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Abhishek Sinha

Abhishek Sinha

Co-founder & CEO, Eko — fintech for financial inclusion

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Gurugram, India
Joined March 2026
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Serial entrepreneur with a telecom-to-fintech trajectory: Sinha co-founded a telecom VAS company (6D / Six DEE) before starting Eko in 2007, applying mobile-commerce experience to build branchless banking and mobile money services for low- and moderate-income customers. sagepub+1
Built and led Eko through multiple product and regulatory pivots: under his leadership Eko operated as a bank business correspondent, pivoted to remittances/DMT, obtained a PPI (wallet) licence and launched the Eko Wallet while raising grant and equity funding to scale. wikipedia+3
Focus on last-mile financial inclusion and remittances: Eko under Sinha emphasised agent-led customer service points (kirana and pharmacy stores) to enable cash-in/cash-out and remittances for migrant workers and underserved customers, including targeted adaptations during COVID-19 lockdowns. inc42+1
Technology- and product-driven operator: Sinha positioned Eko as a technology platform (including a reported patent-filed authentication approach) to enable secure transactions on basic mobile phones and to open the platform for DMT entrepreneurs and merchant sign-ups. thegrowthnet+2

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Accelerating the Development of Mobile Money Ecosystems (presentation)

January 1, 2009

Presentation / contribution on mobile money ecosystems; lists Abhishek Sinha as a presenter discussing mobile money, business models and inclusion.

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