One 97 Communications Ltd, which owns Paytm, announced the appointment of Bhavesh Gupta as the president and chief operating officer (COO) of the firm.

• Bhavesh Gupta is a financial services professional with over 25 years experience building businesses grounds up in payments, technology and analytics platforms, retail loans, digital lending, SME banking, retail banking, etc.
• Before joining Paytm in 2020, Gupta worked in multiple leadership roles including CEO of Clix Capital (formerly known as GE Capital), Head of SME & Business Banking at IDFC Bank and was also associated with ICICI bank in various roles.
• Gupta is a graduate from Delhi University and completed his MBA from Institute of Management Studies, Indore.