Ankit Kothari

Product Manager

Pune, Maharashtra, India13 yrs 11 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Expert in Digital Payments and Payment Processing.
  • Proven track record in innovating payment products.
  • Strong experience in testing and authorization processes.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech expert with a strong focus on digital payment solutions and testing methodologies.

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Skills

Core Skills

Digital PaymentsPayment ProcessingTesting

Other Skills

Apple PayAuthorizationAuthorization TestingCards & Payment ProcessingChip & PINContactless CardsContactless PaymentsCredit Card Transaction ProcessingCredit CardsDebit CardsEMVEMV Chip/Contactless cardsElectronic PaymentsFASFinancial Authorization System

About

Responsible to Innovate new Payment Products and Implement Digital Payments in Asia Pacific Regions.

Experience

Mastercard

4 roles

Manager Product Strategy for Mastercard's Next Generation Payment Network

Feb 2023Present · 3 yrs 1 mo

Manager - Product Management (Cards & Digital Payments)

Promoted

Feb 2021Mar 2023 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Product Owner - Digital Payment

Oct 2018Feb 2021 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Payment Specialist

May 2016Oct 2018 · 2 yrs 5 mos

  • I'm responsible to Implement Digital Payments for Asia Pacific regions and Innovate new products for payments.
Digital PaymentsPayment Products InnovationPayment Processing

Hsbc

Senior Software Test Engineer

May 2012May 2016 · 4 yrs · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

  • I have 4 years of experience in HSBC Global Technology, Pune, India as a ' Senior Test Analyst'​ with overall experience in 'Cards & Payment Processing' Testing domain, with expertise in FAS i.e. Financial Authorization System module of Vision PLUS along-with proficient experience on authorization MasterCard and Visa simulators including POS and ATM testing. I am SPOC for HSBC testing to interact with MasterCard and Visa for Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East and North America regions.
  • Being experienced and having specialized skills of ‘Payments Transaction Processing’, I have been involved in the various ‘Authorization’ testing projects for HSBC bank. I have strongly acquired the domain knowledge on Payment/Credit Cards processing, with SME in FAS viz. Financial Authorization System along-with proficient experience on Visa and MasterCard Simulators. I am responsible for end-to-end testing delivery from the authorization specific enhancements including network association mandates, EMV Chip/Contactless cards implementations, Apple Pay and release based projects.
Cards & Payment ProcessingAuthorization TestingFinancial Authorization SystemEMV Chip/Contactless cardsApple PayPayment Processing+1

Education

MIT Mandsaur

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) — Computer Software Engineering

Jan 2007Jan 2011

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