Pine Labs Limited IPO

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Pine Labs is a leading technology company focused on digitizing commerce through digital payment and issuing solutions for merchants, consumer brands, enterprises, and financial institutions. With a strong presence in India and expanding international operations across Malaysia, UAE, Singapore, Australia, the U.S., and Africa, Pine Labs provides a comprehensive suite of cloud-based payment and fintech infrastructure solutions that simplify, secure, and accelerate commerce.

The company operates at the intersection of digital payments, affordability solutions, and fintech infrastructure, offering a unified platform that empowers businesses to accept, process, and manage transactions efficiently.

Core Platforms

1. Digital Infrastructure and Transaction Platform

This platform provides merchants with in-store and online payment acceptance solutions, affordability options (such as EMI and cashback programs), and value-added services (VAS) like dynamic currency conversion and transaction processing.

i) In-store & Online Payments: Integration with multiple acquirers and payment methods (credit/debit cards, UPI, wallets, loyalty points).
ii) Affordability & VAS: Offers credit-based purchase options via partnerships with 40+ lenders; facilitates dynamic currency conversion and transaction aggregation.
iii) FinTech Infrastructure (Setu): API-enabled digital public infrastructure offering eKYC, UPI, bill collection, and data insights for financial institutions.

2. Issuing and Acquiring Platform

Pine Labs enables consumer brands, enterprises, and financial institutions to issue and manage prepaid, debit, credit, and forex cards. It also supports merchant acquiring and full-stack transaction processing.

i) Prepaid & Loyalty Solutions: Used by brands for gifting, cashback, refunds, rewards, and expense management.
ii) Credit+ Platform: Offers banks and fintechs end-to-end issuing, acquiring, and processing software.
iii) High Performance: Achieved 99.99% uptime on prepaid platforms and 99.93% uptime on payment systems from FY23–FY25.

Operational Scale (FY2025)

In FY2025, Pine Labs processed a Gross Transaction Value (GTV) of ₹11,424.97 billion across 5.68 billion transactions, serving 988,304 merchants, 716 consumer brands and enterprises, and 177 financial institutions. As per the Redseer Report, Pine Labs emerged as India’s largest issuer of closed and semi-closed loop gift cards by transaction value, ranked among the top five in-store digital payment platforms, and was a leading enabler of digital affordability solutions at checkout points.

Customer Ecosystem

Pine Labs’ ecosystem includes Merchants across retail, e-commerce, lifestyle, hospitality, and healthcare sectors), Consumer Brands such as Croma, Amazon Pay, LG Electronics, Flipkart, and Redington and Financial Institutions including HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, and SBI Payments.

Market Opportunity

India’s payment ecosystem is rapidly evolving from cash to AI-driven digital systems. With ₹116.8 trillion in payment value processed in FY2025 and a projected CAGR of 22–24% through FY2029, Pine Labs is well-positioned to capitalize on rising digital adoption, affordability solutions, and expanding merchant digitization.

Objects of the Pine Labs Limited IPO:

The Company proposes to utilise the Net Proceeds from the Issue towards the following objects: 1. Repayment/prepayment of certain borrowings (₹532 cr) 2. Investment in certain Subsidiaries, namely Qwikcilver Singapore, Pine Payment Solutions, Malaysia and Pine Labs UAE for expansion (₹60cr) 3. Investment in IT assets, expenditure towards cloud infrastructure, technology development initiatives and procurement of DCPs (₹760 cr) 4. General corporate purposes and unidentified inorganic acquisitions

Pine Labs Limited IPO Details:

Open Date: Nov 07 2025
Close Date: Nov 11 2025
Total Shares: 17,64,66,426
Face Value: ₹ 1 Per Equity Share
Issue Type: Book Building
Issue Size: 3899.91 Cr.
Lot Size: 67 Shares
Issue Price: ₹ 210 - 221 Per Equity Share
Listing At: NSE,BSE
Listing Date: Nov 14 2025

Promoters And Management:

1. Amrish Rau – Chairman, Managing Director & CEO, holds a B.E. in Electronics Engineering from the University of Mumbai (1996). With extensive experience in payments and fintech, he has previously served as CEO of PayU India and Managing Director at First Data, NCR Corporation India, and Citrus Payment Solutions. He joined Pine Labs Singapore in March 2020 and Pine Labs India in March 2025. He oversees the company’s strategic vision and long-term growth. 2. Kush Mehra – Executive Director, President & Chief Business Officer, holds a PGDM from FORE School of Management, New Delhi (2004). He has worked with Visa and American Express before joining Pine Labs in 2012. Recognized as one of ET’s 40 under Forty in 2022, he leads strategic partnerships and digital payment growth initiatives across India and international markets. 3. Shailendra Jit Singh – Non-Executive Nominee Director, holds an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School (2004) and a B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from IIT Bombay (1998). A Kauffman Fellow with over 19 years of investment and financial services experience, he currently serves as Managing Director at Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia Capital India). He has been associated with Pine Labs for over 15 years.

Financials of Pine Labs Limited IPO:

Particulars 3M FY 2025-26 3M FY 2024-25 FY 2024-25 FY 2023-2024 FY 2022-2023
Revenue from Operations (Cr) 616 522 2,274 1,770 1,598.00
Digital Infrastructure and Transaction Platform Revenue 434 373 1603 1276 1152
Issuing and Acquiring Platform Revenue 182 149 671 493 445
Percentage of revenue from operations from outside India 15.31% 15.24% 14.85% 10.94% 8.50%
EBITDA (Cr) 120 90 357 158 197
EBITDA Margins 19.57% 17.25% 15.68% 8.94% 12.32%
PAT (Cr) 48 -279 -1455 -3419 -2651
PAT Margins 7.77% -53.39% -63.97% -193.22% -165.92%
Debt to Equity Ratio(In Times) 0.24 0.18 0.23 0.15 0.08
Operating Cash Flows (Cr) -2812 -951 497 -2290 -1524

Comparison With Peers:

Companies Revenue (in cr) EBITDA Margins PAT Margins D/E Ratio MCap (in cr) P/E
Pine Labs Limited 2,274 15.68% -63.97% 0.23 25376.64 In Loss
One97 Communications Limited 6,900.00 -22.00% -9.61% 0.01 82,566.00 In Loss
Zaggle Prepaid Ocean Services Limited 1,303.00 9.00% 6.68% 0.01 4,498.00 51.70
Note: Forward P/E is 80.40 According to FY 2026 PAT

Registrar of Pine Labs Limited IPO:

  1. Kfin Technology Private Limited

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