Prateek Mundae

CEO

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia11 yrs 10 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Led payments strategy for global market launches at Revolut.
  • Successfully unlocked A$30M+ through payment settlement redesign.
  • Founded a technology studio recognized for product innovation.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech expert with a strong focus on payments strategy and product innovation.

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Skills

Core Skills

Payments StrategyProduct LeadershipPaymentsCustomer OnboardingDigital StrategyProgram ManagementCore Banking ImplementationProject ManagementOpen BankingBusiness StrategyEntrepreneurshipProduct ManagementCore JavaDevops

Other Skills

New Market ExpansionFinancial ServicesCore PaymentsCore BankingCardsISO20022Mobile PaymentsBusiness ContinuityGrowth StrategiesSenior Stakeholder ManagementTechnical Project LeadershipProject DeliveryEnterprise Risk ManagementProblem SolvingLeadership

About

I've spent 13 years in and around payments and financial services, and the thing that's kept me here is that it's genuinely hard. The infrastructure is complex, the regulation is unforgiving, and the stakes are high. And right now, it's being rewritten in real time. Blockchain-native settlement, instant cross-border payments, real-time rails replacing legacy batch systems, global cards reaching markets that never had them. The payments landscape is shifting faster than at any point in the last two decades. Getting ahead of that curve, not just reacting to it, is what drives me. My career has moved fast. I started as an engineer at TCS, founded my own technology studio, then spent the better part of a decade moving through increasingly senior product and strategy roles across Australian fintechs, mutual banks, and global platforms. I'm now at Revolut leading payments strategy for new market launches globally - owning how we enter new geographies across both Account-to-Account and Card rails. Along the way I've launched a digital bank, built payment schemes from scratch, unlocked eight figures in capital through settlement redesign, led programs worth $20M+, and built teams across three continents. The common thread has been a bias toward commercial outcomes over activity - and a preference for building things that last. I'm currently thinking a lot about how AI reshapes payments infrastructure and financial product design - not the hype, but the practical application. If that's your world too, I'd love to connect.

Experience

11 yrs 10 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 1 mo
Average Tenure
2 yrs 9 mos
Current Experience

Revolut

2 roles

Head of Payments - New Market Launches

Promoted

Aug 2025Present · 9 mos

  • Leading payments strategy and market entry for Revolut's global expansion across Account-to-Account and Card rails.
  • Own the end-to-end payments product strategy for new market launches - determining which payment rails, schemes, and settlement models to prioritise for each geography based on regulatory landscape and commercial opportunity.
  • Building and leading distributed payments teams across multiple markets, while negotiating with local schemes, card networks, and banking partners to establish the connectivity required for launch.
  • Developing a global payments playbook to systematise Revolut's expansion approach and accelerate speed-to-market across a growing pipeline of new geographies.
New Market ExpansionFinancial ServicesCore PaymentsCore BankingCardsProduct Leadership+1

Senior Strategy & Operations Manager - Banking

Aug 2023Aug 2025 · 2 yrs

  • Led a $10M payments transformation program across NPP/PayTo, Direct Entry, BPAY, RTGS, Mastercard, Visa, and SWIFT.
  • Unlocked A$30M+ in reserves through a payment settlement funds flow redesign - one of the largest single commercial contributions made by the payments team in the ANZ entity.
  • Ran an end-to-end vendor RFP and selection for a new payments processing partner - independently scoped and closed within 8 weeks of joining.
Financial ServicesCore PaymentsCore BankingISO20022Open BankingMobile Payments+3

Imb bank

Product Lead - Digital Identity and Deposit Origination

Mar 2023Aug 2023 · 5 mos · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Hybrid

  • Short tenure, deliberate move — brought in specifically to modernise IMB's digital onboarding capability.
  • Delivered a 25% uplift in loan and deposit conversions by implementing digital identity verification end-to-end, eliminating manual checks, and enabling fully digital onboarding for the first time.
  • The deposit growth this unlocked had a compounding commercial effect - more customer deposits meant IMB could fund a greater proportion of its loan book internally, reducing reliance on wholesale market borrowing at higher rates.
  • Owned the product roadmap for deposit origination and digital identity - ran a competitive RFP, selected the vendor, and led delivery through to production.
Customer OnboardingDigital StrategyFinancial ServicesBusiness ContinuityCore BankingGrowth Strategies+1

10x banking

2 roles

Program Manager - BaaS

Promoted

Mar 2022Mar 2023 · 1 yr · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

  • 10x provides a cloud-native core banking platform (SuperCore™) to Tier-1 banks globally. Joined to lead the APAC delivery of Westpac's Banking-as-a-Service platform, one of the most complex core banking implementations in the Australian market at the time.
  • Led a global tribe of 130+ across product, engineering, infrastructure, and testing in the UK, Romania, and Australia - delivering the full BaaS platform including payments, cards, channels, and open banking for Westpac and Afterpay.
  • Achieved 25% reduction in program spend through backlog restructuring and parallel workstreams - compressing the delivery timeline by 3 months on a $20M program.
  • Appointed within 6 months of joining to scope 10x's new Institutional Banking initiative - conducted market discovery and business case development for a major APAC growth opportunity.
Financial ServicesSenior Stakeholder ManagementCore Banking ImplementationTechnical Project LeadershipProgram ManagementProject Delivery

Program Manager - Open Banking

Aug 2021Feb 2022 · 6 mos · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

  • Led the $4.5M CDR program for Westpac's BaaS offering - developed and executed the go-to-market strategy to commercialise Open Banking use cases via Accredited Data Recipient capabilities, one of the first such frameworks in the Australian market.
  • Promoted to lead the full BaaS program within 6 months, expanding scope from Open Banking to the entire platform.
Project ManagementFinancial ServicesProduct ManagementEnterprise Risk ManagementOpen BankingProblem Solving

Teachers mutual bank limited

Senior Project Manager

Feb 2021Aug 2021 · 6 mos · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

  • One of Australia's largest customer-owned banks. Brought in to lead the CDR program end-to-end.
  • Delivered Open Banking Product Reference Data within 6 weeks of joining - ahead of schedule and under budget.
  • Led the full CDR rollout across member-facing products, Open Banking APIs, and core banking compliance updates - managing a cross-functional team of 45+ across change, risk, legal, tech, and testing.
  • Appointed as the bank's industry spokesperson within a closed working group of select Australian financial institutions implementing Consumer Data Sharing - representing TMBL's interests at a regulatory level.
LeadershipProject ManagementFinancial ServicesOpen Banking

Thomson reuters

Project Manager - Asia & Emerging Markets

Mar 2020Jan 2021 · 10 mos · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · Hybrid

  • Thomson Reuters is a multinational media conglomerate with over 24,000 employees across 33 countries. It offers solutions & services across legal, tax, compliance, government, and media segments.
  • Responsibilities:
  • Built and led the APAC digital product team (18 members) across CRM, e-commerce, CMS, and marketing automation - owning the region's digital portfolio across 16 markets.
  • Established the APAC & Middle East PMO from scratch, creating standardised delivery frameworks adopted across the region.
  • Sat on the steering committee responsible for quarterly digital strategy across APAC, with a mandate to maximise revenue through lead-driven digital channels.
Project Management Office (PMO)Project ManagementPMO set-upCross-functional Team LeadershipBusiness Strategy

Ultradata

Senior Digital Project Manager

Jun 2017Mar 2020 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · On-site

  • Ultradata is a banking technology solution provider delivering core banking, digital payments, and mobile solutions to credit unions and mutual banks across Australia.
  • First appointee to lead the Digital Pays program - designed and executed Apple Pay and Google Pay rollout across the majority of Ultradata's client base in partnership with Cuscal.
  • Delivered Australia's first .bank domain product launch for Endeavour Bank, managing all product, technology, and compliance workstreams end-to-end.
  • First appointee to scope and lead the Azure migration program from on-premise infrastructure to Microsoft Azure.
  • Promoted to Senior Digital Project Manager in recognition of consistent delivery. Received the High Achievers Award in both 2018 and 2019.
Customer OnboardingDigital StrategyFinancial ServicesCore BankingMobile PaymentsLoan Origination

Byte matrix

Founder & Chief Product Officer

Dec 2013May 2017 · 3 yrs 5 mos

  • Founded and scaled a technology product studio from zero - built the team, defined the service model, and personally led product discovery and delivery across all major client engagements.
  • Won the ICT for Mountain Development Award 2016 for a comprehensive agricultural data platform - recognised internationally for product innovation and social impact.
  • Delivered enterprise solutions for clients including PwC India, Omantel, Pragya NGO, and the Embassy of Poland.
Client RelationsEntrepreneurshipProject ManagementProduct ManagementGo-to-Market Strategy

Tata consultancy services

Assistant System Engineer

Dec 2012Sep 2014 · 1 yr 9 mos · Gurgaon, India

  • Contributed to enterprise application development (Java) for Shoppers Drug Mart as part of a global delivery team.
  • Delivered a 40% improvement in client-server response time through a targeted performance optimisation - rated highest performer within the team.
Oracle DatabaseCore JavaDevOpsSpring Boot

Bses yamuna power limited

Summer Training Intern

Jun 2010Jul 2010 · 1 mo · Gurgaon, India

  • Completed a project on Power Distribution Simulator Model

Binary semantics ltd.

Summer Training Intern

Jun 2009Jul 2009 · 1 mo · Gurgaon, India

  • Researched and prepared a report on different types of computer Viruses and Malwares

Education

Mayo College, Ajmer

Jan 2004Jan 2006

MDU Rohtak

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) — Information Technology

Modern School

Science Stream

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