Abhay Agarwal
Principal Product Manager Consumer Payments at Amazon
Principal Product Manager at Amazon
I have been orange pilled and down the Bitcoin rabbit hole. I believe Bitcoin by creating sound money changes everything. 

I have been fortunate to be exposed to a wide spectrum of industries, markets and job roles. Industries ranging from Bitcoin, Internet dating, Internet of Things (IOT), Kindle, Financial Services and Payments. Markets ranging from developed markets like US, EU & JP  to emerging markets like India, Mexico & Brazil and job functions like, Entrepreneurship, Product Management, Sales, Business Development & Operations. I have built products from scratch and also led large mature businesses. Both need very different mindsets. 

This broad exposure has removed fear / inertia / hesitation to learn something from scratch, be ok to fail and never take oneself too seriously. As Marcus Aurelius said "All of life is opinion" and to quote Stephan Hawking "We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star". 

At Amazon I have been fortunate to be part of a product journey from scratch that received the 50 most innovative product award by fast company for 2020. I am always looking for ways to improve my thinking and based on my current understating, the habits that help in the long term are long format reading, daily meditation and regular journaling. Social media is a net negative in this process. 

Over the next 20 years I want to make a meaningful impact on the world and leave it a little better than the way I found it and I believe Bitcoin gives me the opportunity to do so.
Amazon
https://www.linkedin.com/company/amazon
Principal Product Manager Consumer Payments
Thinking thru how payments will evolve across the world. What are the problems customer face while making payments internationally across 100+ countries.  How will customers pay 5 years from now? Will credit cards ever become popular in emerging markets? What can we invent on behalf of the customer in a scalable manner. Exciting times.
Seattle, Washington
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Amazon
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Head Strategic Alliances - Payments
Amazon after transforming commerce globally has aspirations to transform payments. We at Amazon are working hard to look at the customer needs across Payments & what role can Amazon Payments play in solving these customer needs in India. My role is to identify & nurture strategic partnership across 4 Payments themes a) Payment Experience (Payment success rate, 2FA simplification), b)Affordability (EMI & Lending) c) Emerging Payments (UPI, Bharat QR & Aadhar Pay) d) Co Marketing (Cash back, Co-Brand)  d) Digitization (Moving customers from Cash to electronic). I work with Banks, Networks, Financial technology service providers & payment processors to envision & implement solutions which impact the above themes.
Bengaluru Area, India
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Transaction Solutions International
Director - Sales & Marketing
TSI is a payments solutions company with a focus on ATM outsourcing.
We deal with Private & PSU banks to understand their needs in ATM outsourcing & provide tailored solutions. TSI is the only institutional company in this space (apart from ATM OEM's) with a significant stake by a large PE. I worked closely with the CEO to formulate the business strategy, including new business development, profitability & vision of the organisation.
I was directly responsible for P&L, Revenue, Bottom-line & Strategic direction of the business
New Delhi Area, India
Citibank
https://www.linkedin.com/company/citi
SVP & Regional Sales Head - North CCB
- P&L responsibility of the region delivered thru a team.
- Team of 5 Relationship Managers & 6 Business Development Managers.
-  Challenging & Rewarding experience as my team's focus is on asset light customers i.e. - our sales pitch is not about lending.
- We do solution selling. Need Identification for corporates at various stages of Treasury & Finance evolution, thus creating value in the sales process. 

- Other aspects of the job include, keeping the team motivated, thier career growth, building strategy for the region. Collaboration across region / Globe for best practices & cross border referral.
Gurgaon, India
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Citibank
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VP, GTS Product Head CCB
- Citi Commercial bank was setting up its product team & I was excited to lead this effort for Cash & Trade Products
- Got exposed to promoters in CCB & thier thought process, priorities & style of working which was different from the MNC treasurar's & CFO's.
Mumbai Area, India
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Citibank
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VP & GTS Sales Manager
GTS Product Sales across large Public Sector Energy names, Cement, IT & MNC clients
Mumbai Area, India
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Citibank
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AVP, GTS Product Sales
- GTS Product Sales with P&L responsibility.
- Across all large Corporate Bank & MNC names in Pune across Auto, Energy, Auto ancillary, Manufacturing, Telecom & IT ITES. Including a large Global Financial Shared Service Centre.
- Doubled revenues in 3 years 
- Did a large bid bond syndication deal, first of its kind for a renewable energy major.
Pune Area, India
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Citibank
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Trade Operations Manager
- Joined Trade Operations after hanging my boots at the entrepreneurial venture
- Learnt from scratch, International Trade & went on to lead a team of Trade Professionals owning complete trade processing for Citibank Bangladesh
Mumbai Area, India
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Inmatch.com
Incubation Team Member
- Part of 4 member incubation team.
- Main founder was a college senior & I bought into his passion & Idea.
- The next 2 years were a whirlwind from business model changes, funding, expansion to downsizing.
Mumbai Area, India
Sales & Marketting
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies
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Mathematics
High school
De Nobili School
Crypto Academy
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International Cash Management of ACT UK
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Crypto academy
Pomp's Crypto Academy
Meshach Manohar
      
          



            
              
        
              
  

    
        Abhay is a gentleman and he is adept at building relationships at any level. I learnt a lot from him, in terms of doing presentations to senior managements of banks and the thinking process involved in negotiations with them. A fun loving person who will give enough freedom for subordinates to think and get solutions on their own. he trusts his people to deliver the results. 
When asked for guidance he will never instruct but facilitate to think through on your own. 
 Pawan Arora
      
          



            
              
        
              
  

    
        Worked with Abhay when he was heading product for Commercial banking based out of Mumbai. Abhay has amazing grip on the subject and is able to analyse all the facets of complex trade transactions. He is a good listener and very enthusiastic about the work he undertakes. Abhay is a very good team player with sound product knowledge.
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