Deal makes Vijay Shekhar Sharma the top shareholder of India’s Paytm and gets ‘rid of the tag of being a Chinese company’

The Chinese tech major dumps its remaining 3.3% position in digital payments provider Paytm, as it scales back its investments in the South Asian nation

India’s biggest digital payments brand is close to scoring $2 billion of new financing

Pair will pour $450 million into company’s online mall unit, according to local media report