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India's Paytm raises $1 billion in fresh funding

A worker adjusts a hoarding of Paytm, a digital payments firm, in Ahmedabad, India on January 31, 2019 — Reuters/Files
A worker adjusts a hoarding of Paytm, a digital payments firm, in Ahmedabad, India on January 31, 2019 — Reuters/Files

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Indian digital payments company Paytm said on Monday it has raised fresh funds from a group of investors, including existing backers such as SoftBank’s Vision Fund and Alibaba’s Ant Financial.

Paytm did not officially disclose details of the funding, but a source said the Indian company raised $1 billion in the latest round, reports Reuters.

Accounts advised by T Rowe Price Associates were among the new investors for the fund, Paytm said in a statement.

Financial daily Economic Times quoted Paytm Chief Executive Officer Vijay Shekhar Sharma as saying the round would lift the company’s valuation to $16 billion.

The company will expand into insurance, lending and investments and invest 100 billion rupees ($1.39 billion) over the next three years to include more users in the country, Paytm said.

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