About the Episode:

BHIM UPI is one of the greatest Payment success stories in the world today. However, at its launch, it was met with reservation that often accompanies innovation. Would UPI matter if banks still had IMPS? On this episode of the Build for Bharat podcast join Nikhil Kumar with Sanjay as they discuss why BHIM was essential to the success of UPI.

About the Guest:

Nikhil is an engineer by education, and has worked at the likes of Intuit, Tally Solutions and Exotel before he went on to become a part of the prestigious IndiaStack community at iSPIRT. He was instrumental in bringing the BHIM App into reality, while he worked closely with the Aadhaar and the UPI teams under Nandan Nilekani's leadership. Today, he is the Cofounder of Setu, a financial infrastructure company that is building revolutionary API engines and products on top of the existing public digital infrastructure such as Aadhaar, UPI among others.