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Airtel Africa raises $1.25 bn from six global investors including Softbank group and SingTel.

Bharti Airtel International B.V., doing business in Africa as Airtel Africa has raised $1.25 billion (over Rs 9,200 crore) by issuing fresh shares to six global investors including Warburg Pincus, Temasek, Singtel, and SoftBank Group International. The company organized a two-stage fundraise to manage its debts. The transaction will not be involving any sale of shares…

Paytm launches PayPay, QR-based payment service in Japan.

Paytm, the Indian e-commerce payment system and digital wallet company based out on Noida announced on Monday that the firm has launched a QR based smartphone payment service in Japan called PayPay. Paytm has launched the service in collaboration with SoftBank Corp and Yahoo Japan Corporation. With the newly developed service, users can store money from…