Piyush KhaitanFounder

India - ND

Piyush Khaitan (PK) is a seasoned operating executive who has successfully founded several companies and built and operated them to high levels of success. He has over 30 years of experience in the Payments & Fintech industry focusing on Business Leadership, Payment Processing, SME Lending, Corporate Development, Business Operations, Technology, and Strategy.

He is the Founder & Chairman of NeoGrowth Credit Pvt. Ltd, an SME- focused lending fintech, leveraging the digital payments ecosystem. NeoGrowth’s data science and technology-led approach enables it to offer quick and hassle-free loans to MSMEs across 70+ segments.

Before NeoGrowth, PK had founded and served as the Managing Director of Venture Infotek, which was India’s largest Payment Processing Company. Venture Infotek was divested to an MNC in 2010 in a landmark transaction.

PK was instrumental in setting up the Digital Lenders Association of India (DLAI) in 2016 and was its first President. DLAI is the representative body for the digital lending industry in India with 80+ digital lending companies as members. He has also worked closely with Card Networks, RBI & IBA in framing policies and giving direction to the card payments industry in India and was Founder Chairman of the ‘ePayments Focus Group’ of the Smart Card Forum of India (SCAFI) from 2000 through 2005.

Passionate about creating social impact, PK believes in leveraging technology to transform medium and small businesses in India. He is also an avid reader and keeps himself busy with historical books. In his free time, he practices philately and numismatics.