About This Episode
In this episode, Mark Beresford, Head of the Retail and Hospitality Practice, and Director in the London Office at Edgar Dunn & Company, speaks with Nitin Pulyani, Head of Product Development at Cashfree Payments, about India’s rapidly evolving digital payments ecosystem.
They discuss how Cashfree has positioned itself as a key enabler of seamless, API-driven payment solutions for businesses, addressing the country’s unique challenges and opportunities in online transactions, real-time payments, and regulatory shifts.The conversation explores India’s booming fintech landscape, the impact of UPI on innovation, and how Cashfree is driving financial inclusion while scaling its operations in a dynamic market.
Tune in for a deep dive into the future of payments in one of the world’s fastest-growing digital economies.
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Guest Bio
Nitin Pulyani is the Head & Senior Vice President of Product at Cashfree Payments, bringing over two decades of experience in leading product strategy, innovation, and growth. At Cashfree Payments, Nitin plays a pivotal role in shaping the company’s product vision, overseeing development, user experience, and ensuring the delivery of impactful solutions to meet the evolving needs of businesses across India and globally.
Nitin’s career spans a wide range of leadership roles in prominent fintech and internet-first companies, including PhonePe, Ola, Jupiter, Fab Money, and NeoGrowth. Known for his forward-thinking approach, he excels at blending creativity with deep insights into human behavior, market trends, and emerging technologies to develop products that solve real-world problems and adapt to changing user demands.In addition to his leadership in the corporate world, Nitin is an entrepreneur at heart. He founded ThinkAdmit, a platform that helps students build resumes and prepare for MBA admissions, and Edvento, an adaptive learning platform that empowered educators to create personalized, adaptive test prep courses with ease.
Nitin holds a B.Tech in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from IIT Varanasi and an MBA in Marketing and Finance from ISB. Based in Bangalore with his family, he is passionate about product innovation, fitness, and traveling, often dedicating his free time to exploring new ideas in product development
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Mark is a Director in the London office and heads up the Retailer & Hospitality Payments Practice for EDC. He has over 25 years of experience of consulting strategy in the payments and fintech industries. Mark works with leading global merchants, and payment suppliers to retailers and hospitality merchants, to develop omnichannel acceptance strategies. He uses the 360° Payment Diagnostic methodology developed by EDC to identify cost efficiencies and new growth opportunities for retailers and hospitality merchants by defining an appropriate mix of payment methods, acceptance channels, innovative consumer touchpoints, and optimizing Payment Service Providers and acquiring relationships. Outside the payments and fintech industry Mark is a passionate snowboarder.
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