Tartan’s Product Update — December 2021
First things first—welcome to 2022! 🎉
2021 marked the founding year of TartanHQ, and as we close out our first action-packed year, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on the milestones, product launches, and progress that shaped our journey.
It’s been an intense six months of building, shipping, learning, and iterating—and we’re excited to share a snapshot of what December 2021 looked like at Tartan.
Tartan — Six Month Review
It has been a dream run so far, and December capped off our first year with some meaningful progress across coverage, product, and ecosystem expansion. Let’s dive into the key highlights.
Expanding Employer Coverage
One of our core focus areas has been expanding employee and employer coverage—and we’re happy to report strong momentum here.
In December, we added 150+ new employers to our Sync Journey for direct, integration-based verification. This includes large, established organizations such as Crisil and TransUnion, as well as fast-growing startups like Shipsy, ClassPlus, and BankBazaar, among others.
With this expansion, our total employer coverage has now crossed 1,500+ employers, significantly strengthening our ability to support income and employment verification at scale.
Major Product Release
Plug & Play API Solution Is Now Live
As part of our ongoing effort to simplify income and employment verification, we’ve officially launched our Plug & Play API solution.
Over the last few weeks, we piloted this solution with 20+ customers, and we’re now live with our first production customer.
The solution includes WebView and iFrame–based embedded journeys, allowing users to complete income and employment verification directly within the client’s application flow—without redirects or manual intervention.
What this enables for our clients
Significant reduction in applicant onboarding time
Faster and more reliable verification outcomes
Lower turnaround time (TAT) for underwriting and loan disbursals
Reduced drop-offs during the verification stage
Lower operational costs and reduced manual effort
This embedded approach ensures verification happens seamlessly, at the right moment in the user journey.
Major Feature Release
Download Payslips as Normalized Data
We’ve also rolled out a major enhancement around payslip access and normalization.
Payslip downloads are now available directly via the Tartan dashboard
API-based payslip downloads will be available soon
Tartan will enable payslip access via Webhook responses through our API modules
Clients will be able to retrieve normalized payslip data even when verification is embedded directly into their websites or mobile apps—making document handling cleaner, faster, and more structured.
API Documentation Is Now Live
As a fintech infrastructure company, we know how critical a developer-first experience is.
That’s why we’ve launched our API documentation, designed to help teams build faster and integrate with confidence.
Developers can expect:
Clear explanations of API functionality
Usage guidelines and integration flows
Updates across the API lifecycle
Early access to documentation is now open—developers can request access by filling out our form and start building with us.
Batik’s Brand New Website Is Live
We’re also excited to announce the launch of Batik’s new website.
Through Batik, we enable employers to link their payroll accounts and offer customizable benefits to employees. Today, Batik supports:
17+ products across insurance, finance, health cards, and more
100+ brands in coupon and rewards categories
In addition to existing partners like Kenko, Ucare, and CouponDunia, we’re going live with 10 new products, including:
Eduvanz — BNPL for Apple products and EMI options for Revolt EVs
HomeCapital — Down payment assistance and personal loan products
XPCover — Hospicash, critical illness, and super top-up insurance
Payroll APIs: The Next Frontier for Lending
Have you read our latest blog yet?
We explore how Tartan is pioneering consent-driven payroll data exchange in India, and how this infrastructure quietly powers better financial outcomes in people’s everyday lives.
If this space interests you, we’d love for you to check it out.
Stay Connected
We’re always eager to hear feedback—on what’s working, what’s missing, and how we can do better. Feel free to reach out with questions or suggestions.
It has been a dream run till now and we are excited to share the key updates of December 2021! Let’s get started….
Increasing our Employer Coverage
We strive to expand our employee coverage each day, and we remain pretty successful. In December, we’ve expanded our coverage by 150+ employers such as giants like Crisil, TransUnion, and emerging startups like Shipsy, ClassPlus, and BankBazar to name a few within the Sync Journey for direct integration-based verification. Our employee coverage has now grown to 1500+ employers.
Major Product Release
Our Plug & Play API Solution is now live
In our constant quest to improve income and employment data for our customers, we have now embedded solutions that ease the process for the end-users.
Over the last few weeks, we piloted with more than 20 customers. We’re now live with our first customer. In our commitment to providing an excellent experience for all users, we have live Webview/iFrame supported user journeys.
Our client’s users can now complete their income and employment verification journey right during their application process. This embedded solution is helping our client in many ways:
Major reduction in onboarding time for applicants. In turn, it helps reduce the overall time to fill the application form.
Quicker and fool-proof verification.
Reduced TAT for underwriting and disbursing loan amount.
Reduction in drop-offs at Verification Stage.
Reduction in cost and manpower for employment and income verification of applicants.
Major Feature Release
Get downloaded payslips from the sources to the normalized TartanHQ data fields
Payslips download is available on the dashboard. Payslips download through API response is coming soon!
TartanHQ will facilitate its clients to access the payslips of its users within the Webhook response through Tartan API modules.
Clients will now be able to access payslips directly from Tartan even in the Integrated Verification Journey embedded in their product — websites and mobile apps.
API Documentation is now live!
Being a FinTech Infra startup, we realized early on how important it is to provide a developer-friendly experience. That’s why we are releasing our API documentation.
We invite developers to start building journeys with us.
Expect comprehensive documentation on all of the functionality, usage, integrations, and updates on the API lifecycle. Request early access to our documentation by filling out our form.
Batik’s Brand New Website
We have launched the Batik website.
Through Batik, we invite employers to link their payroll accounts with us and offer customizable benefits to their employees. Currently, we provide 17+ products from different categories such as Insurance, Finance, Health cards, etc, and 100+ brands in coupon categories ranging from top brands on our platform.
Apart from existing products from partners like Kenko, Ucare, and CouponDunia, we are going live with another 10 products such as:
Eduvanz: BNPL for Apple Products such as MacBook, iPad & iPhone; and EMI on Revolt RV400 EV (Electric Bike).
HomeCapital: Down Payment Assistance Program & Singularity Personal Loans.
XPCover: Hospicash Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance & Super top-up Insurance.
Payroll APIs will be the next frontier for lending
Have you read our latest blog yet?
Find out how Tartan is pioneering user consent-driven payroll data exchange in India, which plays different roles in people’s daily lives behind the scenes, making their financial lives easier.
In the meantime, we’d love to hear any feedback you have on our products and what we can do to make them even better. If you have any questions or feedback, contact us!
1️⃣ If you are excited to ride with us, we are hiring right now. Check out our job openings https://angel.co/company/tartanhq
2️⃣ Want to learn more about the space we are working in? Read our other interesting blogs — https://tartanhq.medium.co
Stay tuned for more sucg amazing updates every month. Wish you all a Happy New Year.
