BillDesk

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BillDesk
Company type Private
Industry Finance
Founded2000;24 years ago (2000)
Founder
  • M.N. Srinivasu
  • Ajay Kaushal
  • Karthik Ganapathy
Headquarters Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Area served
India
Services Payment platform
E-commerce payment system
Bill payment
RevenueIncrease2.svg2,124 crore (US$270 million) (FY 2021) [1]
Increase2.svg245 crore (US$31 million) (FY 2021) [1]
Parent IndiaIdeas.com Ltd [2] [3]
Subsidiaries
  • Loylty Rewardz [4]
  • Jocata [5]
Website www.billdesk.com

BillDesk is an Indian online payment gateway company based in Mumbai. The company provides an online payment platform for its clients which enables banking and merchant website transactions. [6]

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History

BillDesk was founded by Indian entrepreneurs M.N. Srinivasu, Ajay Kaushal and Karthik Ganapathy in 2000. [7] The three previously worked at American accounting firm Arthur Andersen LLP. [8]

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