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Digital payments company Paytm said on Monday it has raised fresh funds from a group of investors, including existing backers such as SoftBank's Vision Fund and Alibaba's Ant Financial.
Paytm did not officially disclose details of the funding, but a source said the Indian company raised $1 billion in the latest round.
Accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates were among the new investors for the fund, Paytm said in a statement.
Financial daily Economic Times quoted Paytm Chief Executive Officer Vijay Shekhar Sharma as saying the round would lift the company's valuation to $16 billion.
The company will expand into insurance, lending and investments and invest ₹100 billion ($1.39 billion) over the next three years to include more users in the country, Paytm said.
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