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After shedding three-fourths of its market cap in the four months since going public, the company has tough decisions ahead.

A little over four months ago, digital payments giant Paytm—incorporated as One97 Communications Ltd—pulled off a Rs 18,300 crore initial public offering, India’s largest. The company raised Rs 8,300 crore, while existing investors sold shares worth Rs 10,000 crore.
All this happened at a price of Rs 2,150 per share. The stock, four months on, trades at about Rs 570—i.e., almost three-fourths of the company’s market value has been wiped out.
At the same time, the company saw losses widen 45% to Rs 778 crore in the December quarter, and earlier this month its payments bank unit was ordered not …
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