<img src="https://m2p-website-file.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/m2p-website-file/marketing-cms/m2p-blog/2022/06/banner-4.webp" alt="M2P Fintech" title="" width="100%" height="253"><p class="text-node" id="s2yx95lba"></p><h2 class="heading-node" id="2fad" style="text-align: justify"><strong><em>Great news to kickstart the year 2022!</em></strong></h2><p class="text-node" id="cccc" style="text-align: justify">We are delighted to announce that we have raised $56 million in Series C1 funding. The round was led by New York-based global private equity and venture capital firm Insight Partners and MUFG Innovation Partners, a CVC company of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. Existing investors Tiger Global and Better Capital also participated in this round.</p><p class="text-node" id="9aab" style="text-align: justify">We have now raised more than $100 million in 2021–22 alone. This round of funding is a shot in the arm that will help us strengthen our technology, widen our offerings, and expand to international markets.</p><p class="text-node" id="8ul6175lm" style="text-align: justify">Madhusudanan R, our Co-Founder, and CEO adds, “The consequence of COVID-19 has accelerated the shift from in-person to digital consumption. This shift has forced businesses across the globe to move from brick and mortar to digital channels and, in doing so, has created an urgency for businesses to adopt an <a class="link" href="https://m2pfintech.com/blog/api-the-power-that-drives-new-age-banking-ecosystems/">API</a> platform like ours. We see an unprecedented opportunity to meet this need by bringing our leading platform to other fintech markets across Europe, Africa, and Asia while doubling down on key and emerging fintech markets such as the Philippines, Indonesia, and Egypt. We are very glad to get the backing of Insight Partners and looking forward to leveraging their deep understanding of working with fintech entrepreneurs across the globe as we look to expand into new markets. MUFG with assets across Asia will be a key partner in the next phase of our growth.”</p><p class="text-node" id="6388" style="text-align: justify">We thank our bank partners, investors, clients, 500+ fellow fintechs for their constant support and guidance. <a class="link" href="https://m2pfintech.com/">Our agile platform</a> will continue creating and deploying products in the fintech ecosystem while maintaining the core promises of scalability, security, and reliability.</p><p class="text-node" id="539b" style="text-align: justify">A special shoutout to all our followers who have engaged with our content, supported us in cyberspace, and gave us the impetus to learn and grow. Thank you for your patronage.</p><p class="text-node" id="e61c" style="text-align: justify">Let’s do great things together!</p><p class="text-node" id="627zj2cnx" style="text-align: justify"><a class="link" href="https://m2pfintech.com/newsletter/"><strong><em>Subscribe</em></strong></a><strong><em>&nbsp;to our newsletter and get the latest fintech news, views, and insights, directly to your inbox.</em></strong></p><p class="text-node" id="mela8pouh" style="text-align: justify"><strong><em>Follow us on&nbsp;</em></strong><a class="link" href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/m2pfintech/mycompany/"><strong><em>LinkedIn</em></strong></a><strong><em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;</em></strong><a class="link" href="https://twitter.com/m2pfintech"><strong><em>Twitter</em></strong></a><strong><em>&nbsp;for insightful fintech tales curated for curious minds like you.</em></strong></p>

M2P Fintech raised $56 million in Series C1 Funding!

<img src="https://m2p-website-file.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/m2p-website-file/marketing-cms/m2p-blog/2022/06/Artboard-1-copy-8-10.webp" alt="M2P Fintech" title="" width="100%" height="284"><p class="text-node" id="827d">We bring you the Star of this Month, Anto Cruz Stephen — Senior Software Engineer.</p><p class="text-node" id="3490">An avid gamer, a hardcore badminton player, and a person who loves to sketch, Anto Cruz shares his diverse interests and passionate journey with <a class="link" href="https://m2pfintech.com/">M2P</a>.</p><p class="text-node" id="3f30">Now, keep reading to know his idea of a perfect day!</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="beff">1. Tell us, how do you usually start your workday?</h2><p class="text-node" id="6c4b">My day starts on a very positive note with a cup of tea. The morning tea hits perfectly and pushes me to move forward the whole day. Then, I sit for my update calls, where the team and I discuss the tasks planned for the day.</p><p class="text-node" id="bcfd">This includes ongoing tasks from previous days, new tasks that need to be kickstarted, team discussions, brainstorming, and more. This is how my workday goes by.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="abae">2. What are your main responsibilities as a Senior Software Engineer?</h2><p class="text-node" id="b2d7">My contribution to the team is focused on the development of mobile applications. The development happens end-to-end. I work on different parts of the development process that include user interface design, application design, application implementation, unit and functional testing, and deploying it to our clients.</p><p class="text-node" id="2f0d">In addition to this, I focus on requirements that require my contribution by yielding support to the technical support people.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="0c5f">3. How have you grown through the years as an M2Peer?</h2><p class="text-node" id="994a">Even though I started out with M2P with some previous experience, looking back, I have been learning something new daily. Now that I am stepping onto my fifth year as an M2Peer, it feels like a wholesome learning journey and understanding more about the Fintech ecosystem. For example, I have learned a lot about cards, transactions and much more. Learning is the biggest mantra that made me grow in all these years.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="a9a8">4. Is there a quote/saying that motivates you?</h2><p class="text-node" id="62df">To be honest, NO.</p><p class="text-node" id="a2dc">I am a person who actually believes that the motivation to do anything will automatically come in when the situation hits you hard. Not to be philosophical, but I consider that the situations tone and make you stronger. So then, the motivation factor can be felt naturally.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="ba9c">5. What’s that one thing your colleagues don’t know about you?</h2><p class="text-node" id="02e3">I guess I cannot hide it any longer. LOL. I’m a PC Game freak, guys. I love to play PC Games whenever I can.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="eaaf">6. What inspires you the most about M2P?</h2><p class="text-node" id="4869">All these years of growing together with M2P, the people here inspire me a lot. I get inspired by the relationship between people here. M2P is a space that really values the connection between people. So, there is this free and friendly bond between every one of us.</p><p class="text-node" id="f835">I can easily communicate with everyone from the founders to all my colleagues. I think that this aspect inspires me to give it my best shot.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="ce93">7. What’s your idea of a perfect day?</h2><p class="text-node" id="caa5">Well, to all people who experience similar happenings, I hope you all can relate to me. A day without bugs/ issues that need to be resolved is the perfect day ever!</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="42a2">8. What was your career path before joining M2P, and how has it changed?</h2><p class="text-node" id="2c60">I started my journey with M2P with almost two years of experience. I want to say that learning and growing have been the change. I’m giving my best at developing mobile applications end-to-end, and I like to continue doing the same.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="298f">9. What are your hobbies/interests?</h2><p class="text-node" id="a56b">As I mentioned earlier, I love PC Gaming. Playing shuttle is my forte to add in a few more of my diverse interests. My hobbies include listening to songs and doing sketches, and yeah, I almost forgot, I love gardening.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="b741">10. Anything else you want to share about M2P?</h2><p class="text-node" id="8ef5">With the knowledge I gained from our people, I can say that <a class="link" href="https://m2pfintech.com/">M2P</a> is a great place to learn. We have been tremendously growing over the past years, and we still have a lot to achieve. So, team M2P, let’s learn and grow together!</p><p class="text-node" id="cr6gyy2ym"><a class="link" href="https://m2pfintech.com/newsletter/"><strong><em>Subscribe</em></strong></a><strong><em>&nbsp;to our newsletter and get the latest fintech news, views, and insights, directly to your inbox.</em></strong></p><p class="text-node" id="joge41nhs"><strong><em>Follow us on&nbsp;</em></strong><a class="link" href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/m2pfintech/mycompany/"><strong><em>LinkedIn</em></strong></a><strong><em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;</em></strong><a class="link" href="https://twitter.com/m2pfintech"><strong><em>Twitter</em></strong></a><strong><em>&nbsp;for insightful fintech tales curated for curious minds like you.</em></strong></p>

Meet M2P’S Software Engineer

<img src="https://m2p-website-file.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/m2p-website-file/marketing-cms/m2p-blog/2022/05/Artboard-1-copy-8-11.webp" alt="M2P Fintech" title="" width="100%" height="529"><p class="text-node" id="319f" style="text-align: justify"><a class="link" href="https://m2pfintech.com/blog/fintech-a-catalyst-for-financial-inclusion/">Financial inclusion</a> is the key to sustainable development worldwide. In India alone, around 190 million people do not have access to banking services. This makes India the second-largest underbanked nation after China.</p><p class="text-node" id="068b" style="text-align: justify">Simple, hassle-free access to financial services helps people achieve financial freedom. Providing untethered access to salary and incentives is the road to financial independence and social security.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="d1fa" style="text-align: justify">A bumpy road to financial freedom</h2><p class="text-node" id="a7vn9uebq" style="text-align: justify">People in the blue collared sector are usually excluded from the mainstream financial ecosystem as they do not have a structured way to receive salaries, save, and track their spends. Fintechs like Zenpay facilitate this financial access by offering inclusive <a class="link" href="https://m2pfintech.com/blog/future-of-payments-processing-matched-with-industry-needs/">digital payment solutions</a> such as zero-balance salary accounts, payroll cards, and gift cards. They enable blue-collared workers to digitally access salaries and incentives without any paperwork and also save, spend, and track their finances efficiently. </p><p class="text-node" id="nradzxq67" style="text-align: justify">Though Zenpay literally revolutionized the banking sector by enabling simpler, more efficient, and transparent payments, they faced key challenges in security, <a class="link" href="https://m2pfintech.com/blog/pci-dss-the-payments-armour/">PCI-DSS compliance</a>, and infrastructure design. As more and more customers adopted digital payments, the transactions and data became highly vulnerable to malicious activities. So, Zenpay wanted a <a class="link" href="https://m2pfintech.com/blog/future-of-payments-processing-matched-with-industry-needs/">payments processing solution</a> and a token service provider to enable highly secure and seamless financial services to blue-collared workers.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="0a13" style="text-align: justify">Powering card security, operations, and infrastructure</h2><p class="text-node" id="kjnjar13z" style="text-align: justify">M2P collaborated with Zenpay to help smoothen hurdles in card security and infrastructure. We deployed our comprehensive <a class="link" href="https://m2pfintech.com/blog/how-to-implement-the-best-prepaid-payment-instrument-ppi-for-your-business/">PPI </a>APIs to overcome the challenges Zenpay faced. Our solution created a strong base for Zenpay to partner with VISA and NPCI (National Payments Corporation of India) and enable salary cards and gift cards.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="f9bc" style="text-align: justify">End-to-end tokenization</h2><p class="text-node" id="hame6derw" style="text-align: justify">Securing cardholder data through <a class="link" href="https://m2pfintech.com/blog/how-does-payment-tokenization-work/">tokenization</a> is critical for businesses to prevent cybercrimes. However, tokenization consumes a lot of time and effort when done in-house. So, we acted as a token service provider (TSP) to manage tokenization and enabled Zenpay to focus on its core competency and manage customer retention. M2P handled the generation and issuance of payment tokens and the operation and maintenance of a token vault. We also offered PCI-DSS widgets to lower the cost for PCI assessment and the time spent on PCI compliance procedures.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="da2c" style="text-align: justify">Seamless card program management</h2><p class="text-node" id="s7kcwmlts" style="text-align: justify">Customers today prefer banking apps that are bug-free, quick to load, easy to operate with hassle-free onboarding. Choosing a program manager is critical to enable seamless operations and user experience. M2P served as a robust program manager to Zenpay and was responsible for security, quality assurance, technology integration, migration, customer engagement, reward strategies, and banking relationships. We risk proofed Zenpay’s technology infrastructure for a flawless and high-quality banking experience.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="f46d" style="text-align: justify">Scaling up for 250% rise in customer base</h2><p class="text-node" id="9943" style="text-align: justify">Customers expect more hyper-personalized services when it comes to digital wallets. M2P helped Zenpay ensure new customer acquisition and retention by delivering an amazing user experience. Zenpay upgraded its user experience from receiving voice notifications to image recognition.</p><p class="text-node" id="d631" style="text-align: justify">Enabling the best user experience, Zenpay expanded its customer base by more than 250% in just 10 months, with a whopping increase from 35,000 to 125,000. M2P helped Zenpay scale up by offering robust, secure, and bug-free API infrastructure.</p><p class="text-node" id="ea1f" style="text-align: justify">Zenpay also increased the total number of customer transactions by 47%. As a result, the transaction volume increased from 180 crore transactions to a whopping 265 crore transactions in 10 months.</p><blockquote class="block-node" id="nfhkrm6a3"><p class="text-node" id="eca3" style="text-align: justify">Approachable. Innovative. Solution-centric. The experience of working with M2P has been nothing short of wonderful! Superior support, fast TAT, a wide range of solutions, and most importantly, end-to-end ownership from sales to technical integration. M2P helped us grow our customer base by more than 250%.</p></blockquote><p class="text-node" id="ca4b" style="text-align: justify"><strong>– Ankit Bhargava, Founder &amp; CEO,&nbsp;</strong><a class="link au my" href="https://zenpaysolutions.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener ugc nofollow"><strong>Zenpay Solutions.</strong></a></p><h2 class="heading-node" id="74a1" style="text-align: justify">The buck doesn’t stop here</h2><p class="text-node" id="06ab" style="text-align: justify">Using M2P’s tech-stack, Zenpay plans to deepen its services and products in the future. Both the companies will collaborate to enable greater financial inclusion and freedom through services that include QR code-based payments, bill payments, UPI integration, and microloans.</p><p class="text-node" id="73b0" style="text-align: justify"><em>Are you looking to enable inclusive financial services? Need help with card infrastructure and program management?</em></p><p class="text-node" id="b297" style="text-align: justify"><em>Get in touch with us at </em><a class="link au mg" href="mailto:business@m2pfintech.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener ugc nofollow"><em>business@m2pfintech.com</em></a></p><p class="text-node" id="syjrbkekw" style="text-align: justify"><a class="link" href="https://m2pfintech.com/newsletter/"><strong><em>Subscribe</em></strong></a><strong><em>&nbsp;to our newsletter and get the latest fintech news, views, and insights, directly to your inbox.</em></strong></p><p class="text-node" id="vfiv944xz" style="text-align: justify"><strong><em>Follow us on&nbsp;</em></strong><a class="link" href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/m2pfintech/mycompany/"><strong><em>LinkedIn</em></strong></a><strong><em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;</em></strong><a class="link" href="https://twitter.com/m2pfintech"><strong><em>Twitter</em></strong></a><strong><em>&nbsp;for insightful fintech tales curated for curious minds like you.</em></strong></p>

How M2P helps Zenpay enable financial inclusion?

<img src="https://m2p-website-file.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/m2p-website-file/marketing-cms/m2p-blog/2022/06/Artboard-1-copy-8.webp" alt="M2P Fintech" title="" width="100%" height="284"><p class="text-node" id="m6sqd6zhp">This November, we shine the spotlight on the star of this month, Ragavendharan — System Analyst in M2P. </p><p class="text-node" id="xbs83ir63">A travel buff, multi-cuisine chef, and a coffee addict, Ragavendharan is much more than what meets the eye. We got him to share interesting facets of his life, his interests, and his journey as an M2Peer. </p><p class="text-node" id="l7uvhwdtg">Keep reading to know more about Ragavendharan and what inspires him the most about M2P.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="fa27">How do you usually start your workday?</h2><p class="text-node" id="3uqafbzs7">I begin my day by organizing my works and checking my scheduled meetings. Then, I kickstart with a cup of coffee to set the perfect vibe for the day. Then, I check my emails, respond to them, and get on with my tasks for the day. On alternative days, I have stand-up calls for team discussions.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="f66d">What are your main responsibilities in M2P?</h2><p class="text-node" id="sw9fbnaol"> My work at M2P takes an end-to-end nature. As a backend developer, my main responsibility is to understand the business requirements. Then, I design product blocks and flows, researching and identifying suitable solutions and technology for any new product development. </p><p class="text-node" id="zxceji3uy">Apart from developing a new product, I am highly responsible for performing the root cause analysis and implementing a scalable solution to the issue. In addition, I also share my understanding of the different aspects of a new product with my team. Here, we work from scratch on the end-to-end process until it becomes a minimal viable product. </p><p class="text-node" id="5jc3ropa5">I have worked on several applications in the past few years, especially the cryptographic related tasks for existing systems. Java, SQL, Linux, data analytics, cryptography, microservices are my strong suites and I also support other teams whenever my expertise is required across products.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="2ec4">How have you grown through the years as an M2Peer?</h2><p class="text-node" id="67ff">Simply from ‘Zero to One.’</p><p class="text-node" id="020b">I joined M2P as an intern almost five years back, with no experience in the software domain. From there, I started taking baby steps to where I am here now, and I still have a long way to go.</p><p class="text-node" id="95fc">My prior exposure to development in other programming languages helped me bootstrap swiftly in this domain and ecosystem. My thirst for learning kept me motivated even during hard times. As I have these amazing colleagues and mentors to hold, support, and guide me over the years, now we march forward as a team.</p><p class="text-node" id="444a">I enjoy being in my office, and I often forget to go home as I lose time working. Kuru and I mostly have thought-provoking, heated debates while we discuss solutions. This helped me think out of the box, and we both do it together during implementation.</p><p class="text-node" id="f7e1">I take this as an opportunity to thank Madhu, Muthu, and Prabhu for guiding me through my personal and professional path over these years. I am looking forward to a long journey together ahead.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="51a9">Is there a quote/saying that motivates you?</h2><p class="text-node" id="9dfc">Yes.</p><p class="text-node" id="3b08">‘To walk fast, walk alone. To walk long, walk together.’</p><p class="text-node" id="1f2f">In M2P, we do both. I get motivated to give my best shot every day. I have always admired our team, and the energy in M2P propels me.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="b8c4">What’s that one thing your colleagues don’t know about you?</h2><p class="text-node" id="e5fa">We are a family, and my family knows me well.</p><p class="text-node" id="49b1">Although, If I need to mention specifically — I love to dance thin in the ground. As a fun-loving and boisterous kid, I dance at almost every festival in my hometown. Taking my interest further, I even learned dance from my brother’s friend, a dancer. Now, I dance to fast beats when I’m alone at home.</p><p class="text-node" id="6ab7">I learned Carnatic music in my school days and even discovered yoga with my brother. I was also selected for district-level tournaments in sports such as Kho-Kho and Cricket in my school days.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="88fd">What inspires you the most about M2P?</h2><p class="text-node" id="74fc">Our PEOPLE.</p><p class="text-node" id="27d5">When I joined M2P, we were a team of 20, and I was the 20th person to join. So, we had the perfect balance of both work and fun. Coming to work daily was very comfortable and motivating as it felt as if I was hanging out with my close friends.</p><p class="text-node" id="6d09">From the founders to my mentors to everyone in the team, we all are a family here. Looking back, we have grown from there to the office buildings now. Even though if I feel worn out sometimes, people here have always inspired me from our founders to my juniors. I learn a lot from everyone here at M2P.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="cae8">What’s your idea of a perfect day?</h2><p class="text-node" id="u5iebzwu5"> My perfect day would be a day mixed with coffee, working with my team, cracking chats with countless laughs, having discussions, solving problems, and coding.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="670d">What was your career path before joining M2P, and how has it changed?</h2><p class="text-node" id="44bd">Before joining here, I helped run a business for my brother, leading his night shift team. It was a BPO, and I worked hard in building his team and business. But deep down, I always knew that I was a techie.</p><p class="text-node" id="a86e">So, I drifted from there, and in the next couple of months, I landed in M2P. I have entirely rejuvenated as a person. As I was a fresher to the domain when I just started, I took baby steps. And, with the help of the programming languages that I excelled at, I started growing day by day with M2P.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="a20c">What are your hobbies/interests?</h2><p class="text-node" id="25fa">My interests are lined up as I am usually a person who is passionate about learning new things from cosmology-seismology to cooking-gardening and much more.</p><p class="text-node" id="9af2">But to talk about hobbies, I play carrom, chess, and video games. In addition, I am very fond of cooking. I love both cooking and eating South Indian, French, Mexican, and Italian cuisines. Yes guys, I cook all the time.</p><p class="text-node" id="5fea">I go by describing myself as a person who is ‘mad about traveling,’ hahaha. I have travelled to almost all places in Tamilnadu, and I love driving to hill stations and on empty roads. So, my next destination would be the Pothigai hills.</p><p class="text-node" id="4187">I like to read a lot of books, work on papers of many renowned scientists like Einstein. Wikipedia is everything to me. I love to work on research papers in Astronomy and Quantum physics. Since my childhood, I was also eager to do gardening in our house.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="1013">Anything else you want to share about M2P?</h2><p class="text-node" id="ece4">M2P is an exquisite place to learn, work, and grow. We M2Peers do everything in our own way.</p><p class="text-node" id="2f07">So, I would like to say to all my colleagues, ‘Let’s rock and roll.’</p><p class="text-node" id="yfioviiyj"><a class="link" href="https://m2pfintech.com/newsletter/"><strong><em>Subscribe</em></strong></a><strong><em>&nbsp;to our newsletter and get the latest fintech news, views, and insights, directly to your inbox.</em></strong> </p><p class="text-node" id="ohc2kk0u6"><strong><em>Follow us on&nbsp;</em></strong><a class="link" href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/m2pfintech/mycompany/"><strong><em>LinkedIn</em></strong></a><strong><em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;</em></strong><a class="link" href="https://twitter.com/m2pfintech"><strong><em>Twitter</em></strong></a><strong><em>&nbsp;for insightful fintech tales curated for curious minds like you.</em></strong></p>

Meet M2P’s Tech Specialist

<img src="https://m2p-website-file.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/m2p-website-file/marketing-cms/m2p-blog/2022/05/Artboard-1-copy-8-20.webp" alt="M2P Fintech" title="" width="100%" height="284"><p class="text-node" id="cb2c">This October, meet our star of the month, Vijay S — Associate Vice President for Products Development. An avid gamer, movie buff, and travel enthusiast, Vijay gives us a rundown of his M2P journey, personal interests.</p><p class="text-node" id="ed39">Keep reading to know more about Vijay and how he has grown through the years as an M2Peer.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="2ea4">How do you usually start your workday?</h2><p class="text-node" id="e34a">My mornings are very relaxed. Having been part of the team for half a decade now, I have become an early riser. The serene sunrise and the sounds of birds chirping is now the theme music before my morning teams call. The tasks, calls, and chaser reminders complement the midnight owl in me.</p><p class="text-node" id="d6d8">Since I am currently handling projects in India and the UAE, my alarm is the daily morning MS Teams call (due to the time difference). The workdays start with a Dev call aka mood set call, where I update on pending tasks and get to know about upcoming tasks. After the call, I set up a schedule for the week and plan a unique tracker, prioritizing them with respect to the deadlines, which is always yesterday in M2P!</p><p class="text-node" id="mlr054u9i">Once my morning stand-up calls are done, I come into the office, meet my colleagues, make myself a nice cup of tea to start my day. I spend the first few hours responding to pending emails before I begin coding, with which I end the day amidst many Adhoc Teams Meets.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="41ce">What are your main responsibilities as AVP — Product Development?</h2><p class="text-node" id="3246">My role primarily involves bringing the products sold come to life. I understand client requirements, solutionize customized yet simple to use/replicate scenarios and develop solutions.</p><p class="text-node" id="5a1b">My clients are the M2P Sales &amp; BD personnel who give me a download of various client requirements. I love resolving challenges where I work without even realizing how time flies. The sense of accomplishment I gain after that is something else.</p><p class="text-node" id="b210">On a more serious note, my role involves designing, creating, coding, deploying, and testing new products. Sometimes, I provide a helping hand to our tech support, who relentlessly tries to help clients integrate our existing API stacks.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="1499">How have you grown through the years as an M2Peer?</h2><p class="text-node" id="b0b2">I came into M2P as someone with a year’s experience under my belt. As a fresher in the finance industry, I was lucky to get the guidance of Kurukshetran, fondly called Kuru. With his mentoring, I was able to learn quite a lot while honing my skill sets.</p><p class="text-node" id="1253">M2P didn’t just give me a professional platform; the leadership team helped me evolve as a better person by giving me valuable life lessons. Some of the key lessons I cherish are relationship management, people skills, and work-life balance (My curveball!).</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="96af">Is there a quote/saying that motivates you?</h2><p class="text-node" id="333e">As my esteemed colleague, Maathavan, would say, “Don’t work for money. Work for yourself.” That quote inspires me.</p><p class="text-node" id="0d6e">In truth, by working on myself, I ended up working for M2P, and now I’m happy to be around still, as it soars up high.</p><p class="text-node" id="afa4">I’d also like to include another quote from my favorite TV show, ‘The Family Man 2’, which says, “Don’t be a minimum guy.”</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="901b">What’s that one thing your colleagues don’t know about you?</h2><p class="text-node" id="bc8a">‘I would be a good poker player,’ as I tend to observe people and understand them. Even if I don’t interact with them, I can understand them and catch their bluffs by how they interact with other people 😎.</p><p class="text-node" id="2205">I am also quite tight-lipped /secretive and am not a person who shows more emotions.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="6437">Have you played a practical joke in college?</h2><p class="text-node" id="b6ef">I am a serious person. I don’t make practical jokes. Just kidding!</p><p class="text-node" id="e1b9">Honestly, there are quite a few entertaining ones. But I can’t talk about it since I never got caught, hahaha!</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="ae00">What’s your idea of a perfect day?</h2><p class="text-node" id="d59e">A perfect day is when there is nothing left to do at work, and I can go home without thinking about what is coming tomorrow.</p><p class="text-node" id="e71a">Also, I would like to end my perfect day with Dubai’s sunset evenings or a hot cup of Filli Chai at Kite Beach Jumeirah 😎.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="ce3d">What was your career path before joining M2P, and how has it changed?</h2><p class="text-node" id="3056">I came here with a year’s experience, and it has been challenging, inspiring, and a great learning experience in M2P.</p><p class="text-node" id="8ce6">‘The journey to me is more important than the destination.’</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="6608">What inspires you the most about M2P?</h2><p class="text-node" id="3ea6">The constant drive to achieve and succeed, out-of-the-box thinking, the problem-solving approach, and the care towards employees shown by our leadership and peers is what inspire me the most.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="1f0d">Tell us about your interests/hobbies</h2><p class="text-node" id="328f">I am a PC gamer who loves to travel and watch movies. Skydiving is my newfound interest, and my goal is to become a licensed skydiver by 2022.</p><p class="text-node" id="bd46q8iyf"><a class="link" href="https://m2pfintech.com/newsletter/"><strong><em>Subscribe</em></strong></a><strong><em>&nbsp;to our newsletter and get the latest fintech news, views, and insights, directly to your inbox.</em></strong> </p><p class="text-node" id="rrxnk6ehs"><strong><em>Follow us on&nbsp;</em></strong><a class="link" href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/m2pfintech/mycompany/"><strong><em>LinkedIn</em></strong></a><strong><em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;</em></strong><a class="link" href="https://twitter.com/m2pfintech"><strong><em>Twitter</em></strong></a><strong><em>&nbsp;for insightful fintech tales curated for curious minds like you.</em></strong></p>

Meet Vijay, Our Product Specialist

<img src="https://m2p-website-file.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/m2p-website-file/marketing-cms/m2p-blog/2022/05/Artboard-1-copy-1.webp" alt="M2P Fintech" title="" width="100%" height="1790"><p class="text-node" id="2032" style="text-align: justify">Never underestimate what good chai can do to your life!</p><p class="text-node" id="9648" style="text-align: justify">One such stimulating chai conversation ignited the origin of M2P, the brainchild of Madhu, Muthu, and Prabhu.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="b82a" style="text-align: justify">Genesis of M2P</h2><p class="text-node" id="b6dc" style="text-align: justify">The candid chat on the disruptive potential of fintech led our founder trio to envision an inclusive world where every business, bank, and NBFC gets equal access to technology-enabled financial services, irrespective of their size, scale, or locale. Giving entrepreneurial wings to their fintech dream, they founded M2P in 2014.</p><p class="text-node" id="4a17" style="text-align: justify">Today M2P specializes in building financial ecosystems that accelerate digital payments, banking, and lending worldwide. With an active presence in the Asia Pacific (APAC), the Middle East, North Africa (MENA), Southeast Asia, and Europe, M2P strives to future-proof fintech transformation while boosting business agility and customer lifetime value.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="39f0" style="text-align: justify">Founding Trio</h2><img src="https://m2p-website-file.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/m2p-website-file/marketing-cms/m2p-blog/2022/06/Artboard-1-copy-8-2.webp" alt="M2P Fintech" title="" width="100%" height="529"><p class="text-node" id="2n3fa288y" style="text-align: justify">Madhu, Muthu, and Prabhu possess over a decade of rich experience leading financial and technology innovations in leading global firms. Madhu, a knowledge powerhouse and a passionate chef steered the prepaid and financial inclusion product division for VISA, Citi, and Thomas Cook. Muthu, an avid sportsman, and technologist managed technology delivery for Paypal, Movida, Fujitsu, and Satyam before cofounding M2P. And Prabhu, a deep space tech enthusiast, drove key technology projects at Cognizant, Verizon Data Services, and iGate.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="778b" style="text-align: justify">Uphill Climb - YAP</h2><p class="text-node" id="ff69" style="text-align: justify">M2P’s initial journeys were fraught with struggles and fallouts. Even though our domain expertise, innovation potential, and technology proficiency were among the best, gaining opportunities by breaking conventions was a major challenge to growth.</p><p class="text-node" id="5295" style="text-align: justify">Pooling in personal savings and resources, the founding team quietly began their bootstrapped journey. They built YAP, the API platform that allowed businesses to quickly create and deploy fintech products by customizing all relevant workflows through plug-and-play solutions.</p><p class="text-node" id="816a" style="text-align: justify">YAP simplified the ability of banks and PPI licensed entities to support back-end products by facilitating technology integration, settlement and operational support. Within a short timeframe, M2P powered neo banking, cross-border payments, card issuance, program management, new-age lending, and investments for several clients.</p><p class="text-node" id="mkx81m43s" style="text-align: justify">Our robust, secure, and customizable fintech APIs enabled banks, fintech firms, and businesses to go to market at incredible speed with excellent efficacy. M2P’s tech stack has passed numerous regulatory audits and is backed by industry-leading certifications such as PCI DSS ver 3.2.1, ISO 27001:2013, and ISO 22301:2012. We also completed RBI PPI Information Security Audit Compliance as per the RBI Master Direction DPSS.CO.PD. №1164/02.14.006/2017–18 and implemented the “Data Localization” protocol as per Reserve Bank of India (RBI) guidelines.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="f2ad" style="text-align: justify">Quantum Leap</h2><p class="text-node" id="ee05" style="text-align: justify">The first breakthrough for M2P happened when we launched our first Visa-powered card program in partnership with DCB Bank. Later, we created several marketing programs with Rupay, MasterCard, Visa, Amex, Mercury, and China Union Pay. We also became Visa’s Fintech Fast Track partner across the APAC region and preferred partner for MasterCard globally.</p><p class="text-node" id="7073" style="text-align: justify">By fostering diverse partnerships with 23+ banks, issuers, acquirers, prepaid issuers, emoney license holders, and industry partners across Travel and Forex, Fleet and FasTag, Digital Lenders, Neo-Banking, NBFCs, Gig-Economy players, and traditional bank programs, M2P processed more than $10 billion transactions in 2021. More than 500 engagements and 100 Fintech programs went live in a matter of few years.</p><p class="text-node" id="268f" style="text-align: justify">And our team strength too grew tremendously from 60 in the formative years to over 300 in 2020, and is expected to reach 700 (by March 2022).</p><img src="https://m2p-website-file.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/m2p-website-file/marketing-cms/m2p-blog/2022/06/Artboard-1-copy-11-1.webp" alt="M2P Fintech" title="" id="0gemdejro" width="100%" height="529"><img src="https://m2p-website-file.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/m2p-website-file/marketing-cms/m2p-blog/2022/06/Artboard-1-copy-10-2.webp" alt="M2P Fintech" title="" id="534weeytw" width="100%" height="529"><img src="https://m2p-website-file.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/m2p-website-file/marketing-cms/m2p-blog/2022/06/Artboard-1-copy-9-2.webp" alt="M2P Fintech" title="" id="mkg9f1kdm" width="100%" height="529"><h2 class="heading-node" id="4ed5" style="text-align: justify">Cashless Surge</h2><p class="text-node" id="1283" style="text-align: justify">Post-February 2020, the pandemic triggered a surge in cashless payments. As a result, banks, NBFCs, and businesses needed fintech services and APIs to sustain omnichannel commerce, as economies began encouraging digital touchless payments. This was an excellent opportunity for us to realize our dream of delivering financial inclusion among banks, NBFCs, and other businesses.</p><p class="text-node" id="d1e4" style="text-align: justify">And, there was no turning back from there. Projects started flooding in, and we needed more capacity strength and funding to bolster the surge.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="beae" style="text-align: justify">Funding and Acquisitions</h2><p class="text-node" id="104f" style="text-align: justify">In the beginning, the founding team chose not to be distracted with funding activities. Instead, their strategy was to chisel and scale up the API platform first and then seek funding for overseas expansion. As the India business was and has always been self-sufficient, no external capital infusion was required at that point in time.</p><p class="text-node" id="48d9" style="text-align: justify">In early 2020, angel investors such as Amrish Rau, Pine Labs CEO, Jitendra Gupta, Jupiter Money founder, Kunal Shah, CRED founder, Vikram Chachra of 8i Ventures, Peifu Hsieh of Karbon and Abhishant Pant, Founder of The FinTech Meetup pitched in to raise Rs 10 Cr for the team. We used this funding to develop newer technology stacks, boost team strength, and grow in newer markets outside India.</p><p class="text-node" id="e5c9" style="text-align: justify">In July 2020, series A funding happened, and we raised $4.50 million through venture capital firms Beenext, 8i Ventures Fund, DMI Group, and Better Capital. Angel investors such as Alok Mittal, Indifi Technologies founder, Ashneer Grover, BharatPe founder, Amrish Rau, Pine Labs CEO, and Jitendra Gupta, Jupiter founder, also participated in the Series A funding.</p><p class="text-node" id="6527" style="text-align: justify">In the meantime, M2P grew rapidly and became the fintech enablement partner of choice for SBM Bank. Our partnership grew from strength to strength covering all facets of Retail banking. This model is now being emulated by other large private banks in India.</p><p class="text-node" id="e18c" style="text-align: justify">We also acquired companies such as Wizi and Origa, and made strategic investments in firms like LivQuik to strengthen our cards, credit, and payments ecosystem and improve go-to-market speed.</p><p class="text-node" id="6cef" style="text-align: justify">In less than a year, we raised another $10 million in Series B funding from Flourish Ventures and Omidyar Network India, Beenext, 8i Ventures, and Better Capital. Now, we have raised another $35 million through Series C funding led by Tiger Global.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="a1ac" style="text-align: justify">Future of Fintech, here and now</h2><p class="text-node" id="9613" style="text-align: justify">From the chai conversation in 2014 to funding rounds, global expansions, innovations, partnerships, and acquisitions in 2021, M2P has come a long way.</p><p class="text-node" id="ec2b" style="text-align: justify">But this is not time to rest on our laurels.</p><p class="text-node" id="916c" style="text-align: justify">We believe that the future of fintech is here and now.</p><p class="text-node" id="2746" style="text-align: justify">And, we are geared up with futuristic fintech products that are data-driven with AI-ML engines, disruptive R&amp;D, and innovative propositions.</p><p class="text-node" id="96jhj39m4" style="text-align: justify"><a class="link" href="https://m2pfintech.com/newsletter/"><strong><em>Subscribe</em></strong></a><strong><em>&nbsp;to our newsletter and get the latest fintech news, views, and insights, directly to your inbox.</em></strong> </p><p class="text-node" id="akwrndhpx" style="text-align: justify"><strong><em>Follow us on&nbsp;</em></strong><a class="link" href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/m2pfintech/mycompany/"><strong><em>LinkedIn</em></strong></a><strong><em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;</em></strong><a class="link" href="https://twitter.com/m2pfintech"><strong><em>Twitter</em></strong></a><strong><em>&nbsp;for insightful fintech tales curated for curious minds like you.</em></strong></p>

M2P Growth Story: From Chai Conversations to Fusing Fin with Tech

<img src="https://m2p-website-file.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/m2p-website-file/marketing-cms/m2p-blog/2022/05/Artboard-1-copy-8-18.webp" alt="M2P Fintech" title="" width="100%" height="284"><p class="text-node" id="29ae">This September, the Star of the Month is our very own Preethi Parthasarathy, the brain behind our Service Desk.</p><p class="text-node" id="4529">A woman of her word, Preethi is thoroughly goal-oriented and has a knack for empowering and guiding the team towards excellence while being cognizant of deadlines, compliance, and protocols.</p><p class="text-node" id="d80f">Super curious to know the secret behind how she manages it all?</p><p class="text-node" id="2e45">Keep reading as she spills the bean on how she has grown through the years as an M2Peer.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="931f">How do you usually start your workday?</h2><p class="text-node" id="c9e5">My perfect day starts with an equal dose of gardening, cooking, fitness, and playing with Bulbul, my adorable Labrador Retriever. Then I commence work by prioritizing emails and tasks.</p><p class="text-node" id="808b">Let me tell you one secret ingredient for a perfect workday.</p><p class="text-node" id="bef1">It’s the ‘to-do list’!</p><p class="text-node" id="fea7">It helps me plan, follow up, and execute tasks flawlessly. Then I focus on issues based on severity and priority and get my team going on pending tasks.</p><p class="text-node" id="7c1f">I have a secret mantra for my team to prevent issue escalation — ‘Don’t go to sleep with incomplete tasks or unresolved issues.’</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="c66c">What are your main responsibilities as a Service Desk Manager at M2P?</h2><p class="text-node" id="lrmr8cgks"> My key responsibility is to drive my team forward to do their job seamlessly without any inkling of doubt. I empower my 5-year-old team with product knowledge, process compliance training, and practical tips &amp; tricks to ensure no task or mail is left unattended.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="d9e5">How have you grown through the years as an M2Peer?</h2><p class="text-node" id="ab68">Even though I joined the M2P family as an experienced professional, it’s here that I learned a lot. My heartfelt thanks to M2P’s founder trio — Madhu, Muthu, and Prabhu, who were truly an inspiration when it comes to being aspirational, smart-working, and lifelong learners. I feel so grateful and lucky to be part of the young and vibrant M2P fam.</p><p class="text-node" id="23cc">My 5-year-old journey made me witness M2P’S growth first-hand from a start-up to one of the finest leading fintech companies now. And at M2P, it is not just the company that grows; every M2Peer too grows parallelly. So, I also feel proud of how I have grown as an M2Peer, and the journey continues.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="b2af">Is there a quote/saying that motivates you?</h2><p class="text-node" id="540b">As I said, my pre-planned day always makes me lookout for a bit of motivation. One such quote which springs to my mind now is</p><p class="text-node" id="ced7">“The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine.”</p><p class="text-node" id="3987">This quote makes me work diligently every day and face challenges for a better future.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="0ace">What’s that one thing your colleagues don’t know about you?</h2><p class="text-node" id="3bfe">Ha! I guess now it is time to reveal my secrets.</p><p class="text-node" id="b06f">My colleagues here don’t know that I am a ‘Karate Kid.’ Yes, I have learned martial arts during my schooling. My dad was my biggest supporter who helped me win few trophies at tournaments.</p><p class="text-node" id="2fbd">Oh, wait! I also love to dance. Play any tune, you’ll find me grooving to the beat.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="586c">Have you played a practical joke in college?</h2><p class="text-node" id="c640">We were a frolicking gang of 6 friends who attended school and college together. I had the best of times with them, from bunking classes to watching newly released movies during group studies.</p><p class="text-node" id="2028">This is not exactly a practical joke, but it is one of the most mischievous, memorable moments from college. We were once got caught red-handed playing Holi in college, even though it was banned inside the campus.</p><p class="text-node" id="3424">Things got so serious that we were made to clean college classrooms and washrooms as a punishment.</p><p class="text-node" id="7920">Looking back now, it seems fun, and I miss those days the most.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="d667">What do you like the most about M2P?</h2><p class="text-node" id="1d04">I love everything about M2P, its flexible work culture, friendly colleagues, abundant growth opportunities, and open work environment. They have helped me grow both professionally and as a person.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="b957">What’s your idea of a perfect day?</h2><p class="text-node" id="fa0c">I always make sure I have a positive and stress-free aura around me. So, I indulge in activities like yoga, meditation, terrace gardening, and so on.</p><p class="text-node" id="3073">But the best part is when I spend time cuddling Bulbul, my cute little Labrador. She is my favorite companion and stress buster at home who loves playing with me even when I am working.</p><p class="text-node" id="e997">So, my perfect day has an equal dose of love, relaxation, and a lot of positive vibes.</p><p class="text-node" id="m61fr4pey"><a class="link" href="https://m2pfintech.com/newsletter/"><strong><em>Subscribe</em></strong></a><strong><em>&nbsp;to our newsletter and get the latest fintech news, views, and insights, directly to your inbox.</em></strong> </p><p class="text-node" id="a1abwkkl9"><strong><em>Follow us on&nbsp;</em></strong><a class="link" href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/m2pfintech/mycompany/"><strong><em>LinkedIn</em></strong></a><strong><em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;</em></strong><a class="link" href="https://twitter.com/m2pfintech"><strong><em>Twitter</em></strong></a><strong><em>&nbsp;for insightful fintech tales curated for curious minds like you.</em></strong></p>

Meet M2P’s Service Desk Manager

<img src="https://m2p-website-file.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/m2p-website-file/marketing-cms/m2p-blog/2022/05/Artboard-1-copy-8-4.webp" alt="M2P Fintech" title="" width="100%" height="284"><p class="text-node" id="bggcildae"> This August, meet our very own AVP- Implementation Specialist, Jayanthi, who is skilled at balancing mom-work life. Jayanthi loves listening to fast-paced Tamil songs and is a secret lyricist. She also shares how she misses M2P’s filter coffee. Read on to know more about Jayanthi and how she brings her best every day.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="eab4">What happens in your typical workday at M2P?</h2><p class="text-node" id="ad92">Being part of the implementation team, I will primarily plan the client requirements and sort out the production issues. Later, I work on resolving them on a priority basis and organize my work calls/emails.</p><p class="text-node" id="e315">I focus on programs assigned to me by monitoring clients’ processes, rectifying the queries, and completing procedures that ensure a smooth process. Before EOD, I ensure that all queries get resolved, and the client is updated on the progress.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="7f7f">How do you balance mom-work life?</h2><p class="text-node" id="720a">It is tricky to manage both.</p><p class="text-node" id="fc82">My son is nearly two years old; he often comes into my room and sits on my lap, wondering whom I am talking to. As I am currently working from home, I am able to sneak off some time to play with my son or make him eat the veggies. Once, he tried to push off the laptop as I did not give him my attention. From then, I make sure I pay enough attention as soon as he enters the room with a warning by shouting “Yeyyy.”</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="011a">How would you describe your journey with M2P?</h2><p class="text-node" id="ddde">In M2P, I see every day as a new, fresh, and fun-filled day. The journey started five years back in a house, and now we have grown into office buildings.</p><p class="text-node" id="abe9">When I started working here, my focus would be client calls which I struggled in the initial days due to my communication gap. But I overcame the communication issues with my colleagues’ motivation and learned to communicate better with our clients. So now, I focus on rectifying the blocks and motivating myself to become the best of myself.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="uehsit7hd">How does before and after pandemic work differ for you?</h2><p class="text-node" id="0656">Doing work from home has improved communication with my family. But I miss the interactions with my teammates; when seated at the office, to my back was Lekha’s desk, to my side Vasanth, and on the opposite, Prabhu will be there. Also, I miss M2P’s filter coffee that we used to have in the evening breaks.</p><p class="text-node" id="040f">Working from home requires balancing both home and office, so I usually schedule my work not to overlap. In WFH, even though it’s just the device surrounding us, it allows me to work more focused. As I’m a person who analyzes and operates more efficiently when I am alone, this pandemic has definitely improved my work style.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="cc3d">Any favorite moments with M2P?</h2><p class="text-node" id="8a3a">Every day that I work with M2P is new and different, and there are boatloads of memories that I cherish every day. Once, we had a situation where two hundred cards had an error, and they were shuffled within the consignment of one lakh cards. The situation was a block as it was very challenging to find the cards. But I worked hard on it and retrieved the error cards out of the lot. Everyone appreciated my grit to find those 200 hundred error cards, and I was elated to receive the appreciation afterward.</p><p class="text-node" id="e4d4">Earlier, when we were a small team, every Friday we used to go for lunch in a restaurant — one of the moments which I will never forget.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="a112">What is your post-pandemic plan?</h2><p class="text-node" id="lv6e95eu1">I have always wanted to travel around if I get the time. I would like to travel to different states like go for a tour of India. I like visiting lush green places like Kerala, Kodaikanal, so I wish to see these peaceful places. Post-pandemic, I am excited to go to the office and work and have M2P’s filter coffee back there with my colleagues.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="c1f7">What do you do when you get some leisure time?</h2><p class="text-node" id="xpp4tyivt">I love listening to fast-paced songs and write poems about my mom whenever I find the time. I start my day by getting into the kitchen to make tea while listening and dancing to songs. I feel relaxed and fresh when listening to songs with my cup of positivi-tea. Then, I spend the rest of the available time with my family.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="ab60">Anything that your colleagues don’t know about you?</h2><p class="text-node" id="mbjyk7qyu">I’m very affectionate to people around me and also a silent person at times. I always write poems, but most people don’t know that. I love to sing; when I was in school, I took part in music competitions where I write my lyrics with existing tunes. In 10th grade, I rewrote the ‘Edho oru paatu’ song to lyrics referring to my school memories and got first place in the competition.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="481b">Anything else you want to share with M2P?</h2><p class="text-node" id="3e7e">I think that every one of us together here makes M2P a family, and I consider M2P to be my second home since I started my career here. I feel grateful for all my experiences and the knowledge I learned from everyone, as they have constantly motivated me throughout my career. M2P has helped me move forward to give out my best.</p><p class="text-node" id="hrhylbq85"><a class="link" href="https://m2pfintech.com/newsletter/"><strong><em>Subscribe</em></strong></a><strong><em>&nbsp;to our newsletter and get the latest fintech news, views, and insights, directly to your inbox.</em></strong> </p><p class="text-node" id="i3p6i5ts7"><strong><em>Follow us on&nbsp;</em></strong><a class="link" href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/m2pfintech/mycompany/"><strong><em>LinkedIn</em></strong></a><strong><em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;</em></strong><a class="link" href="https://twitter.com/m2pfintech"><strong><em>Twitter</em></strong></a><strong><em>&nbsp;for insightful fintech tales curated for curious minds like you.</em></strong></p>

Meet Jayanthi — Our Implementation Specialist

<img src="https://m2p-website-file.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/m2p-website-file/marketing-cms/m2p-blog/2022/05/banner-6.webp" alt="M2P Fintech" title="" width="100%" height="284"><p class="text-node" id="z6j7pgkbt">This month, we shine the spotlight on the very first employee of M2P, Lekha Vasudevan- AVP-Implementation. Lekha is a wonder woman who handles the responsibility of being a mom and client implementations for M2P like a pro. In addition, she loves doing DIY projects in her free time.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="2671"><strong>What happens in your typical day at M2P?</strong></h2><p class="text-node" id="f70zr8rm4">My day usually begins by listing the work I have for the day, including pending and upcoming work. It helps me set priorities. I always have a habit of religiously reviewing the projects that usually have a high volume of transactions. Then I move on to the pending tasks and then finally, the upcoming tasks of the day. My simple premise is to ensure that my work moves forward minus the glitch and complications.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="2029"><strong>What do you do at M2P?</strong></h2><p class="text-node" id="8424">Currently, I am part of the implementation team, and my role starts right from gathering the client’s requirements to understand how the integration process should be set. I also must set up the mock environment to iron out the kinks we encounter during the process.</p><p class="text-node" id="8fe5">Once the process is complete, I will sign off on the go-live procedures and share them with the client. Then again, I will do the same process, but it will be in the Live environment and do necessary checks all over again.</p><p class="text-node" id="3061">If all is well, I will be monitoring every checklist like customer onboarding, KYC process, transactions (POS/E-com/ATM, etc..), notification, portal access behavior. I will also be liaising with our internal Operations teams and watch out for potential red flags.</p><p class="text-node" id="0bd6">In a word, I would have to be the bridge between the client and the team to ensure the smooth rollout of the program.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="54fd"><strong>Being the first employee, how has your experience been all these years?</strong></h2><p class="text-node" id="e4cf">To sum it up in one word, it is “<strong>Awesome</strong>.” I have been through challenges that made me pull an all-nighter. But when the issue is fixed, and you get appreciation from both colleagues and clients, that’s worth missing sleep.</p><p class="text-node" id="ef45">We had very limited resources back those days, and as I was the first hire, I witnessed things firsthand. Of course, we were in a nascent stage, and I have donned many hats back then. But our flexibility to accommodate client’s requirements coupled with work ownership resulted in great products and long-standing clients.</p><p class="text-node" id="5b6c">I have been here for a long time since it was a first-year start-up. I am inspired by M2P (Madhu, Muthu, Prabhu), and they have been instrumental in driving its growth. And the main reason would be that it feels like family rather than a workspace.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="87ee"><strong>Can you give me a quick recap of your journey at M2P?</strong></h2><p class="text-node" id="50d4">I started out as a fresher and was the only employee. So, I have handled all types of work starting from SQL queries, developing Android mobile apps, App testing, vendor coordination, etc. This helped me in strengthening my multitasking skills, and Prabhu always encouraged me to learn. In fact, he is my first guru, and Muthu taught me to go straight to the logs anytime I have a hiccup at work.</p><p class="text-node" id="157e">He never accepts the assumptions and always says, “Log is a source of truth.” That mantra helps me both professionally and personally.</p><p class="text-node" id="639f">My testing capabilities helped me learn the nuances of the payment industry. I am proud to say that in my journey from Trainee to AVP, I have had my share of good and bad experiences. And my bad experiences helped me reinforce my learning.</p><p class="text-node" id="75b0">When I saw one of our best solutions live, it was an unforgettable moment that I relive often. Today I am experiencing that moment often, and I am very proud of our company’s journey.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="2030"><strong>Being a new mom, how are you managing work and home?</strong></h2><p class="text-node" id="236e">It is really tough, so I try to complete all my household work before 9.30. Sometimes my daughter will sleep on my shoulder while I am working. And she observes what I do; whenever my mom asks her, “<strong>What is Amma (mom) doing?”</strong>&nbsp;she will say,&nbsp;<strong>“Amma, hello,helloo laptoppp.”</strong></p><p class="text-node" id="af33">Likewise, the other day I was on a call with a client, and I was walking up to her. Immediately she kept her palm near her ear and started mimicking by saying&nbsp;<strong>“yeah, yeahhhhh,”</strong>&nbsp;like how I talk. My whole family was shocked, and we burst out laughing. It is a great experience as I can enjoy working and motherhood.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="3e27"><strong>Has COVID altered your working style?</strong></h2><p class="text-node" id="xtgfvct2j"> Yes, having a toddler and working is a bit challenging at times. However, I really miss my colleagues and our interactions. My husband is also in WFH mode, and given my loud voice (laughs), he faces trouble in handling his calls. So, we have decided to keep our workspace as far as we can from each other. It is good entertainment too.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="f540"><strong>What are your other interests?</strong></h2><p class="text-node" id="f61d">I love cooking, gardening, taking on DIY projects</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="0359"><strong>Have you played a practical joke in college?</strong></h2><p class="text-node" id="0848">Yes,, there are a lot. For example, I have teamed up with my hostel mates to get snacks from the hostel kitchen. And once I put a lot of salt into my warden’s lunch just because she made fun of me for missing home. And the list of pranks is just endless.</p><h2 class="heading-node" id="9f74"><strong>What’s that one thing your colleagues don’t know about you?</strong></h2><p class="text-node" id="a0e0">I am highly short-tempered, not many people have experienced it, but I am. I am also a good dancer and have participated and won in many college events. Today I am spinning and twirling around with my little one.</p><p class="text-node" id="037axacxm"><a class="link" href="https://m2pfintech.com/newsletter/"><strong><em>Subscribe</em></strong></a><strong><em>&nbsp;to our newsletter and get the latest fintech news, views, and insights, directly to your inbox.</em></strong> </p><p class="text-node" id="h29xvrj1z"><strong><em>Follow us on&nbsp;</em></strong><a class="link" href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/m2pfintech/mycompany/"><strong><em>LinkedIn</em></strong></a><strong><em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;</em></strong><a class="link" href="https://twitter.com/m2pfintech"><strong><em>Twitter</em></strong></a><strong><em>&nbsp;for insightful fintech tales curated for curious minds like you.</em></strong></p>

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