One 97 Communications Ltd
One 97 Communications Ltd Company History
One97 Communications is in the business of providing a) payment and financial services which primarily includes payment facilitator services, facilitation of consumer and merchant lending to consumers and merchants, wealth management etc. b) commerce and cloud services which primarily consists of aggregator for digital products, ticketing business, providing voice and messaging platforms to the telecom operators and enterprise customers and other businesses, etc.
2009
Launch of Paytm, a payment service which allowed prepaid users to top up their mobile accounts, and also shop directly using their bank accounts or credit cards
2009
2012
Launch of payment gateway
2012
2013
Receipt of RBI license for semi-closed wallet
2013
2014
Launch of Paytm wallet app for iOS and Android
2014
2015
Awarded the ÂDisruptive Digital Innovator award at Digitizing India Awards, 2015
Awarded the ÂMost Innovative Company of the Year award at Business Standard Annual Awards, 2014
2015
2016
Awarded under the Âimpact category at Future of Fintech Awards by Financial Times
2016
2017
Issuance of license to Paytm Payments Bank Limited by the Reserve Bank of India to carry on Âpayments bank business in India pursuant to the Banking Regulation Act, 1949
Launch of Paytm FASTag by Paytm Payments Bank across India
Mr. Vijay Shekhar Sharma was named in the Â2017 Time 100Â, the list of Âhundred most influential people in the world by TIME
2017
2018
Awarded Âbest online commercial award at Drivers of Digital Awards and Summit, 2018
Mr. Vijay Shekhar Sharma was awarded the ÂEntrepreneur of the Year Âaward at AIMA Managing India Awards, 2018 by All India Management Association
Awarded under the Âmobile payment product category for digital payment facilitators at the 12th India Digital Summit organised by Internet and Mobile Association of India
2018
2019
Issuance of certificate of registration to Paytm Money Limited by SEBI to act as a Âstock broker pursuant to the SEBI (Stock Brokers) Regulations, 1992
The Group Company, Paytm Payments Bank Limited, was awarded ÂFinacle Client Innovation Award, 2019 for the Âproduct innovation category by Infosys Finacle
Mr. Vijay Shekhar Sharma was awarded as one of the business leaders of the year by Horasis and KPMG
2019
2020
Issuance of certificate of registration to Paytm Insurance Broking Limited by IRDAI to act as a Âdirect broker (life and general)Â pursuant to the IRDAI (Insurance Brokers) Regulations, 2018
Launch of the mini-app store to support Indian developers
The Group Company, Paytm Payments Bank Limited, was awarded ÂETBFSI Excellence Award for the ÂBest Digital Bank of the Year category by ETBFSI.com
The Subsidiary, Paytm Money Limited, was awarded the Âexcellence in payment award by India FinTech Forum at India FinTech Awards, 2020
2020
2021
Awarded "Excellence in Payments (Issuer) category" for Paytm Payments Bank LimitedÂs FASTags at 2nd edition of ASSOCHAMÂs Annual FinTech & Digital Payments, 2021 event
Awarded ÂBest FinTech Growth Story award at ÂIndia Digital Awards conducted by Internet and Mobile Association of India
The Subsidiary, Paytm Money Limited, was awarded for Âtrading tech at BW Disrupt TechTors Summit & Awards
2021
2022
Fullerton India partners with Paytm to expand digital lending to MSMEs and consumers with special focus on smaller cities and towns.
Paytm broadens offline payments distribution, partners with Samsung stores to deploy smart PoS devices and offers Paytm Postpaid.
Paytm partners with Piramal Finance to offer loans to merchants and small businesses of Bharat.
2022
2023
Paytm launches Paytm Card Soundbox India s first Soundbox that enables card payments.
Paytm Ads has launched India''s Festive Wallet Outlook 2023"", based on a survey commissioned through Redseer Consulting.
One 97 Communications Limited has Said ''Vijay Shekhar Sharma enters into an agreement to purchase 10.30% Stake in Paytm, from Antfin (Netherlands) Holding B.V.
Paytm launches two new innovative devices Paytm Pocket Soundbox and Paytm Music Soundbox; leads technology for India s small shops.
Paytm partners with SBI Card and NPCI to launch next-gen co-branded RuPay credit cards, three homegrown brands join forces to drive credit inclusion.
2023