Bike-taxi platform Baxi gets a background check partner

Background verification platform AuthBridge has tied-up with on-demand bike taxi company Baxi, as its background screening partner. As an exclusive partner, AuthBridge will conduct background verification of Baxi’s ‘Buddies’, the bike taxi riders associated with the company. Baxi is India’s first on-demand bike taxi service that operates with commercially-licensed two wheelers.

Commenting on the partnership, Ashutosh Johri, Co-founder & CEO at Baxi said, “The arrangement with AuthBridge allows us to pre-screen the individuals who approach us to buy bikes and become part of the Baxi network. This helps us provide an added level of security to the end customer, and also gives comfort to the lenders to offer excellent financing terms to buy these commercial bikes. Over time, since most of the other operators are using the same service, we can create a verified list of bikers, on the lines of CIBIL, which can act as a deterrent for any negative behaviour or infraction on their part.”

Ajay Trehan, CEO, AuthBridge said, “Baxi has very aggressive growth plans and we are glad to support their expansion with background verification of all new Baxi Buddies, thereby helping Baxi provide safe and reliable services to their customers across multiple cities.”

This announcement follows Baxi’s plans of on-boarding 10,000 buddies to improve last-mile connectivity across cities in the current financial year. Baxi currently operates in Gurgaon and Faridabad and will be launching operations across Haryana in the coming months.