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Proposed share sale comes as company faces fierce competition from western rivals
SoftBank-backed payments group looks for other revenue sources as rivals move in
Investors including SoftBank and Ant Financial could push company’s valuation to $15bn
Mobile payments app PayPay gives company foothold in huge potential market
Vijay Shekhar Sharma has built Paytm into a $10bn digital payments pioneer
Indian tech start-up counts SoftBank, Alibaba and Berkshire Hathaway among backers
Groups have been using Aadhaar biometric system to authenticate new customers
Aston Martin eyes IPO; Panasonic, Saudi Aramco, Campbell Soup, and India’s Paytm
Indian mobile payments group confirms Berkshire Hathaway has taken undisclosed stake
Leading financial technology start-up faces growing competition from WhatsApp and Google
Founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma always dreamt of building a big consumer brand
Chinese retail group set to face off with Amazon over spoils of burgeoning market
Cash is once again king but demonetisation has accelerated adoption of digital money
Launch is part of a push to promote payments service of messaging platform Hike
Japanese group’s stake gives the digital payments company a valuation of about $7bn
Japanese group to overhaul strategy after losing faith in online marketplace Snapdeal
Dominance of state-owned lenders challenged by shift to mobile banking
Alibaba-backed group seeking to disrupt traditional financial services with digital services
Funding round for Indian ecommerce group bucks trend of slowing investment in tech sector
Smartphones likely to lift India’s online population above 500m in next few years
The ambitious founder aims to build a version of the Chinese online empire from New Delhi
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