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MobiKwik Elevates CTO and Offline Payments SVP to Accelerate AI Agenda

The fintech platform is counting on fresh leadership to drive AI-led innovation.

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Overview

  • Saurabh Dwivedi has been appointed chief technology officer and will oversee engineering across payments, financial services, core platform, infrastructure and AI-assisted product development.
  • Dhruv Wadhera has been promoted to senior vice president of offline payments to spearhead expansion in Tier II and III cities.
  • The leadership changes support MobiKwik’s plan to use AI as a growth catalyst for faster go-to-market, revenue gains and margin improvement through intelligent automation.
  • MobiKwik reported a FY25 net loss of INR 121.53 crore, a reversal from last year’s INR 14.1 crore profit, driven by underperformance in its lending business.
  • The Ministry of Finance ruled out reinstating merchant discount rates on UPI payments, prompting a 3.38% drop in MobiKwik shares to INR 245.70 on the BSE.