- Over four decades of experience in banking, holding several key leadership positions across domestic and international operations
National, 18th November 2025: BharatPe, India’s leading fintech and UPI payments platform, today announced the appointment of Mr. Anil Kishora, as its Non-Executive Non-Independent Director on the Board of Unity Small Finance Bank (Unity Bank), where BharatPe and Centrum Financial Services are shareholders. Mr. Kishora is a veteran in the banking and financial services industry, with over 40 years of experience across domestic and international operations.
BharatPe had earlier nominated Sumeet Singh (Chief Legal & Corporate Affairs) on the board of Unity. Mr. Anil Kishora and Sumeet are now representing BharatPe on Unity’s board and will be working closely with the Board and management of Unity.
The significant move further cements BharatPe’s commitment to strong governance and long-term value creation. Mr. Kishora’s career reflects deep expertise in risk management, international banking, strategic expansion, and human resources.
In his latest stint, he served as the Vice President and Chief Risk Officer of the New Development Bank (NDB), a multilateral development bank founded by the BRICS countries and headquartered in Shanghai, China, from July 2020 to August 2025.
Prior to joining the NDB, Mr. Kishora worked for the State Bank of India (SBI) for more than 37 years in almost all areas of banking, including retail, corporate and international banking. During his long career with SBI, Mr. Kishora has held several senior roles, including the Deputy Managing Director & CRO, Chief General Manager at the bank’s Local Head Office in Chandigarh and CEO of SBI, Singapore.
He has also been a Council Member of Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS), a board member of the International Association of Credit Portfolio Managers (IACPM), New York, and director on the boards of Macquarie SBI Infrastructure Management Pte. Ltd., Singapore and Macquarie SBI Infrastructure Trustee Ltd, Bermuda.
Speaking on the appointment, Mr. Rajnish Kumar, Chairman of the Board, BharatPe, said, “Anil brings a rare blend of strategic foresight and operational depth from his decades in global banking. His deep understanding of risk, governance, and institutional building will be instrumental as we steer Unity Bank through its next phase of growth and consolidation. This appointment reinforces our commitment to strengthening Unity Bank’s governance architecture and driving sustained, responsible growth.”
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.