National, March 19th, 2026: BharatPe, India’s leading financial services and UPI payments platform, today announced the appointment of Himanshu Verma as Head – POS Business, as the company sharpens its focus on expanding its offline payments footprint and deepening merchant adoption across India.
Himanshu brings over two decades of leadership experience across Channel Sales & Distribution, Go-to-Market strategy, UPI payments, POS/EDC acquisitions, merchant acquisition, and the broader digital payments ecosystem. He has a strong track record of building and scaling businesses, leading large P&Ls, and delivering sustained growth through disciplined execution.
Over the course of his career, he has held key leadership roles at Pine Labs, Freecharge, Indepay Networks, Bharti Airtel, Samsung India, Uninor, and Vodafone. He is known for building high-performing teams, expanding market presence, and consistently delivering strong outcomes across revenue growth and operational excellence.
In his most recent role at Pine Labs, Himanshu served as Senior Director & National Business Head – Soundbox (Mini), where he led the incubation, launch, and nationwide scale-up of the Mini Soundbox business. Prior to this, he led UPI and Retail POS acquisition, significantly accelerating merchant acceptance and growth.
At BharatPe, he will lead the POS business, focusing on driving merchant adoption, strengthening distribution, and scaling the company’s offline payments ecosystem.
Commenting on the appointment, Nalin Negi - CEO, BharatPe said, “We are pleased to welcome Himanshu to BharatPe at a time when offline payments are becoming a critical lever of growth in India’s digital payments ecosystem. His deep experience in scaling large payment businesses and driving disciplined execution will be key as we continue to strengthen our POS portfolio and expand our merchant footprint. We believe his leadership will help us accelerate our next phase of growth in the offline payments space.”
Himanshu Verma said, “BharatPe has established a strong merchant-first ecosystem, and the opportunity in offline payments continues to be significant as adoption deepens across the country. I look forward to building on this foundation by scaling the POS business, strengthening distribution, and delivering solutions that create tangible value for merchants. The focus will be on driving sustainable growth while expanding BharatPe’s presence in the offline payments landscape.”
About BharatPe:
BharatPe (brand name of Resilient Innovations Pvt Ltd) was founded in 2018 to make financial inclusion a reality for Indian merchants. In 2018, it launched India’s first UPI interoperable QR code, the first zero MDR payment acceptance service. In 2020, post-Covid, BharatPe also launched a card acceptance terminal – BharatPe Swipe. Currently, with a registered network of over 1.7 crores merchants across 450+ cities, the company is one of the leading players in UPI offline transactions, processing 450 million+ UPI transactions per month. BharatPe processes payments of a monthly Transaction Processed Value of ₹12,000 crores. BharatPe Money (brand name of Resilient Digi Services Private Limited), a BharatPe Group Company, has already facilitated the disbursement of loans of over US$ 2 billion, in partnership with NBFCs. BharatPe’s POS business processes payments of over ₹27,000 crores annually on its 125,000+ machines.