’s stake buy in BigBasketPaytm Mall is also likely to invest in BigBasket as part of the deal.
15 Dec, 2017, 09.20 AM IST
RSS-affiliated forum up in arms against PaytmRSS-affiliated Swadeshi Jagran Manch has intensified its anti-China campaign asking people not to use digital payment major Paytm and the g...
07 Aug, 2017, 06.43 PM IST
Alibaba to hike stake in Paytm's marketplace for $177 millionShareholding of Alibaba with payments affiliate Alipay to go over 60% in Paytm E-commerce, which will compete with Amazon India and Flipkar...
03 Mar, 2017, 12.38 AM IST
Paytm to transfer wallet business to payments bankPaytm recently came under public scrutiny as the debate on demonetisation and increase in wallet signups brought to fore claims of Chinese ...
05 Dec, 2016, 01.12 PM IST
RSS wing to study Paytm ties with Chinese Company AlibabaMeanwhile, Paytm Founder and Chief Executive Vijay Shekhar Sharma has told PTI that the payments and e-commerce platform is “as Indian as M...
28 Nov, 2016, 12.56 AM IST
Alibaba, Ant Financial invest about $680 million in Paytm, up stake to 40%Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding has made a strategic investment in One97 Communications, the parent company of Paytm.
30 Sep, 2015, 01.21 AM IST