Chief Online & New Products Development
Mr. Sampath Kumar has joined NPCI in September 2015 and as VP and Head of Switching Technology primarily focusing on new projects and application development in EFT switches, clearing & settlement and dispute management systems used (or being implemented) in NPCI for NFS, RuPay, AEPS and IMPS products.
He has over 16 years of experience in Cards & Payments domain playing various roles dealing with Project/Program Management, Delivery Management, Acquiring/Issuing Solutions Consulting, Requirement Analysis, Implementation and Testing. Has been instrumental (in various roles) in managing, consulting and implementing acquiring, issuing and private network setup/solution for more than 40 banks/institutions in Asia, Middle East, Africa, Europe and US regions.
His specialization includes - EFT switching with ATM/POS driving, E-commerce payment gateway, mobile payments, EMV (contact/contactless) acquiring and Issuing (Debit/Credit/Prepaid), Merchant management system, 3D secure Access Control Server and Credit card Fraud management System. Prior to NPCI, he has worked with Scope International (Standard Chartered Bank), Capgemini, Electracard Services and HMA starwares.