The Reserve Bank of India(RBI) has asked Paytm Payments Services Limited to resubmit the application to operate as a payment aggregator

The banking regulator RBI paused the onboarding of online merchants by Paytm Payments Services

Paytm said: “RBI has not rejected our application but has simply asked us to reapply in 120 days and we are taking all the necessary steps”

RBI has given in-principle approval to Razorpay, Pine Labs, Cashfree, and CCAvenues, while BillDesk and PayU are still awaiting a response

RBI's PAs guidelines said a single entity cannot continue to provide an e-commerce marketplace along with payment aggregator services

The company has 100 million KYC customers, and, according to the Paytm Payments Bank website, it is gaining 0.4 million new users each month

The share price of Paytm in the name of One97 gained 5.87% in NSE on 25 November and closed at Rs 467

On 24 Nov, Geojit BNP Paribas has given a buy rating for One 97 Communications (Paytm) for a target of Rs 574

On 9 Nov ICICI Securities has given a buy for One97 Communication (Paytm) for the target of Rs 1285

Sources-DNA, Moneycontrol, Trendlyne

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