Paytm expects to achieve 2 billion transactions a quarter this year Posted on 2nd July 2019 |
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| Digital payments system Paytm on Monday said it aimed to achieve 2 billion quarterly transactions this year. The company revealed that it had been witnessing impressive month-on-month growth across all payment-use cases available on its platform. The company, which recently announced shifting its cash back focus from P2P (peer-to-peer) UPI transactions to offline merchant payments at retail kirana stores, is now expanding its footprint in Tier-VI and Tier-V towns. It is keen on acquiring news users, who still are relying on cash transactions. The company said it has achieved 1.6 billion transactions in the first quarter of FY20, with continuous growth in merchant payments at retail stores. The company claims to be a leader in offline merchant payments (P2M) with 80% market share. “We have built Paytm as a super app that provides more than 200 services to our customers, and are partnering with various service providers across the country. Instead of depending on a single payment method, our approach has always been to offer more flexibility to our users to choose any preferred payment mode — be it wallet, cards or UPI. With more than 12 million merchants using Paytm QR code, Paytm is already a market leader in offline merchant payments. In FY19, the company reported 5.5 billion transactions, with a gross transaction value (GTV) of over $50 billion,” said Deepak Abbot, senior vice-president at Paytm. |
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Bharti Airtel defers Q2 results till Nov 14 over ambiguity on AGR verdict Posted on 29th October 2019 |
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Bharti Airtel said on Tuesday it has postponed its second-quarter earnings report to mid-November, as the wireless operator sought clarity on the court ruling asking telecom firms to cough up overdue payments to the government.
Shares of the company, which was expected to release its quarterly numbers later in the day, dropped 3.3 per cent in early trade. |
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Rupee slips 8 paise vs US dollar in early trade amid drop in oil prices Posted on 7th October 2019 |
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The rupee on Monday opened eight paise lower at 70.96 against the US dollar amid drop in crude oil prices and rise in Asian equities. The domestic unit on Friday closed almost flat at 70.88 against after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in a widely expected move cut key interest rates by 0.25 percentage point. On a weekly basis, the local unit slumped by 32 paise. |
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LIC pips private insurers in first-year premium growth during April-August Posted on 13th September 2019 |
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In the first five months of the current financial year, first-year premiums of life insurance companies grew by 39.84% (year-on-year) at Rs 1.05 lakh crore as compared to Rs 75,588.35 crore in April-August of 2018-19. Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) continued to grow at a faster pace compared to private insurance players, shows the data from the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai). |
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Apollo Hospitals rules out further stake sale Posted on 13th September 2019 |
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Apollo Hospitals Enterprise (AHEL) has ruled out further dilution of promoters’ stake in the company. The company also said its Rs 1,337-crore stake sale of Apollo Munich Health Insurance with mortgage major HDFC will be concluded by October. Following these stake sales, the promoters’ pledged position will come down from a high of 76% to 54% by October and eventually to 20% by November or December, company sources said here. |
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World trusts India on Kashmir, not us: Pakistan minister Ijaz Ahmed Shah Posted on 13th September 2019 |
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In a major embarrassment for Pakistan and its Prime Minister Imran Khan, the country's Interior Minister Ijaz Ahmed Shah, a retired brigadier, said the international community didn't believe Pakistan's narrative on Kashmir; instead it is India whose version is trusted. |
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