Simon Watts
Card Payments Manager @Metro Bank (UK)
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WORK HISTORY
Card Payments Manager @Metro Bank (UK)
London, GB
Championing key payment change programmes and supporting creation of enhanced payment capabilities, including PSD2, tokenisation, Mastercard Send & ATMs. • Responsible for Scheme Compliance• Successfully migrated from one Card Personalisation Bureaux to a new Bureaux. SME on Instant Issuance of fully personalised debit and credit cards. • Delivered Tokenisation for Debit and credit card portfolio, Apple Pay and Google Pay. • SME on Card Personalisation • SME on authorisation and clearing processing for major schemes. • Link Scheme Limited Network Members Advisory Group for Metro Bank.• Responsible for ATM strategy, security and procurement.• Detailed working knowledge of TSYS TS2 platform and integration with ESB and Temenos T24 Banking platform. • Analysing authorisation data to determine acceptance issues, following up with the Scheme to resolution.• Relationship management; ThamesCard, TSYS, Ubiquiem, VocaLink, MagTek, NoteMachine, Diebold Nixdorf, Thales & Ethoca. • SME for Card Services • Detailed working knowledge in Card Issuance, Authorisations, Clearing, Customer Service, Fraud, Disputes & Chargebacks, Collections, transmissions and integration points.• TS2 Options Manager; defining option sets and functionality of TS2 to meet the business requirements, both in UAT and Production environments.• Business Defect manager; logging and evaluating defects and recommending the corrective action. • SME on tokenisation and MDES.
EDUCATION
South East Essex College
GNVQ, Advanced Information Technology, Software applications
Shoebury
English
SKILLS
ABOUT SIMON WATTS
As a Card Payments Manager at Metro Bank, I have over 19 years of experience in the card industry, with a focus on delivering innovative and secure payment solutions. I have championed key payment change programmes, such as PSD2, tokenisation, Mastercard Send, and ATMs integration, and ensured scheme compliance across debit and credit card portfolios.My core competencies include card personalisation, authorisation and clearing processing, fraud and chargeback management, and integration of TS2 and T24 platforms. I have successfully migrated to new card processing platforms and personalisation bureaux, enabled Apple Pay and Google Pay, and designed and implemented a dispute/fraud case system from scratch. I am also a member of the Link Scheme Limited Network Members Advisory Group for Metro Bank. I contribute to the strategy, security, and procurement of ATM solutions. I am passionate about creating and nurturing high-performing teams, and leveraging my expertise to enhance customer experience and satisfaction.
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