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Under the contracts executed with respective OMCs, Pine Labs will be entrusted with deploying, managing, and maintaining the digital payments infrastructure at petrol pumps and merchant outlets across India.
These are multi-year contracts aimed at leveraging the expertise of Pine Labs in managing the payment rails for swifter, secure, seamless money movements at the point of sale.
These will collectively cumulate to nearly 130,000 digital payments acceptance devices to be instantly deployed and maintained pan India.
For IOCL specifically, Pine Labs will also be managing their loyalty rewards platform called XTRAPOWER, in popular use by lakhs of fleet operators in India.
The program built on robust API integrations caters to fuel management, fleet analytics, trip management, secure Chip and PIN digital payment transactions including card, mobile, and RFID payments.
B Amrish Rau, CEO, Pine Labs, said: “By combining our tech prowess with the massive retail footprints of top OMCs in India, we are enabling a tech-first and robust payments infra and a world-class prepaid loyalty rewards ecosystem.
Software-first approach of Pine Labs will ensure faster product feature rollouts, minimal on-site intervention, and a unified payments and rewards/loyalty platform for accelerated digitisation of fuel retail commerce in India.'
Pine Labs is a technology company focused on digitizing commerce through digital payments and issuing solutions for merchants, consumer brands and enterprises, and financial institutions.
The company reported net profit of Rs 42.39 crore in Q3 FY26 compared with net loss of Rs 56.67 crore in Q3 FY25. Net sales jumped 23.7% YoY to Rs 744.27 crore in the quarter ended 31st December 2025.
Pine Labs today announced a collaboration with OpenAI that signals a fundamental transition in how commerce is engineered. By integrating OpenAI's APIs directly into its AI-native infrastructure, Pine Labs is moving beyond traditional automation to build Agentic Commerce— a paradigm where financial systems don't just record transactions, but autonomously optimize the workflows behind them.
“For decades, commerce has been built on passive systems that simply follow instructions,” said B Amrish Rau, CEO, Pine Labs. “At Pine Labs, we are moving beyond that era to build an active, intelligent layer for business. Our work with OpenAI ensures that our infrastructure is no longer just a participant in a trade, but a driver of efficiency and growth. We are building the first agentic stack for the next generation of the global economy.”
This collaboration marks a significant 'dent' in the industry, moving conversational AI from a medium of discovery to a mandate for action. Combined with India's sophisticated digital payment rails—including innovations like UPI Reserve Pay, the collaboration enables Conversational Commerce to reach its full potential. Users will no longer just 'search' for products; they will delegate entire financial lifecycles to intelligent agents within a single dialogue.
In this architecture, an agent can autonomously navigate complex tasks—such as self-negotiating supplier terms, optimizing cross-border settlement cycles, or managing recurring bill payments— within pre-defined user guardrails. OpenAI provides the critical decision-making intelligence, while the underlying payment rails serve as the high-fidelity execution layer for regulated financial finality.
Importantly, this intelligence is deployed within Pine Labs' enterprise-grade security and compliance architecture. All AI-driven workflows operate inside a secure, audited environment designed to meet stringent financial regulatory standards, with strict data isolation, encryption, and human-in-the-loop oversight where required.
Beyond internal innovation, Pine Labs is opening this agentic stack to its developer ecosystem, providing the tools for third-party innovators to build next-generation, AI-native fintech applications on a trusted foundation. Pine Labs is ensuring that every merchant—from local SMEs to global enterprises—is equipped with a stack that thinks, reasons, and grows by default. This is not a roadmap for the future; it is the deployment of the new global standard for how money moves and how businesses thrive in an autonomous world.
This transition shift represents a fundamental evolution from the deterministic 'if/then' logic that has defined fintech for years. By embedding OpenAI’s intelligence into the core of its stack, Pine Labs is engineering a Reasoning Layer for commerce, transforming its infrastructure into a dynamic system capable of understanding context and weighing probabilities, all while operating within a secure, compliant framework designed for high-stakes financial environments.
Users will no longer just 'search' for products; they will delegate entire financial lifecycles to intelligent agents within a single dialogue. In this architecture, an agent can autonomously navigate complex tasks—such as negotiating supplier terms, optimizing cross-border settlement cycles, or managing recurring payments— within pre-defined user guardrails. OpenAI provides the critical decision-making intelligence, while while Pine Labs’ payment rails will function as the regulated execution layer.
This intelligence is deployed within the company’s enterprise-grade security and compliance architecture. The company also plans to open this agentic stack to its developer ecosystem, providing the tools for third-party innovators to build next-generation, AI-native fintech applications on a trusted foundation.
B Amrish Rau, CEO, Pine Labs, said, “For decades, commerce has been built on passive systems that simply follow instructions, At Pine Labs, we are moving beyond that era to build an active, intelligent layer for business. Our work with OpenAI ensures that our infrastructure is no longer just a participant in a trade, but a driver of efficiency and growth. We are building the first agentic stack for the next generation of the global economy.”
Oliver Jay, managing director, International, OpenAI, said, “The next phase of AI is about moving from information to action, by combining our advanced reasoning capabilities with Pine Labs’ deep merchant infrastructure, we are helping to create a powerful engine for innovation that turns complex financial workflows into seamless, agentic experiences at scale.”
The company reported net profit of Rs 42.39 crore in Q3 FY26 comapred with net loss of Rs 56.67 crore in Q3 FY25. Net sales jumped 23.7% YoY to Rs 744.27 crore in the quarter ended 31st December 2025.
One of Sri Lanka's largest listed entities, the Pan Asia Banking Corporation (PABC) and global fintech platform Pine Labs have today announced a partnership that will see the fintech major implementing an end-to-end card management platform for the bank.
Under this partnership, Pine Labs will deploy a full-stack Credit Card Management System for Pan Asia Bank. This platform will support high transaction concurrency and uptime, giving the bank flexible and scalable product configurations. Pine Labs' Credit+ platform will be used for end-to-end issuance of credit cards for the bank, including card issuance, activation, billing, payment processing, reconciliation, and settlement.
Revenue from operations grew 18% YoY to Rs 650 crore, on the back of robust growth of issuing, affordability and online payments businesses, which continue to outpace growth in the in-store payments business, in line with the company’s growth strategies.
Pine Labs’ platform GTV grew 92% YoY to Rs 424 thousand crore while the number of transactions jumped 44% YoY to 1.9 billion in Q2 FY26.
The company further said that it continued to strengthen its presence in international markets, with 17% of Q2 FY26 revenue coming from overseas operations, up from 15% in Q2 FY25.
Contribution margin grew 21% YoY to Rs 497 crore in the September’25 quarter.
Adjusted EBITDA grew 62% to Rs 122 crore in Q2 FY26, with margin expanding from 14% to 19% driven by higher margin businesses growing faster, complemented with disciplined employee cost control.
Excluding early settlement, the company generated a positive cash flow of Rs 241 crore in Q2 FY26. Including early settlement, the figure stood at Rs 152 crore.
The scrip rose 0.75% to currently trade at Rs 249.45 on the BSE.
IT, realty and auto shares advanced while media, consumer durables and private bank shares declined.
As per provisional closing data, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex advanced 158.51 points or 0.19% to 85,265.32. The Nifty 50 index added 47.75 points or 0.18% to 26,033.75. In the past four trading sessions, the Nifty and Sensex declined 0.88% and 0.72%, respectively.
The broader market underperformed the frontline indices. The S&P BSE Mid-Cap index declined 0.19% and the S&P BSE Small-Cap index fell 0.32%.
The market breadth was negative. On the BSE, 1,804 shares rose and 2,314 shares fell. A total of 193 shares were unchanged.
The NSE's India VIX, a gauge of the market's expectation of volatility over the near term, fell 3.52% to 10.82.
Fitch Ratings Upgrade:
Fitch Ratings revised India’s GDP growth forecast for FY26 to 7.4%, from 6.9% projected earlier. Fitch says the growth reflects solid real income gains, buoyant consumer sentiment and the impact of recent GST reforms.
The agency expects growth to moderate to 6.4% in FY27 as the economy moves closer to its potential, with domestic demand, especially consumer spending, remaining the primary engine. Public investment is seen slowing, while private investment is expected to pick up in the latter half of FY27 as financial conditions ease.
Fitch also flagged external vulnerabilities, noting that India faces an effective tariff rate of around 35% on its exports to the US, one of the highest among major economies. Any trade agreement to reduce this burden would help lift external demand, the agency said.
IPO Update:
Meesho received bids for 1,69,68,37,950 shares as against 27,79,38,446 shares on offer, according to stock exchange data at 15:27 IST on Thursday (4 December 2025). The issue was subscribed 6.11 times. The issue opened for bidding on 3 December 2025 and it will close on 5 December 2025. The price band of the IPO is fixed between Rs 105 and 111 per share.
Aequs received bids for 41,31,55,560 shares as against 4,20,26,913 shares on offer, according to stock exchange data at 15:27 IST on Thursday (4 December 2025). The issue was subscribed 9.83 times. The issue opened for bidding on 3 December 2025 and it will close on 5 December 2025. The price band of the IPO is fixed between Rs 118 and 124 per share.
Vidya Wires received bids for 31,96,26,720 shares as against 4,33,34,009 shares on offer, according to stock exchange data at 15:27 IST on Thursday (4 December 2025). The issue was subscribed 7.38 times. The issue opened for bidding on 3 December 2025 and it will close on 5 December 2025. The price band of the IPO is fixed between Rs 48 and 52 per share.
Buzzing Index:
The Nifty IT index added 1.41% to 38,360.25, extending its gains to 2.18% over the past two sessions.
Coforge (up 2.9%), Persistent Systems (up 2.02%), LTIMindtree (up 1.81%), Mphasis (up 1.7%), Tata Consultancy Services (up 1.61%), Oracle Financial Services Software (up 1.5%), Tech Mahindra (up 1.37%), Infosys (up 1.25%), Wipro (up 0.89%) and HCL Technologies (up 0.88%) advanced.
Stocks in Spotlight:
Pine Labs shed 0.24%. The company has reported a net profit of Rs 6 crore in Q2 FY26 as against a net loss of Rs 32 crore posted in Q2 FY25. Revenue from operations grew 18% YoY to Rs 650 crore, on the back of robust growth of issuing, affordability and online payments businesses, which continue to outpace growth in the in-store payments business, in line with the company’s growth strategies.
Biocon declined 5.49%. The company said that its board will meet on Saturday, 06 December 2025, to consider a proposal for raising of funds by way of issuance of commercial paper through private placement.
Petronet LNG climbed 4.48% after the company announced a long-term agreement with ONGC for developing and operating ethane import and handling infrastructure at Dahej.
Mukka Proteins added 1.55% after the company announced that its joint venture (JV) with Hardik Gowda and MS Jathin Infra secured a Rs 474.89 crore contract from Bengaluru Solid Waste Management (BSWML).
Josts Engineering Company rallied 4.72% after the company announced that it has bagged an order worth Rs 5.62 crore from the North Bihar Power Distribution Company.
Pace Digitek shed 0.47%. The company said that its material subsidiary, Lineage Power, has secured an order worth Rs 99.71 crore from Advait Greenergy for the supply of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery energy storage systems (BESS) and related equipment.
Rail Vikas Nigam (RVNL) rose 0.26%. The company announced that it has received a letter of acceptance (LoA) worth Rs 145.35 crore from Southern Railway for a traction power project. The scope includes design, supply, erection, testing, and commissioning of Scott-connected traction substations, power quality equipment, switching posts, a 2x25 kV feeding system, and SCADA and automatic fault locator systems in the Jolarpettai–Salem section of the Salem Division.
Lupin rose 0.25%. The company announced that it has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with U.S.-based biosimilar specialist Valorum Biologics for its biosimilar Armlupeg (pegfilgrastim-unne).
Under the terms of the agreement, Valorum will handle the commercialization and distribution of Armlupeg in the United States, while Lupin will be responsible for manufacturing and supplying the product. Lupin will receive an upfront license fee along with royalty payments on net sales.
Global Market:
European shares advanced while most Asian markets ended higher after Wall Street gained on the latest jobs data that raised hopes the Federal Reserve could cut interest rates next week.
Payroll processor ADP reported that private companies cut 32,000 workers in November, compared with 47,000 additions in October, and well below the 40,000 increase that was widely reported.
Markets are reportedly pricing in an 89% chance of a cut when the Federal Reserve meets on Dec. 9-10, significantly higher than rate-cut bets just a couple of weeks ago.
Overnight, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 408.44 points, or 0.86%, to finish at 47,882.90. The S&P 500 traded up 0.30% to end the day at 6,849.72, while the Nasdaq Composite added 0.17% to settle at 23,454.09.
Stocks with exposure to the artificial intelligence trade were the biggest drag on U.S. key benchmarks Wednesday stateside, after a media report stated that Microsoft was cutting software sales quotas tied to artificial intelligence.
Microsoft reportedly refuted the claims in the report, which led the stock to recover slightly in after-hours trading.
So far, the stock has hit a high of 254 and a low of 234.05. On the BSE, over 28.22 lakh shares of the company were traded in the counter so far.
The initial public offer of Pine Labs received bids was subscribed 2.46 times. The issue opened for bidding on 7 November 2025 and it closed on 11 November 2025. The price band of the IPO is fixed between Rs 210 and 221 per share.
The issue comprised an offer for sale of 8.23 crore equity shares from an investor selling shares to raise Rs 1729-1820 crore. The company is a professionally managed company, and there is no identifiable promoter.
Out of the net proceeds from the fresh issues of shares, the company proposes to use Rs 532 crore for repayment/prepayment, in full or in part, of certain borrowings; Rs 60 crore for investment in certain subsidiaries, namely Qwikcilver Singapore, Pine Payment Solutions, Malaysia, and Pine Labs UAE, for expanding presence outside India; Rs 230 crore for investment in IT assets and expenditure towards cloud infrastructure; Rs 430 crore for technology development initiatives and procurement of DCPs; and Rs 100 crore for expenditure towards technology development initiatives. The company also proposes to utilize balance net IPO proceeds post general corporate expenses and IPO-related expenses for funding inorganic growth through unidentified acquisitions.
Pine Labs, incorporated in 1998, is a technology company focused on digitizing commerce through digital payments and issuing solutions for merchants, consumer brands and enterprises, and financial institutions.
The offerings are categorized into (i) digital infrastructure and transaction platform and (ii) issuing and acquiring platform. The digital public infrastructure solutions range across payments, data, and insights through application programming interface (API)-enabled technology platforms for financial institutions, enabling them to use its technology to manage the life cycle of a consumer, including onboarding, underwriting, collections, and engagement. The company processed payments of Rs 11.43 lakh crore in gross transaction value (GTV) and 568 crore transactions through platforms in FY2025.
Ahead of the IPO, Pine Labs, on 6 November 2025, raised Rs 1,753.83 crore from anchor investors. The board allotted 7,93,58,986 shares at Rs 221 each to 71 anchor investors.
The firm reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 4.79 crore and sales of Rs 615.91 crore for the three months ended on 30th June 2025.