Harinder Takhar

CEO, Paytm Labs

FintechTorontoOn TechTO stages since 2017

Harinder Takhar is CEO of Paytm Labs, the Toronto R&D arm of Indian fintech giant Paytm, applying machine learning and big data to payments and fraud. He was Paytm's founding-era CEO in India when its consumer business launched in 2011, then moved to Canada in 2014 to build Paytm Labs. He holds an INSEAD MBA.

On the TechTO stage ×1

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Harinder Takhar of Paytm Labs presents Tips from an India Success Story

TechTO · September 2017

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In their words

your priorities actually decide what you become

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it's almost like people are not prepared for good things to happen to them

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2017 email goes from person a to person B for free and we send money for free

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Around the web ×1

Interview

Globalizing Fintech In Action: A Discussion With Harinder Takhar of PaytmForbes

2019

Quick answers

What is Harinder Takhar known for?

Being Paytm's founding-era CEO in India and later CEO of Paytm Labs, Paytm's Toronto machine-learning R&D division.

What did he do before Paytm Labs?

He co-founded the parent company One97 in 1999 and led Paytm's consumer business as its first CEO from 2011.

How many times has he spoken at TechTO?

Once in the archive here, in September 2017.

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