Talks are on to sell Freecharge at 50% discount
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Sources suggest the deal could be worth as low as $150-200 million, which is 50% of what FreeCharge is worth. Market leader Paytm, owned by the Alibaba group, is leading the race to acquire its rival from
However, SoftBank's topmost priority is to sort out the shareholder discord that is going on at
Snapdeal's parent company Jasper Infotech bought FreeCharge two years back in a deal worth $400 million, in a combination of cash and stock. In the past year, Freecharge has talked to global payment majors like PayPal and PayU for raising fresh capital, but nothing came through.
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"A lot has changed with both Snapdeal and Freecharge in the last quarter.
Flipkart, which has its own mobile wallet called PhonePe that enables UPI transactions, has been in talks with investors like PayPal to raise an independent funding for PhonePe.
Paytm could be paying around $150 million, suggest sources, if Freecharge comes with exclusivity rights, making it the sole payments option on platforms like Snapdeal and Flipkart.
"As these e-tailers have plans to sell financial products in the long term, such exclusivity agreements will help Paytm's financial services business," the person said.
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