Lendingkart has appointed Manish Bhatia as the President of Technology, Analytics and Capabilities based out of Bengaluru.

Bhatia will be responsible for building a scalable technology stack for the company and bettering operational agility, risk management, data and analytics, while driving strategic efficiency and improving overall customer acquisition and experience as well as business growth.

Pror to this, Bhatia was associated with Amazon Pay as the Chief Technology Officer. As the CTO for Amazon Pay India, he steered all the tech and software development for their India payments business.  He has also worked with a couple of startups, FedEx and JP Morgan Chase.

Bhatia brings over 22 years of expertise in software development, incubating new services and developing critical digital products.

"Despite such trying times currently, we are hopeful that Indian MSMEs will bounce back and continue to thrive in the future. We are pleased to welcome Manish Bhatia onboard to not only strengthen our internal teams but also helps us become better equipped to fully serve the small and micro entrepreneurs of India. With a track record of delivering great results, Manish is an outstanding addition to the team and will work closely with our technology, analytics and operations teams. His enormous amount of experience in the industry and strong focus on innovation will serve our collective vision and drive value creation in the company", said Harshvardhan Lunia, Co-Founder and CEO, Lendingkart.

Commenting on his appointment, Manish Bhatia, President, technology, analytics and capabilities stated,"I am thrilled to build upon the solid foundation that Lendingkart has put in place to further enable MSMEs to achieve their dreams. With my experience, I aim to draw better insights from big and complex data sets and leverage innovative technology and digital platforms to enhance Lendingkart’s operations capability, customer and transaction growth rate and serve the financial requirements of our customers better."