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Paytm to deploy 1 mn IoT-based devices at merchant counters by FY21 end

Paytm Soundbox is an IoT device that lets merchants get instant voice confirmation of payments in different languages

Paytm enters co-branded credit card biz, to add 2 mn users in 18 months

Paytm, in a statement, said it is aiming to transform the credit market by enabling ''new to credit'' users to join the digital economy

Indus OS: How this home-grown app store can gain from Google's loss

Today, Indus OS claims to be the largest home-grown app store, with a user base of over 100 million

How Indus OS could challenge Google's dominance in the app store space

Today the start-up, launched by three IIT Bombay alumni seven years ago, claims to be the largest indigenous app store with a user base of over 100 million

Paytm targets a million apps on its mini app store to take on Google

Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma called Google "judge, jury and executioner" after his app was temporarily removed from the Android app store last month

Paytm announces Rs 10 crore fund for India's mini app developers

Targeting Google's dominance in the app distribution space in India, Paytm on Thursday said it is setting up a Rs 10 crore fund as equity investments for mini app developers in the country

With launch of its mini app store, Paytm rides the Atmanirbhar bandwagon

Paytm recently launched an indigenous mini app store to rival global majors such as Google and Apple

Best of BS Opinion: Flexible labour market, a dose of self-reliance & more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Google's play

India's user base can help challenge the app ecosystem

The Paytm-Google controversy: What was the trigger? All you need to know

Business Standard's Peerzada Abrar explains in this podcast - the whole controversy between Paytm and Google and about the Google Play Store billing system

Paytm takes the challenge to Google, launches its own mini app store

Paytm is providing listing and distribution of these mini apps from within its app, without any charge

Paytm, other startups vow to fight 'big daddy' Google's clout: sources

Setting the stage for a potential showdown, entrepreneurs held two video conferences this week to strategise

As demands grow for a local app store, analysts see long road ahead

Reports say the govt is planning to launch a homegrown app store providing an alternative to Google Play Store, Apple Store

Paytm Money enables stockbroking for all; targets 1 mn investors in FY21

The company has already registered 220,000 investors, of which 65 per cent are in the age group of 18 to 30 years

India's secondary listing plan would be undue burden: Paytm executive

Companies like Google that vie against Paytm in the digital payments space have no such obligation, noted Deora.

Indian startups to miss Chinese expertise more than cash: SoftBank exec

India has banned over 200 Chinese apps and also put severe restrictions on Chinese investments into the country following border clashes in eastern Ladakh

Google vs Paytm: A case of breaking the rules or a battle for the market?

The spat also brings Google and Apple's duopoly over being the only marketplaces for applications on their mobile operating systems into question

Best of BS Opinion: The apps game, govt needs to listen to biz, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Paytm accuses Google of trying to dominate India's digital ecosystem

Paytm suggested the global tech giant's move as hypocritical as Google, too, regularly runs similar scratch card campaigns in India under its Google Pay app

The apps game

Google should not misuse its dominant position