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Pine Labs

Provider
PSP

Embedded-finance provider tracked in the Embedded Finance Index — disclosed by 4 companies across 1 category.

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CategoriesPSP
Rank#102 of 528 in PSP
Buyers4 companies
HeadquartersNoida, Uttar Pradesh, India (corporate); Gurgaon, Haryana, India (registered)
Founded1998
FoundersLokvir Kapoor, Rajul Garg

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Founders & story · from Pine Labs’s own dossier

Founded in 1998 as a petroleum retail automation business, Pine Labs pivoted in 2004 to merchant payments with Android-based POS terminals, becoming the dominant in-store payments player in India. The 2019 Qwikcilver acquisition extended the franchise into prepaid/gift card issuance, and the company has since layered online payments (Plural), embedded credit on UPI, and fintech infrastructure APIs (issuance, KYC, account aggregator) for banks and NBFCs. The 2025 IPO at a haircut to its 2022 private valuation reframes Pine Labs from a domestic POS leader into a pan-Asia merchant-commerce and embedded-finance infrastructure provider.

Latest round: IPO (November 2025)
Recent developments
  • 2025-11IPO at ~$2.9B valuation, ~40% below last private round; reduced fresh issue and OFS size. source ↗
  • 2025-11Prospectus filed (Nov 11, 2025) for listing on NSE/BSE. source ↗
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Who uses Pine Labs
4 companies disclose Pine Labs in their stack
ZenotiWoohooZerodhaPayrails
Buyer mix · 4 of 4 classified
E-commerce / Gift cards · 1Fintech / Investment · 1Infrastructure / Payments · 1Vertical SaaS / Salon, Spa, Medspa & Fitness · 1
APAC · 2US · 1EU · 1
What the disclosures say
Zenoti
“trust.zenoti.com/subprocessors lists Adyen and Stripe. go.zenoti.com/zpay-agreement.html names Adyen N.V. as the Processor for Zenoti Payments. help.zenoti.com lists supported gateways: Zenoti Payments (US/CA/UK), Payment Express + Ezypay (AU/NZ), JusPay + Plutus/Pine Labs (India). airpay.in appears in subprocessors.”
Woohoo
“https://www.woohoo.in/emi — 'Gift Now, Pay Later... select the EMI option at checkout, and pick the credit card plan that suits you best.' This is credit-card-issuer-funded EMI offered via Pine Labs, not a third-party lending orchestrator.”
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Zerodha
“Zerodha support: 'Zerodha uses NTT DATA payment services (ATOM) and Pine labs payment gateway (Billdesk) as its payment gateway vendors... if funds are transferred through an IDFC 3-in-1 account, ICICI, SBI, HDFC, Kotak or Axis bank, clients will not be redirected to NTT or Pine labs as Zerodha has a direct payment gat…”
Payrails
“Payrails' own docs list supported PSPs for cards (Adyen, Stripe, Checkout.com, dLocal, Fawry, Flutterwave, Garanti BBVA, HyperPay, Lidio, PayU, Pine Labs, Tap, Unlimit, AmEx, plus Nuvei/Worldpay coming soon) and integrations for orchestration (Adyen, HiPay, Amazon, Braintree/PayPal, Checkout.com, dLocal, Klarna, Stripe…”
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What Pine Labs runs on · from its own dossier
The third-party providers Pine Labs itself discloses, layer by layer — the vendor as a buyer. Distinct from the companies above that disclose Pine Labs.
PSP
Plural by Pine Labs
Card Issuing
Qwikcilver
FX / Payouts
Pine Labs Online
Spend / AP
Zoho Expense
Open Banking
Pine Labs Account Aggregator Gateway
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Alternatives to Pine Labs

Other PSP providers in the index, by the number of companies that disclose them. A count of public disclosures, not a ranking of the products.

Stripe783 buyers →Adyen317 buyers →PayPal153 buyers →Checkout.com114 buyers →Worldpay89 buyers →Mollie63 buyers →Braintree57 buyers →Pix50 buyers →
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Pine Labs — frequently asked

Which companies use Pine Labs?

4 companies are linked to Pine Labs in the Embedded Finance Index 2026, through their own public disclosures or Pine Labs's published customer list, including Zenoti, Woohoo, Zerodha and Payrails.

What does Pine Labs do?

Pine Labs is an embedded-finance provider in PSP. It ranks #102 of 528 PSP providers by linked companies.

What are the alternatives to Pine Labs?

The most-named PSP alternatives to Pine Labs are Stripe (783 buyers), Adyen (317 buyers), PayPal (153 buyers), Checkout.com (114 buyers), Worldpay (89 buyers) and Mollie (63 buyers).

Who founded Pine Labs?

Pine Labs was founded by Lokvir Kapoor and Rajul Garg and is founded in 1998, headquartered in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India (corporate); Gurgaon, Haryana, India (registered).

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