The Company was incorporated as "One 97 Communications Private Limited", a private limited company under the Companies Act, 1956, with a certificate of incorporation issued by the Assistant Registrar of Companies, National Capital Territory of Delhi and Haryana, at New Delhi on December 22, 2000. On the conversion of the Company to a public limited company, pursuant to a resolution passed by the Shareholders on May 11, 2010 the name was changed to "One 97 Communications Limited" and a fresh certificate of incorporation consequent upon change of name on conversion to public limited company dated May 12, 2010 was issued by the Deputy Registrar of Companies, National Capital Territory of Delhi and Haryana, at New Delhi.Major events and milestones of the Company :2009- Launch of Paytm, a payment service which allowed prepaid users to top up their mobile accounts, and also shop directly using their bank accounts or credit cards2012- Launch of payment gateway2013- Receipt of RBI license for semi-closed wallet2014- Launch of Paytm wallet app for iOS and Android2017- Issuance of license to Paytm Payments Bank Limited by the Reserve Bank of India to carry on `payments bank' business in India pursuant to the Banking Regulation Act, 1949- Launch of Paytm FASTag by Paytm Payments Bank across India2019- Issuance of certificate of registration to Paytm Money Limited by SEBI to act as a `stock broker' pursuant to the SEBI (Stock Brokers) Regulations, 19922020- Issuance of certificate of registration to Paytm Insurance Broking Limited by IRDAI to act as a `direct broker (life and general)' pursuant to the IRDAI (Insurance Brokers) Regulations, 2018- Launch of the mini-app store to support Indian developersAwards and Accreditations :2021- Awarded "Excellence in Payments (Issuer) category" for Paytm Payments Bank Limited's FASTags at 2nd edition of ASSOCHAM's Annual FinTech & Digital Payments, 2021 event- Awarded `Best FinTech Growth Story' award at `India Digital Awards' conducted by Internet and Mobile Association of India- The Subsidiary, Paytm Money Limited, was awarded for `trading tech' at BW Disrupt TechTors Summit & Awards2020- The Group Company, Paytm Payments Bank Limited, was awarded `ETBFSI Excellence Award' for the `Best Digital Bank of the Year' category by ETBFSI.com- The Subsidiary, Paytm Money Limited, was awarded the `excellence in payment' award by India FinTech Forum at India FinTech Awards, 20202019- The Group Company, Paytm Payments Bank Limited, was awarded `Finacle Client Innovation Award, 2019' for the `product innovation' category by Infosys Finacle- Mr. Vijay Shekhar Sharma was awarded as one of the business leaders of the year by Horasis and KPMG2018- Awarded `best online commercial' award at Drivers of Digital Awards and Summit, 2018- Mr. Vijay Shekhar Sharma was awarded the `Entrepreneur of the Year `award at AIMA Managing India Awards, 2018 by All India Management Association- Awarded under the `mobile payment product' category for digital payment facilitators at the 12th India Digital Summit organised by Internet and Mobile Association of India2017- Mr. Vijay Shekhar Sharma was named in the `2017 Time 100', the list of `hundred most influential people in the world' by TIME2016- Awarded under the `impact' category at Future of Fintech Awards by Financial Times2015- Awarded the `Disruptive Digital Innovator' award at Digitizing India Awards, 2015- Awarded the `Most Innovative Company of the Year' award at Business Standard Annual Awards, 2014 2022 -Fullerton India partners with Paytm to expand digital lending to MSMEs and consumers with special focus on smaller cities and towns. -Paytm broadens offline payments distribution, partners with Samsung stores to deploy smart PoS devices and offers Paytm Postpaid. -Paytm partners with Piramal Finance to offer loans to merchants and small businesses of Bharat.