PhonePe appoints Srijon Biswas as CTO, Rahul Chari becomes CPTO

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    "title": "PhonePe appoints Srijon Biswas as CTO, Rahul Chari becomes CPTO - Storyboard18",
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    "excerpt": "PhonePe has elevated its long-time engineering leader Srijon Biswas as the company's Chief Technology Officer (CTO), as the fintech firm strengthens its technology leadership while expanding its business beyond digital payments. Biswas, who has been with PhonePe for nearly a decade and most recently served as Head of Engineering, will now lead the company's engineering organisation with immediate effect. He will continue to report to PhonePe co-founder Rahul Chari. As part of the leadership change, Chari, who earlier served as the company's CTO, will now take on the role of Chief Product and Technology Officer (CPTO). Along with product and technology, he will continue to oversee Trust & Safety, Data Sciences & Analytics, Customer Experience and Artificial Intelligence, besides leading other strategic initiatives across the PhonePe Group. The company said the leadership restructuring comes as PhonePe continues to broaden its presence beyond its core payments business into financial services and a wider range of consumer offerings. \"As PhonePe continues to expand and grow, strengthening our technology leadership is a natural step. Srijon's appointment ensures we continue to invest deeply in engineering excellence while building the technology platforms that will power the future of digital India,\" Chari said. According to the company, Biswas has been part of PhonePe's...",
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