New Delhi-based Indian fintech firm BharatPe has appointed Kohinoor Biswas as the Head - Consumer Lending. At BharatPe, he will be responsible for leading the entire postpe business, the credit-first consumer vertical of BharatPe and will be reporting to Nalin Negi, CFO and Interim CEO of BharatPe. 

This is the third leadership appointment for BharatPe in 2023. The company earlier announced the appointment of Aparna Kuppuswamy as Chief Risk Officer, BharatPe Group and Sandeep Indurkar as Chief Business Officer- Banking and Alliances.

Prior to joining BharatPe, he was the Head of Credit Cards Portfolio at ICICI Bank and spearheaded the overall credit cards strategy driving card spending, loyalty, balance build-up through emi-zation & Personal Loan on Cards, and the overall P&L for the Credit Card business. Before ICICI Bank, he served the HDFC Bank as the Vertical Head for Credit Card Portfolio. He has also been associated with companies like Intellect Design Arena Ltd, JP Morgan Chase, and American Express. Overall, he brings over 14 years of experience to BharatPe’s table. 

Commenting on the appointment, Nalin Negi, CFO and interim CEO, BharatPe said, "Postpe, our consumer business, has been a great success story since its launch and clocks an annualized TPV of close to Rs 5000 crore today. I believe there is a huge opportunity to build disruptive products to cater to a wide range of Gen Z and Millennial customers. I am confident that Kohinoor, with his in-depth knowledge of banking services, combined with his experience in cards and payments, will be a great asset to us as we build the consumer side of our business. I am delighted to welcome Kohinoor Biswas to the BharatPe family and look forward to partnering with him to build postpe 2.0. I am confident that Kohinoor's leadership and strategic thinking will help us achieve our ambitious growth plans in the consumer business.”

Kohinoor Biswas, Head of Consumer Lending, BharatPe, added, “BharatPe has witnessed huge success from its early days and is seen as one of the renowned names in the financial services industry today. It has emerged as one of the key enablers for millions of offline retailers across the country, with its portfolio of new-age fintech products. postpe, while a late entrant in the consumer category, was a huge success from its early days. I am excited to join the BharatPe team as the Head of Consumer Lending. I look forward to strengthening the existing relationships with the postpe customers by offering new credit products as well as new payment and commerce use cases, With the digital ecosystem in India evolving and maturing, I am confident that we will be able to build new-age lending products  that appeal to a larger customer set.”