Cashfree Payments launches ‘Co-lend’: India’s first fully automated escrow management solution for co-lending
● ‘Co-lend’ facilitates instant disbursal, auto reconciliation, and a dashboard for managing multiple
co-lending partnerships
● It requires no manual intervention, auto-updates the loan management system, and eliminates the
reconciliation hassle
● It provides a robust platform for co-lending originators and lenders with high volumes of loans,
where real-time disbursement, repayment and reconciliation are primary requirements
Bengaluru, 7th February, 2023: Cashfree Payments, India’s leading payments and API banking solutions
company, launched ‘Co-lend’, India’s first fully automated escrow management solution for co-lending. ‘Co-
lend’ has been developed in line with the digital lending guidelines announced by the Reserve Bank of India
(RBI). It facilitates instant disbursal with auto reconciliation and a dashboard for managing multiple
partnerships. Additionally, it requires no manual intervention, automatically notifies the loan management
system, and eliminates reconciliation efforts.
Currently, in co-lending partnerships, the reconciliation of funding to the escrow accounts for disbursement
and repayments is done manually, resulting in errors and delays. The lender and originator pool money into
the Co-lend escrow, and then disbursals and collections happen from and into the escrow. In this process,
the Loan Management System (LMS), the Loan Origination System (LOS), and the actual loan disbursal
as well as repayment are disconnected, resulting in reporting delays and challenges in accounting and
reconciliation for each player in the partnership. Cashfree Payments’ ‘Co-lend’ addresses all these
challenges and makes the entire process automated, increasing efficiency and accuracy.
Cashfree Payments’ ‘Co-lend’ provides a robust platform for co-lending originators and lenders, especially
the ones sanctioning high volumes of loans, where real-time disbursement, repayment and reconciliation
are primary requirements. Cashfree Payments has also partnered with Loan Management Service and
Loan Origination Service providers as well as banks to enable a plug-n-play offering for lenders to manage
all their co-lending and add new partners with ease. The current set of banks that already support a Co-
lend integration are ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Yes Bank, IndusInd Bank, and Axis Bank.
Akash Sinha, Co-founder and CEO of Cashfree Payments, said, “With the exponential expansion in
digital lending, there is a tremendous demand for compliant and scalable solutions. We are pleased to
announce that Cashfree Payments now offers a co-lending platform to provide NBFCs and banks with a
one-stop solution for escrow management, disbursal and repayment, with a focus on automating payments
and complex reconciliation involved. As an innovator in the API banking and payments space, we have
strived to deliver this solution at a vital juncture to assure continuity and development for our merchants
while maintaining compliance at the forefront.”
With over 50% market share among payment processors, Cashfree Payments today leads the way in bulk
disbursals in India with its product Payouts. Recently, India’s largest lender, SBI invested in Cashfree
Payments, underscoring the company’s role in building a robust payments ecosystem. The company works
closely with all leading banks to build the core payments and banking infrastructure that powers the
company’s products and is also integrated with major platforms such as Shopify, Wix, Paypal, Amazon Pay,
Paytm and Google Pay. Apart from India, Cashfree Payments’ products are used in eight other countries
including the USA, Canada and UAE.
About Cashfree Payments
Cashfree Payments is a leading payment and API banking solutions company. It provides full-stack
payments solutions enabling businesses in India to collect payments and make payouts via all available
methods with simple integration. Cashfree Payments’ offerings include an advanced and easy way to
integrate payment gateways, a split payment solution for marketplaces, bank account verification API,
Lending disbursals solution and Auto Collect — a virtual account solution to match inbound payments to
customers. Founded by IIIT Hyderabad alumnus Akash Sinha and IIT Kharagpur graduate Reeju Datta,
http://www.cashfree.com is among the leading payment service providers in India processing transactions worth
USD 40 Billion annually. It has leveraged technology to lead payment disbursals in India with more than
50% market share among payment processors. Cashfree Payments enables more than 3,00,000
businesses with payment collections, vendor payouts, wage payouts, bulk refunds, expense
reimbursements, loyalty and rewards. Apart from India, Cashfree Payments products are used in eight other
countries including the USA, Canada, and UAE. Cashfree Payments is backed by Silicon Valley investor Y
Combinator, Apis Partners, State Bank of India (SBI), and was incubated by PayPal.
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