Chatterjee: In 2010, Mobile Payments Only Existed With M-Pesa in Kenya
Paroma Chatterjee · S2EP9: Building for a Billion - India’s Future with Revolut ft. Paroma Chatterjee · Apr 20, 2026 · at 55:04
Paroma Chatterjee, CEO of Revolut India, reflects on leaving corporate banking in 2010 to join Airtel Money during the early era of mobile payments.
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“There was no such thing as mobile payments. It didn't even exist except in M-Pesa in far off Kenya.”
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