Uber strengthens its India Fintech presence with Uber Money team

Ride-hailing giant Uber Technologies on Tuesday said it has set up Uber Money, a team of more than 100 technology professionals responsible for global financial products and technology innovations, at its Hyderabad Tech Centre, making it the first such commitment in the Asia-Pacific region.

The team will play an essential role in enabling upcoming new global features and improvements, including real-time earnings, updated debit accounts, and debit cards for Uber drivers, along with Uber Wallet and refreshed Uber credit card for Uber riders.

With deep knowledge in front-end, full-stack, mobile, machine learning, and data engineering, the firm said the team will focus on implementing new payment methods, enabling and building financial compliance tools.