Bhaskar Gupta

National Head - Credit Cards | IDFC FIRST Bank | 20+ yrs in Cards & Payments, Consumer Lending & Fintech Partnerships | Business Builder : 4 mn Cards in 4 yrs

Role
National Head - Credit Cards at IDFC FIRST Bank
Location
Mumbai, MH, IN
LinkedIn followers
500 followers

About Bhaskar Gupta

Business Management professional with over 23 years of experience in the areas of Financial Services - Cards & Payments; Consumer Lending; Digital Solutions & Journeys; Product Management; Fintech Platforms; Strategic Partnerships; Loyalty Programs; Large Distribution Channels; Working with PSUs; and Industrial Sales & MarketingCurrently designated as National Head - Credit Cards, with IDFC FIRST Bank, based at Mumbai, conributed towards 4 mn Credit Cards portfolio in 4 years at IDFC FIRST Bank; FD backed Secured Credit Cards portfolio of 250 k customers : 32nd issuer in 2021 at launch, 4th largest in 2025Business Launch : Credit Cards ( and PL ): Co-led the cards launch project as Project Lead - Credit Cards, anchoring the cross functional project team from concept design to GTM stage; Set up the PL Business from design to GTM stageStrong understanding of profitability levers, P&L management; Sales & Distribution strategies; Digital Journeys; Fintech partnerships; new product development & allied processes; people management, and business analytics

Experience

  1. National Head - Credit Cards

    IDFC FIRST Bank

    May 2022 — Present · Mumbai, IN

    S&D Architecture across geographies for a fully digital and integrated D2C customer sourcing model across ETB & NTB Customer segments - Roadmap for 4 mn customers;Successful GTM and for 16 products across Consumer & Commercial Cards segments - Millennials / Mass Affluent / Emerging Affluent & Affluent / Premium & HNI; Business and Corporate Cards;FD-backed secured credit cards through data-led targeting, digital sourcing, and branch enablement models - 250k Secured Cards portfolioDigital onboarding & lifecycle management journeys, customer journey designs & implementation, embedded with VKYC process;New Products and their acquisition strategies - Customer interface, Acquisition Channels, Risk framework and Analytics, Digital Acquisition, Communication Strategies, Onboarding flows & funnels, Fulfillment & Service Delivery;Risk frameworks, Underwriting designs, Scorecards & Risk Models;PnL Modelling for various product lines - Revenue Lines, Fee Income, Network Income Lines, Product amendments, Communication strategies, Implementation framework

Education

  • Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad

    B.Tech., Mechanical Engineering

    1993 — 1997

  • IISWBM, Calcutta University

    Master of Business Administration - MBA, Marketing

  • IISWBM, Calcutta University

    MBA, Marketing

    2000 — 2002

Skills

  • People Skills
  • Channel Sales
  • Partnerships
  • Team Management
  • Distributed Team Management
  • Relationship Management
  • Channel Partners
  • Sales
  • Sales Management
  • Key Account Management
  • Leadership
  • Cross Selling
  • Management
  • Business Development
  • Distribution Strategies

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