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Decentro

Can a YC-backed India BaaS aggregator graduate into a globally-licensed cross-border payments infrastructure provider on the back of a GIFT City PSP licence?

HQBengaluru, India
Latest roundSeries A, 2022 ($4.7M)
IndustryInfrastructure / BaaS
The story

Decentro began as a Y Combinator-backed Indian fintech-as-a-service / BaaS API platform offering banking, KYC, payments, and ledger primitives to fintechs and businesses in India via partner banks (Axis, ICICI, Kotak, Yes Bank). Since 2024-2026 it has expanded internationally — adding US- and Singapore-incorporated platforms as customers and launching a global multi-currency payments product covering USD/SWIFT/ACH/FEDWIRE payouts. The 2026 IFSCA PSP licence at GIFT City positions Decentro as a cross-border payments infrastructure provider, not just a domestic India BaaS aggregator.

Last 12 months
2026-05
Product timeline
2022
Raised $4.7M Series A led by Rapyd Ventures to expand banking/payments APIs in India.· funding
2026
Received final IFSCA PSP licence at GIFT City, becoming the first Indian payment aggregator to offer cross-border payment services from GIFT City.· regulatory
Regulated entities
Payment Aggregator
India (RBI)
Decentro
Payment Service Provider (PSP)
India (IFSCA, GIFT City) · 2026
Decentro
The stack
Payments / PSP
Decentro Payments (self-operated)Decentro Payment Links (self-operated)Decentro UPI Collections (self-operated)Decentro ENACH V3 (self-operated)Decentro UPI Autopay (self-operated)Decentro Virtual Accounts (self-operated)Decentro Global Payouts — ACH / FEDWIRE / SWIFT (self-operated)
Banking / BaaS
Decentro (in-house, via partner banks Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Yes Bank)
Card issuing
Decentro Co-branded Cards & Wallets (in-house)
Ledger
Decentro Ledgers (in-house)
Lending
Lending APIs powering Vedfin's Revenue-Based Financing (RBF) Flexi Debt programBanking + CKYC APIs powering CreditFair's instalment loansDigital lending stack (KYC, disbursal, repayment, ENACH/UPI Autopay)BNPL enablement
Sponsor bank
Axis Bank / ICICI Bank / Kotak Mahindra Bank / Yes Bank
FX & payouts
Decentro Global Payouts (in-house)
Accounting gap: none