Venu Appana

Venu Appana

Greater Boston
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  • Finastra Graphic

    Finastra

    Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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    Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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    Westwood, Massachusetts, United States

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    Lexington, MA

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    Boston, Massachusetts

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    Purchase, NY

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    Purchase, NY

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    Greater Boston Area

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    Greater Seattle Area

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Patents

  • Smart learning systems for integrating and linking multiple data accounts across a network

    Issued US11526934B2

    A system including a novel interactive graphical user interface ( GUI ), and a method for integrating , linking and managing of multiple electronic data accounts of a user that is customized to reflect monitored and predicted user activity and behavior in a fully - automated ( or near fully - automated ) and adaptive ( e.g. , machine learning ) manner.

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  • Systems, apparatus and methods for mobile companion prepaid card

    Issued US9978059B2

    Methods and systems for a mobile companion prepaid card purchase transaction. In an embodiment, a process includes a wallet provider computer receiving, via an application program interface (API) Web request from an issuer financial institution (FI) processor, mobile companion prepaid card data and purchase transaction data and then verifying the availability of funds in a mobile wallet prepaid card account. The process also includes authorizing the purchase transaction based on the…

    Methods and systems for a mobile companion prepaid card purchase transaction. In an embodiment, a process includes a wallet provider computer receiving, via an application program interface (API) Web request from an issuer financial institution (FI) processor, mobile companion prepaid card data and purchase transaction data and then verifying the availability of funds in a mobile wallet prepaid card account. The process also includes authorizing the purchase transaction based on the verification, debiting an open to buy amount of the mobile companion prepaid card account, and then transmitting a purchase transaction authorization response to the issuer FI processor.

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  • Systems, apparatus and methods for mobile companion prepaid card

    Issued US 9,043,240/ US20140244496 A1

    Systems, apparatus and methods for providing an un-personalized and un-embossed mobile companion prepaid card to a consumer having a mobile wallet account. An embodiment includes a wallet provider computer receiving an approval request from an agent device for a mobile companion prepaid card for a consumer.

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  • MULTI-PARTY TRANSACTION PAYMENT NETWORK BRIDGE APPARATUS AND METHOD

    Filed US 20150081561

    This patent application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/909,152 filed on Nov. 26, 2013, which is incorporated herein by reference, and entitled “Multi-Party Transaction Payment Network Bridge Apparatus and Method,” is also a continuation in part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/485, 390, entitled “NGO Electronic Transaction Management System and Method,” filed on Sep. 12, 2014, which claims priority to provisional U.S. Patent Application Ser. No…

    This patent application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/909,152 filed on Nov. 26, 2013, which is incorporated herein by reference, and entitled “Multi-Party Transaction Payment Network Bridge Apparatus and Method,” is also a continuation in part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/485, 390, entitled “NGO Electronic Transaction Management System and Method,” filed on Sep. 12, 2014, which claims priority to provisional U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 61/876,896, with the same title, filed on Sep. 12, 2013, and is also a continuation in part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/308, 400, entitled “Multi-Party Transaction Payment Network Bridge Apparatus and Method,” filed on Jun. 18, 2014, which claims priority to provisional U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 61/836,588, with the same title, filed on Jun. 18, 2013.

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  • ENABLING SYNCHRONIZATION BETWEEN DISPARATE PAYMENT ACCOUNT SYSTEMS

    Filed US 20150095225

    Systems and methods that synchronize consumer accounts between disparate payment account systems. In some embodiments, a payment network receives an authorization request for a consumer transaction from a merchant acquirer processor including original payment credentials. The process includes transmitting a query to credential mapping database, receiving a response including a primary account number (PAN) and a multi-entity flag, transmitting the authorization request to an issuer financial…

    Systems and methods that synchronize consumer accounts between disparate payment account systems. In some embodiments, a payment network receives an authorization request for a consumer transaction from a merchant acquirer processor including original payment credentials. The process includes transmitting a query to credential mapping database, receiving a response including a primary account number (PAN) and a multi-entity flag, transmitting the authorization request to an issuer financial institution (FI), receiving an approval response from the issuer FI. The process also includes routing the authorization request and the multi-entity flag to a payment gateway to forward to an appropriate stored value account (SVA) processor, receiving a disposition message indicating approval of the transaction by the SVA processor, and transmitting an authorization response to the merchant acquirer processor.

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  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SECONDARY PROCESSING OF TRANSACTIONS

    US Application #20170140385

    A method for processing a declined payment transaction using a secondary financial institution includes: receiving a transaction message for a payment transaction from an acquiring institution, the transaction message including a primary account number, transaction amount, institution identifier, and transaction data; calculating a fraud score based on application of fraud algorithms to data included in the transaction message; transmitting the transaction message and fraud score to an issuer;…

    A method for processing a declined payment transaction using a secondary financial institution includes: receiving a transaction message for a payment transaction from an acquiring institution, the transaction message including a primary account number, transaction amount, institution identifier, and transaction data; calculating a fraud score based on application of fraud algorithms to data included in the transaction message; transmitting the transaction message and fraud score to an issuer; receiving an authorization response from the issuer, the response including a response code indicative of denial of the transaction; identifying a secondary financial institution; modifying the transaction message by replacing the institution identifier with an alternative identifier associated with the secondary financial institution; and transmitting the modified transaction message to the acquiring institution.

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Honors & Awards

  • 2017 Santander Top Performer

    Santander

    Received for Consumer Lending and Innovation

  • MasterCard Worldwide Heart award

    MasterCard - Enterprise Development Team

    Received for outstanding work and collaborating with cross-functional teams in developing product solution for a major MasterCard initiative supporting NGOs

  • MasterCard Worldwide “CMO Recognition” award

    MasterCard - Chief Marketing Officer

    Received for outstanding work for Priceless Cities

  • P&G "Power of You" Gold award

    P&G

    Received for Leading/outstanding work on Pampers Front End Innovation Project

  • P&G "Best Upstream Design Award for NA Marketing Innovation"

    P&G

    Award (team) for collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop and design new Pampers diapers

  • P&G "Power of You" award

    P&G

    Received for Innovation and reapplication, New Gillette Pro Glide Blades and Razors

  • Nortel Networks "Top Tier" Voyager award

    Nortel Networks

    Received for Outstanding Global Customer Care

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