Paytm mobile wallet transactions hit 1 billion in 2016
Indian mobile wallet provider Paytm recorded one billion transactions across its user-base of 177 million customers …
PayPal seeks to block Paytm trademark bid
Multinational payments giant PayPal is attempting to block Indian mobile payment company Paytm from registering its trademark, claiming …
India’s anti-cash move could boost mobile money
The Indian government surprised by cancelling the country’s INR500 ($7.50) and INR1,000 bank notes, an …
Indian firm Paytm targets 200M bank accounts
Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma told Bloomberg how he envisages hitting a highly ambitious target …
Ant Financial eyes HK, elsewhere for opportunities
Ant Financial, parent of Alipay, is chasing licences in Hong Kong and other Asia Pacific …
Indian payments firm Paytm set for hiring spree
Alibaba-backed Paytm will hire about 3,000 additional employees as it plans to roll out its mobile-based …
Google co-founds scheme to scale up Indian app efforts
The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) launched Mobile10X, a “capacity building and ecosystem enabling …
Alibaba takes additional 20% stake in India’s Paytm
China’s e-commerce giant Alibaba made a strategic investment in Paytm, India’s largest mobile payment and …
Snapdeal thinks small (and medium sized) with mobile platform
Indian e-commerce firm Snapdeal is to invest $100 million in a mobile-only platform aimed at …
Paytm looks to Chinese commerce model – report
India’s rising mobile money star, Paytm, is to launch a messenger function, reversing a trend …
