Truecaller acquires payments app Chillr

Bengaluru, June 13: Aiming to strengthen its business in India, Truecaller on Wednesday announced it has acquired Chillr — the country’s first multi-bank payments app. Truecaller forayed into the digital payments segment in India in March last year. “Since launching ‘Truecaller Pay’ in 2017, we’ve seen an increasing number of use cases to make the lives of our users in India easier. “By acquiring Chillr, we are reaffirming our commitment to mobile payments and strengthening our plans to increase its adoption amongst our user base,” Nami Zarringhalam, Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Truecaller, said in a statement. The founders of Chillr — Sony Joy, Anoop Sankar, Mohamed Galib and Lishoy Bhaskaran — will join Truecaller and Joy will be appointed Vice President of Truecaller Pay. (IANS)