Paytm grants 1.24 lakh ESOPs worth Rs 16.6 Cr

One 97 Communications, the parent entity of Paytm, has approved a fresh grant of 1,23,908 stock options to eligible employees under its ESOP Scheme 2019, according to a stock exchange disclosure.

Considering Paytm’s last traded share price of Rs 1,340, the newly granted ESOPs carry an approximate value of Rs 16.6 crore.

Last month Paytm Payments Services Limited (PPSL), a wholly owned subsidiary of One 97 Communications Limited, received authorisation from the Reserve Bank of India to operate as a payment aggregator for physical or offline payments and cross border transactions, according to a regulatory filing.

With this authorisation, PPSL holds payment aggregator approvals across online, offline, and cross border segments. The company said the approval enables it to offer payment aggregation services across multiple use cases for merchants.

The company reported revenue from operations of Rs 2,061 crore in Q2 FY26, up from Rs 1,659 crore in the year ago period. However, its net profit fell sharply to Rs 21 crore from Rs 930 crore in Q2 FY25, primarily due to the absence of a one time gain in the base quarter and an impairment loss recorded in the latest quarter.