Haryana Store – India’s first QR code enabled store. On Thursday, Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma shared a photo of India’s first QR code-enabled store, hailing it as the “humble beginning” that sparked a digital revolution. Paytm, the digital payments and e-wallet startup, introduced a payment system based on QR …
Read More »Paytm founder looks back on ‘humble beginnings’
Paytm has often been credited as one of the first companies in India to pioneer the digital payments ecosystem. One of the few successful payment methods was the introduction of the QR code. This method allows users to scan a small billboard to pay the desired amount through Paytm. Company …
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E-commerce giants Amazon and Flipkart have made their intentions very clear as the battle lines have been drawn ahead of the festive shopping season. Amazon has announced the Indian festival’s big deal as the Flipkart Big Billion Days deal, and while they both say sales are “coming soon,” there is …
Read More »Google-Paytm row brings app store monopoly debate to India
Bangalore / New Delhi: The altercation between tech giant Google and major fintech Paytm has brought the global debate on app store monopolies to India. The startup founders and venture capitalists (VCs) of the country’s startup ecosystem are speaking out against the power that the Android maker wields over its …
Read More »Paytm Money Backed By Jack Ma’s Ant Group – The New Challenge In India’s Securities Brokerage Industry
Paytm is backed by Chinese billionaire Jack Mas Ant Group India’s highly competitive stock brokerage industry has a fierce new rival. Paytm Money, a unit of Paytm, the nation’s largest digital payments startup, backed by Chinese billionaire Jack Ma’s Ant Group, aims to build a leading stockbroker by helping local …
Read More »Paytm says it did nothing illegal, accuses Google of ‘twisting its arm’
New Delhi, September 20 () The rules of the global internet giant Google’s Play store forced Paytm to reverse a UPI money-back campaign that is legal in India, digital payments company Paytm said on Sunday. The company in a blog claimed that it went ahead to remove its campaign, while …
Read More »Paytm strikes back at Google, calls its brief Play Store ban a ‘kink’
In laying out its side of the story, Paytm said Google didn’t give it a chance to explain its new refund tag feature. The ban by which Google hints that Paytm is a gambling app is defamatory in nature, the Noida-based firm said on the blog. “This (temporarily removing Indian …
Read More »How the stagnation with China has affected Indian startups
NEW DELHI: There are rarely two words in an obscure document like IPO prospectus raised as many eyebrows as the use of “significant influence” by Group of ants did recently. A part of the Chinese giant Alibaba Group, Ant had used the term to describe his 30% stake in the …
Read More »Paytm users get a surprise on Google Play
Google India removed the Paytm app from the Android Play Store for several hours on Friday, accusing it of violating its policies on gambling before restoring it later in the day after India’s largest startup complied with the tech giant’s rules. Google opposed Paytm’s integration of real money gaming apps …
Read More »Paytm reacts after Google Play Store’s Yanks app
A Google spokeswoman said Paytm had been removed for violating its policies on online gambling. Paytm, the dominant digital payments startup in India, accused Alphabet Inc.’s Google of violating competition rules after it removed the rival app from its Play Store on Friday for allegedly violating its gaming policies. “You …
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