Sopnendu Mohanty

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Sopnendu Mohanty
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Mohanty in 2016
Born
Cuttack, Orissa, India
NationalitySingaporean
EducationBirla Institute of Technology, Mesra
OccupationChief FinTech Officer
at the Monetary Authority of Singapore

Sopnendu Mohanty is a Singaporean fintech professional who currently serves as the Chief FinTech Officer for the Monetary Authority of Singapore.[1][2][3][4][5]

He also serves as advisor on fintech related issues for the National University of Singapore, International Monetary Fund, and the Indian State Government of Odisha.[6][7][8][9]

He also leads as the chairman of MAS's , a platform that brings together financial institutions and fintechs across the world.[10][11]

Early life and education[]

Mohanty was born in Cuttack, and grew up in Balasore in Orissa, India.[12]

He graduated with a bachelor's in Science. He also has a master's in Information Science from the Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra.[12][13]

Career[]

Mohanty joined Citi in the late 1990s and was involved in various innovative smart banking initiatives. He left Citi after serving nearly two decades in various leadership roles including as the head of Global Consumer Lab Network & Programs.[14]

He joined the Monetary Authority of Singapore as the Chief Fintech Officer in 2015 and leads the newly established FinTech & Innovation Group (FTIG) which consist of a number of initiatives including the Singapore FinTech Festival and APIX.[1][14][15]

He also serves in his personal capacity as an advisor to the Indian state Government of Odisha to facilitate the state’s financial inclusion.[9]

International patents[]

Mohanty is listed at USPTO as a co-inventor of a number of patents on designing interactive devices for customizing real-time applications on a user interface, smart authentication and identification via voiceprints, conducting a transaction at a financial transaction terminal using a mobile device and designing a financial transaction terminal.[16][17][18][19]

Recognition[]

Mohanty has been recognized by a number of institutions including Institutional Investor as the 'Fintech's Most Powerful Dealmakers of 2016', Singapore Computer Society as the 'IT Leader of the Year (2019)', and International Financial Law Review (IFLR), Euromoney as the "Market Reformer of the Year (2018)".[14][4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "MAS appoints ex-Citi banker to head new FinTech & Innovation Group from Aug". Business Times (Singapore). 2015-07-27. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  2. ^ "Singapore's fintech chief has vision of Asian Silicon Valley". The Japan Times. 2021-06-12. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  3. ^ "Bill Gates among star speakers at Singapore's biggest fintech festival". The Straits Times. 2020-12-06. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  4. ^ a b "MAS CFO guest speaker at Asia Fintech Night". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 2020-08-31. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  5. ^ "Singapore's Fintech Honcho Has Vision of Asian Silicon Valley". Bloomberg L.P. 2021-06-04. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
  6. ^ "Monetary Authority Of Singapore (MAS) Joins Mojaloop Foundation For Financial Inclusion". Forbes. 2021-05-26. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
  7. ^ "IMF High-Level Advisory Group Meets in Singapore to Deepen Discussions on Fintech". International Monetary Fund. 2019-03-19. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
  8. ^ "Singapore to set up Asian digital finance research institute by end-2020". The Straits Times. 2020-08-04. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
  9. ^ a b "Sopnendu Mohanty appointed digital and financial technology advisor to Odisha govt". The Times of India. 2019-09-12. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  10. ^ "Elevandi Appoints Board Of Directors". DISRUPTION BANKING. 2021-10-19. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
  11. ^ "MAS' Elevandi Names Board of Directors". finews.asia. 2021-10-19. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
  12. ^ a b "The 2016 Fintech Finance35: Sopnendu Mohanty". Institutional Investor. 2016-11-14. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
  13. ^ "Recipe for a chief (fin)tech officer". Central Banking. 2021-07-14. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  14. ^ a b c "IT LEADER OF THE YEAR, 2019". Singapore Computer Society. 2019. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
  15. ^ "Singapore fintech chief has vision of Asian Silicon Valley". Business Times (Singapore). 2021-06-05. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  16. ^ "System and method for customizing real-time applications on a user interface". USPTO.report. 2020-12-08. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
  17. ^ "Smart authentication and identification via voiceprints". USPTO. 2018-09-11. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
  18. ^ "System and method for conducting a transaction at a financial transaction terminal using a mobile device". USPTO. 2015-03-03. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
  19. ^ "Financial transaction terminal". USPTO. 2015-02-17. Retrieved 2021-11-02.


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