Sameer Sait

Product development & implementation - cross border remittances & trade finance | Payment modernization | Product & Project mgmt | Digital transformation | International alliances & partnerships | Open Banking | BaaS

Role
Lead - Product Development & Implementation Cross Border Remittances & Trade Finance at HDFC Bank
Location
Mumbai, MH, IN
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Sameer Sait

Strategic and results-driven product leader with 20+ years of experience in product…

Experience

  1. Lead - Product Development & Implementation Cross Border Remittances & Trade Finance

    HDFC Bank

    May 2022 — Present · Mumbai, IN

    Role: Lead - Product development & implementation: Responsible for digitizing existing processes & customer journeys and revolutionizing the remittance landscape through partnerships, strategic innovation, customer-centric product development and implementation of innovative cross border remittance solutions within the regulatory framework using traditional SWIFT and other alternative real-time payment rails viz. Visa direct & UPI across multiple geographies.Lead and execute digital strategy and transformation for cross border remittances & Trade Finance products.Create innovative digital solutions from scratch involving different products, vendors and fintechs aimed at enhancing business offering.Strengthen Bank’s remittance footprint by establishing strategic partnerships with banks, financial institutions, and fintech firms.Own and manage the Bank’s flagship retail forex digital remittance products1. Spearheaded the development & implementation of complete end-to-end digital cross border inward remittance application for remittances to India from overseas.2. Spearheaded the development & implementation of bespoke application for integration with Indian & overseas EdTech partners, international universities for processing educational remittances.3. Integrated API based solution for Brokers/Channel Partners for Investment in Foreign Equity under LRS: Spearheaded the development & implementation API based integrations for Brokers for enabling Outward Remittance transactions for investment in Foreign equity by Resident Individuals.4. Real-Time Cross Border payment application: Core part of the team for implementing real time cross border payment application for remittance between India & multiple geographies using real-time payment rails like Unified Payment Interface (UPI) & Visa direct.5. Spearheading the global platform replacement initiative of digital remittances platform for the bank.

Education

  • St. Marinas

    SSC

    1989 — 1999

  • The National Institute Of Engineering, Mysore

    Bachelor of Engineering (BE)

    2001 — 2005

  • Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning

    Postgraduate Degree

    2011 — 2013

Skills

  • Project Management
  • Itil
  • Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
  • Technical Support
  • Prince2
  • Active Directory
  • Unix
  • Itil V3 Foundations Certified
  • Team Management
  • IT Management
  • Troubleshooting
  • Itil Process Implementation
  • Software Documentation
  • Sdlc
  • Databases
  • Release Management
  • Requirements Analysis
  • IT Service Management
  • Management
  • Testing
  • Vendor Management

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