# Cashfree Payments

> Cashfree Payments is a Bengaluru-based payments infrastructure company founded by Akash Sinha and Reeju Datta in 2015. It helps businesses collect payments, disburse money, automate subscriptions and marketplace settlements, verify identities, and manage cross-border payments. The company says it serves more than one million businesses and processes $80 billion in annual payment volume.

- **Founded:** 2015
- **Headquarters:** Bengaluru, India
- **Founders:** Akash Sinha (Co-founder and CEO), Reeju Datta (Co-founder)
- **Products:** Payment Gateway, Payouts, Cashgram, Payment Links and Payment Forms, Easy Split
- **Notable:** Y Combinator Summer 2017 participant., Payouts reached 100,000 daily transactions in 2018, according to Reeju Datta., Received RBI cross-border payment aggregator and prepaid payment instrument authorisations in 2024, according to its year-end review.

## Products & services

- **Payment Gateway** — Accept UPI, cards, net banking and other supported methods through checkout, SDKs and plugins.
- **Payouts** — Automated single and bulk disbursements with multi-bank routing, beneficiary checks, reconciliation and reporting. Development began in 2016; the founder dates disbursement innovation to 2017.
- **Cashgram** — Send a payout link so a recipient can enter preferred account details and claim funds.
- **Payment Links and Payment Forms** — Collect online payments without building a custom checkout.
- **Easy Split** — Manage marketplace payment splitting and vendor settlements.
- **Subscriptions** — Manage recurring collections through supported mandates, including UPI AutoPay and eNACH.
- **Instant Settlements** — Access successful payment proceeds faster, subject to eligibility, product selection and fees.
- **SecureID** — Identity-verification and KYC stack with document, account and fraud checks; launched under this brand at Global Fintech Fest 2024.
- **RiskShield** — Machine-learning-assisted payment fraud monitoring and configurable risk controls.
- **DevStudio** — Interactive playground for experimenting with payment integration and copying sample code.
- **International Payment Gateway and Global Collections** — Cross-border acceptance and settlement capabilities; announced more than 140 supported gateway currencies in May 2025.
- **Cashfree Here** — Payments extension for AI applications, introduced with Mastercard and Swiggy at the India AI Impact Summit 2026.

## Achievements

- Y Combinator Summer 2017 participant.
- Payouts reached 100,000 daily transactions in 2018, according to Reeju Datta.
- Received RBI cross-border payment aggregator and prepaid payment instrument authorisations in 2024, according to its year-end review.
- Raised $53 million in February 2025.
- Company reported more than one million businesses served in January 2026.
- Company announced cross-border suite operational across 40 countries in June 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Public reporting on FY26 filings puts operating revenue at approximately ₹967 crore and consolidated net loss at approximately ₹118.5 crore.
- **2026-06** — Announced cross-border suite operational across 40 countries via partnerships and direct integrations.
- **2026-02** — Cashfree Here launched with Mastercard and Swiggy at India AI Impact Summit 2026.
- **2026-01** — ESOP buyback announced for over 400 people, including 175 former employees; announcement also reports a move into an 80,000 sq ft Ecoworld headquarters.
- **2025-12** — Announced cross-border import-payment collaboration with J.P. Morgan Payments.
- **2025-05** — International Payment Gateway announced support for more than 140 currencies.

## Links

- Website: https://www.cashfree.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cashfree/
- Twitter/X: https://www.twitter.com/gocashfree
- GitHub: https://github.com/cashfree
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX06yVYIREbM4lMRwVi_6Aw
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cashfree.payments/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cashfreepayments/

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Last updated: 2026-10-11