India, April 15 -- Foreign institutional investors (FII) decreased their stake in listed fintech major Paytm to 49.4% during the March quarter (Q4 FY26) from 51.76% in the previous quarter (Q3 FY26). 

Category I foreign portfolio investors (FPI), which include government-related entities like sovereign wealth funds and central banks, pension funds, among others, reduced their holding in the Vijay Shekhar Sharma-led company to 23.77% in Q4 from 25.33% in the previous quarter. The number of Category 1 FPIs also fell to 558 from 613 in Q3. 

Category II FPIs, which include mutual funds, banks and insurers, cut their holding to 0.48% from 1.24% during the quarter as 19 shareholders from this category quit Paytm's cap table.  ...