Vishwas Patel

Vishwas Patel is the Chairman of the Payments Council of India. As the founder of one of India's early payment gateways, CCAvenue, he is an advocate for sustainable payment policies in India and has strongly lobbied against the removal of MDR on online transactions (UPI and debit cards).[1] [2] He has been recently appointed as the Executive Director of Infibeam Avenues Limited. [3]

Patel is a lawyer and has practiced in the Mumbai High Court. He was appointed Chairman of the Payments Council of India in July 2018.[4] Vishwas was a member of the RBI committee on analysis of QR (Quick Response) code that provided recommendations on the matter to the central bank along with a roadmap for implementation.[5][6]

Awards and Recognitions
  • FIAKS Intellectual Explorer Award 2021 [7]
  • Entrepreneur of the Year in Service Business - SaS & IT 2020 [8][9]
  • Payments Entrepreneur of the Year 2019 [10][11]
  • Asia Pacific Information Security Leadership Achievements Award 2007 [12]

References
  1. Ahmed, Samreen (29 Jan 2020). "MDR waiver to hit fintechs, payments companies' business model". Business Standard. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  2. Mumbai, PTI (30 Dec 2019). "No MDR on RuPay,UPI payments will kill industry". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. "Over 50% Of Indians Opted For Online Mobile Recharges In 2020 Due To Covid-19 Pandemic". Moneycontrol. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  4. Srivats, K P (2 July 2018). "Vishwas Patel appointed Payments Council of India Chairman". The Hindu Business Line. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  5. "RBI panel pitches for incentives to promote usage of QR code transactions". www.outlookindia.com/. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  6. "QR Code based payments present most effective way for expanding digital footprint, finds RBI Committee". Express Computer. 2020-07-23. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  7. "CCAvenue: Infibeam Avenues' Executive Director Mr. Vishwas Patel wins the prestigious FIAKS Intellectual Explorer Award 2020". www.ccavenue.com. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  8. "CCAvenue: Infibeam Avenues' Executive Director Vishwas Patel declared 'Entrepreneur of the Year in Service Business - SaS & IT' at the Entrepreneur Awards 2020". www.ccavenue.com. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  9. "Virtual Awards - 10th Annual awards for Entrepreneurship & Startups". www.entrepreneurindia.com. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  10. "8th Edition of Payments & Cards Summit". www.kamikaze.co.in. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  11. "CCAvenue: Vishwas Patel, Director Infibeam Avenues, wins 'Payments Entrepreneur of the Year' Award at the Payments Cards Summit 2019". www.ccavenue.com. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  12. "CCAvenue: Avenues CEO Vishwas Patel awarded the prestigious Asia Pacific Information Security Leadership Achievements Award". www.ccavenue.com. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
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