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Paytm Europe gets Luxembourg payment licence

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Paytm offers UPI payments, mobile recharges, bill payments, FASTag, insurance, and merchant solutions

Luxembourg subsidiary Paytm Europe received a payment institution licence from CSSF on 2 July 2026

The licence lets Paytm explore overseas markets for technology-led merchant payments and financial services

Paytm Europe Payments S.A., a Luxembourg subsidiary of Paytm, was granted a payment institution licence by the CSSF (Luxembourg's financial regulator) on 2 July 2026.
The CSSF informed Paytm Europe of the licence grant on 2 July, and registration on the CSSF official list took effect the same day.
The licence is valid from 2 July with no specified expiry period.
No penalties, restrictions, sanctions, non-compliances or financial implications are tied to the approval.
The licence permits Paytm Europe to execute payment transactions including credit transfers, standing orders, credit-line-backed payments, and acquiring of payment transactions.
Paytm Europe was incorporated in Luxembourg on 12 January 2026 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Paytm Cloud Technologies.
Paytm Cloud Technologies is a wholly owned subsidiary of One 97 Communications, the parent company of Paytm.
Paytm Cloud Technologies invested €9 million (about $10.26 million / Rs 97.87 crore) in Paytm Europe, completed on 1 June 2026 via subscription of 9 million equity shares of €1 each.

The licence is part of Paytm's broader effort to explore overseas markets for technology-led merchant payments and financial services distribution.
Founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma said in the FY25 shareholder letter that the company is beginning to explore international opportunities where small businesses remain underserved.
Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma said in the FY25 shareholder letter that the company is beginning to explore international opportunities where small businesses remain underserved.
In February 2025, Paytm Cloud Technologies approved a $1 million investment in Seven Technology LLC (parent of Brazilian embedded finance startup Dinie) for a 25% stake, to understand the merchant business landscape in Brazil.

Paytm offers UPI payments, mobile recharges, bill payments, FASTag, DTH, insurance, flight booking, credit cards, and merchant payment solutions such as QR, Soundbox, and Card Machine.
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Paytm reported its first full year of profit in FY26: PAT Rs 552 crore versus a loss of Rs 663 crore a year earlier.
Revenue rose 22% YoY to Rs 8,437 crore for the year ended March 2026.

Paytm will use the licence to explore overseas markets for technology-led merchant payments and financial services distribution.
International expansion will be deliberate and take a long-term view.
Paytm is also investing in Brazil's Dinie to understand the merchant business landscape there.