Paytm has turned an operational profit for the first time. On a revenue of Rs 1,470 crore, the company reported a profit of Rs 122.5 crore. This first ever truly profitable quarter will hearten public investors. Paytm was hit hard by the Reserve Bank of India shutting down Paytm Payments Bank and forcing the company to discontinue Paytm wallets in early 2024. The company has been on a steady mend since that wipeout.
The Zerodha cofounder attributes reduced market activity for the stockbroking business witnessing a 10-20% decline this year. Nithin Kamath expects the stockbroking business to see a 10-20% decline this year following lower market activity in the first quarter. Despite the slowdown, he expects Zerodha to cross Rs 10,000 crore in revenue in FY26. Zerodha reported a revenue of Rs 8,320 crore and a profit of Rs 4,700 crore in FY24, a 21% increase on the previous year. Kamath also reiterated that Zerodha is not considering listing on stock exchanges.
Digio, founded by Nithin Kamath and Abhimanyu Pandian, has “slowly and silently become the back-end infrastructure provider to several industries”. The software-as-a-service (SaaS) company offers a suite of tools built around reducing paperwork, including Know Your Customer (KYC) checks, document management, compliance monitoring, and financial information aggregation. It was an early player in the space and quickly onboarded most of the stockbrokers and e-signing players. What sets Digio apart is its all-round product, focusing on the “forefront of India’s paperless digital transformation”.
The worst may be over for MobiKwik. The Gurugram-based fintech company ended the 2024–25 fiscal year with a loss of ₹121 crore, down from a profit of ₹14 crore in the previous year. Higher losses are a result of its risky lending business, which ran into trouble after the Reserve Bank of India’s nudge last year to slow down unsecured lending. The company has pivoted its focus to higher-ticket, longer-term loans. Its payments business remains strong, with non-UPI payments making up 68% of processed payments, up from 37%.
