Former PayU MD Jitendra Gupta joins BharatPe’s board

BharatPe, a start-up enabling UPI payments and digital lending for merchants, has appointed Jitendra Gupta, former Managing Director of PayU, to its Board.

This is Jitendra Gupta’s first official association with any company after coming out from PayU last month.

Gupta had become one of the leading faces in the fintech industry after selling his company – Citrus Pay to PayU in 2016.

In his last role, Gupta was leading PayU’s credit business as the company’s Managing Director.

BharatPe has been the fastest fintech to grow to $650 million Total Payments Volume (total value of payments on the platform) within 10 months of launch.