Cashfree

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Cashfree Payments
Company type Private company
ISIN INE0MXK01016
Industry Fintech
Founded2015
FounderAkash Sinha and Reeju Datta
Headquarters Bengaluru, India
Number of employees
800 [1]
Website www.cashfree.com

Cashfree (also known as Cashfree Payments) is an Indian payment service provider. It provides payment solutions via APIs for platform businesses like crowdfunding portals, online marketplaces, and small business software companies. Additionally, it offers fraud and risk protection through bank account verification. [2]

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History

Cashfree Payments, founded in 2015 by Akash Sinha and Reeju Datta, initially focused on creating a payments solution for offline restaurants in the city of Bangalore. [3]

In 2016, the company pivoted to become a broader payment solutions provider, developing an API-based payments platform that enabled businesses to accept payments and make bulk payouts efficiently. [4] By 2017, it expanded further by launching a payout product, allowing businesses to disburse bulk payments to vendors and customers. [5]

In December 2023, India's Reserve Bank of India awarded payment aggregator license to the company [6] and by July 2024, it was finally granted authorization to establish and run a cross-border export and import payment aggregator system in India. [7] [8]

Funding

The company has investors including Silicon Valley's Y Combinator, Apis Partners, and the State Bank of India. [9] [10]

Financials

In FY 2022-23, Cashfree Payments' operating revenue increased to ₹613.8 crore (US$74 million) from ₹349.9 crore (US$42 million) the previous year, while its net loss grew to ₹133.1 crore (US$16 million) from ₹2.9 crore (US$350,000) ₹2.9 crore. Total revenue grew to ₹616.9 crore (US$74 million) crore, driven by commission income and merchant setup fees, but expenses more than doubled to ₹750 crore (US$90 million), largely due to employee benefit costs. [4]

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