India’s booming tech sector takes a major blow with Byju’s, Paytm crises

Workers inspect smart phone components at the visual inspection area of the surface mount technology workshop inside the Realme factory in Greater Noida, India: Anindito Mukerjee | Bloomberg | Getty Images Anindito Mukerjee | Bloomberg | Getty Images India’s booming tech sector has suffered a major blow as startup darlings Byju’s and Paytm plunge into … Read more

Crisis-hit Paytm in talks with top India officials after $2.5 billion market cap wipeout

A man exercises in a gym near a barcode for Paytm, an Indian cellphone-based digital payment platform, in New Delhi on November 18, 2021. Sajjad Hussain | AFP | Getty Images Financial technology firm Paytm has been in discussions with the upper echelons of the Indian government this week, as it tries to reverse a … Read more

Paytm shares pop after Jio Financial denies deal talks for wallet business

A restaurant advertises the use of the Paytm digital payment system in Mumbai, India, on Saturday, July 17, 2021. Dhiraj Singh | Bloomberg | Getty Images India’s digital payments app Paytm rose as much as 8% on Tuesday, rebounding from a heavy selloff that wiped off about $2.5 billion in market value in the last … Read more