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Cashfree Payments

Founded in 2015 by Akash Sinha and Reeju Datta, Cashfree Payments is a leading and fast-growing payments and API banking solutions company, based in Bangalore. Cashfree Payments provides a full stack payments solution enabling businesses in India to collect payments and make payouts via all available methods with a single integration. Cashfree Payments is the leading payment processor for payment disbursals with more than 50% market share.

Cashfree Payments was founded with the vision of enabling businesses in India to accept and disburse payments around the clock. At present, it is amongst the leading payment service providers in India processing transactions worth  USD 40 billion annually.

With the mission to use innovative technology & excellent service to provide the best payment experience to users, Cashfree Payments has so far launched 16 products with 6 industry-firsts, and continues to innovate to advance digital payments in India and across the globe. Cashfree Payment has also been a pioneer in banking transactions via API or API Banking, which leads a rapid technological shift in global fintech.

Cashfree Payments works with more than 1,50,000 companies to offer solutions such as payment collections, vendor payouts, wage payouts, bulk refunds, expense reimbursements, loyalty, and rewards.

Incubated by payments pioneer PayPal, Cashfree Payments is backed by Apis Partners, Smilegate and the famed Silicon-Valley startup accelerator Y-Combinator, Cashfree Payments has been profitable since 2016). India's leading lender, the State Bank of India (SBI) has recently made a strategic  investment in the organisation to reinforce the shared vision of promoting digital modes of payments.

Through partnerships with brands like Zomato, Cred, Nykaa, Delhivery, Acko and Shell Cashfree Payments has  launched several personalized products and solutions for specific business use cases to elevate end-user experiences. Cashfree Payments works closely with all leading banks to build the core payments and banking infrastructure that powers the company’s products, and  is also integrated with major platforms such as Shopify, Wix, Paypal, Amazon Pay, Paytm and Google Pay. Apart from India, Cashfree Payments’ products are used in  eight other countries including  the USA, Canada and the UAE.

Catalyst

CATALYST is an initiative funded by USAID under the mSTAR Program, through funding provided to FHI 360. Housed within IFMR LEAD, the initiative aims to expand digital payments and financial inclusion in India, especially for small merchants and low-income consumers. Catalyst seeks to bridge the financial divide by solving market failures through a local ecosystem approach. Through its digital payment lab and business incubator, Catalyst works with a range of stakeholders to design, test and validate workable solutions for the underserved and enable evidence-based decision-making to advance policy priorities. Its research and learning activities generate user insights on needs, behaviors, perceptions and motivations. Catalyst’s flagship knowledge forum ‘FINposium’ convenes innovators, policymakers and sector experts to design collaborative solutions to digital payment challenges.

Centrum

Centrum Group is an integrated domestic financial services conglomerate with over two decades of experience in the financial markets across various cycles. It has expertise across Equity & Debt spectrum with capabilities in Equity Capital Markets, M&A Advisory, Corporate Finance & Advisory, Primary & Secondary Debt Placement, Project Finance and Corporate Debt Restructuring. Its retail arm provides integrated solutions for Private Wealth Management, Stock Broking, SME Finance and Housing Finance.

Certus Technologies

eKAVACH is India’s first and most comprehensive digital parenting solution that is designed specially to increase parental awareness about their kid’s activity online and in the social media.
 
Blending modern technology and Indian socio-cultural aspects, eKAVACH is developed specifically for parents of school and college-going children. It equips them with information which can help them become better and smarter parents in the digital era and adopt technology as an integral part of their children’s upbringing in a safe, secure and friendly manner.

 

eKAVACH offers unique insights about the behavior and activities of kids, when they are online and on the move, which can help parents to make better and more informed decisions about their children.It offers sufficient protection to kids from falling prey to cyber bullying, online grooming, inappropriate web content and other forms of online security risks.

 

eKAVACH is powered by Certus Technologies, a new entrant in the mobile solution space. The company’s focus is to promote innovative usage of technology in tackling contemporary and emerging issues within education and social sector. The company is promoted by a group of senior professionals, who have collective experience of 40+ years across diverse domains such as banking, technology, shipping, logistics and financial services.

CFA India

CFA Society India

CFA Society India (Indian Association of Investment Professionals), established in April 2005, is an association of local investment professionals, consisting of portfolio managers, security analysts, investment advisers, and other financial professionals. As one of the over 149 CFA Institute member societies, CFA Society India connects local members to a global network of investment professionals.

For more than 60 years, CFA Institute and Member Societies such as CFA Society India, have held educational events featuring prominent investment professionals and thought leaders, and as the number of investment professionals across India continue to grow, we are committed to offering quality educational and networking opportunities in the region.

The key objectives of the society are to:

Promote ethical and professional standards within the investment industry in India
Facilitate the exchange of information and opinions among people within the local investment community and beyond
Work to further the public’s understanding of the CFA® designation and the investment industry.

*CFA Society India is a registered trademark of CFA Institute licensed to be used by the Indian Association of Investment Professionals.”

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