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We will be more active in fintech ecosystem: PayU's Anirban Mukherjee

'We want to build a platform that can be used by others as well', said Mukherjee

Anirban Mukherjee
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Anirban Mukherjee, India Head, PayU

Shivani Shinde
PayU, by acquiring BillDesk, has become the largest digital payments (B2B segment) player in India. Anirban Mukherjee, PayU India head, says this acquisition will give the company scale and accelerate innovation. In an interview with Shivani Shinde, Mukherjee talks about the growing Indian payments ecosystem, PayU’s ambitions in India, and the road ahead. Edited excerpts.
 
How did the BillDesk acquisition happen? The company was looking for a partner for long?
 
We approached them (the founders) a few months ago and they were not in the market for a sell-off. But they were thinking of either going the IPO

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