BharatPe banks on engineers SUBSCRIBE Thank you for subscribing to Morning Dispatch We'll soon meet in your inbox. / Morning Dispatch In June, a three-year old fintech startup won a rare banking licence from the RBI—a prize that has eluded many of India’s biggest business barons. BharatPe now plans to launch India’s first merchant-focussed bank in the next three to four months. We spoke to several experts to make sense of the company’s foray into traditional banking. Also in this letter: Why IT services firms are on a hiring spree Govts need to hold (L-R) BharatPe cofounder Ashneer Grover, Centrum Group chairman Jaspal Bindra, BharatPe group president Suhail Sameer