PayU Credit India Hires Two Key Level People

PayU Credit India, a platform for alternate lending, has announced two key appointments. The company is focused on scaling up the business model and building a full-stack digital lending platform to accelerate its credit business vision in the country. 

Anup Agrawal will join PayU Credit India as the Business Head and will lead the buy-now-pay-later business. Whereas, Vikas Sekhri has been appointed as the Chief Product Officer. He will look after the product strategy at PayU Credit India. Agarwal's role will be to boost the local credit business ecosystem, scaling up the operations and contributing significantly to PayU Finance’s growth journey. Agarwal prior to this has worked in the Citibank, Standard Chartered, Jio, and Incred. 

 On the other hand, Vikas is a Wharton Alumni and has 16 years of experience in financial services, investments, and technology sectors. Hired for the Bangalore office of the company, Vikas will precisely look after the next generation of product innovations, ensuring convenience to customers as well as merchants. Adding to financial service expertise at Bank of America, he was the Founder and CEO of CashCare (2015) and later became the Chief Growth Officer after it was acquired by EarlySalary in 2018.

Prashanth Ranganathan, CEO, PayU Finance said, “Anup and Vikas are seasoned professionals with long stints in the finance and fintech sectors and we are thrilled to welcome them into their new roles. Anup holds an in-depth understanding of the banking industry, which will surely add up to aligning our business strategies and operations for the credit business in India. Vikas, on the other hand, comes with rich experience across payment, credit, marketing, and technology and we are confident that it will aid in constructing the credit product portfolio, making it simpler and more accessible to merchants and customers. Both Vikas and Anup will be helping PayU Credit India enable a secure and quick-access credit environment that surpasses industry standards in the country.”