Amazon infuses Rs 450 cr in payment unit, Amazon Pay

Amazon infuses Rs 450 cr in payment unit, Amazon Pay

PTIUpdated: Thursday, September 23, 2021, 08:18 PM IST
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The fresh infusion comes just ahead of the festive season where the Amazon will compete for head-on against Walmart-owned Flipkart and others/ Representational image |

Amazon has infused Rs 450 crore into its payments unit in India, Amazon Pay, according to regulatory documents.

The fresh infusion comes just ahead of the festive season where the US e-commerce giant will compete for head-on against Walmart-owned Flipkart and others.

Amazon Pay (India) has allotted 45 crore equity shares, aggregating to Rs 450 crore to Amazon Corporate Holdings Pvt Ltd and Amazon.com.incs Ltd, regulatory documents filed with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs and sourced by business intelligence platform Tofler, showed.

Amazon did not respond to emailed queries.

As per the filing, Amazon Corporate Holdings Pvt Ltd was allotted 449,955,036 equity shares, while Amazon.com.incs Limited was given 44,964 equity shares. The shares were allotted on September 17, 2021.

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