Cherian Abraham's Email Addresses & Phone Numbers

📖 Summary

Updated May 2015. A strategic adviser w/ over 17 years of international Tech & Business Strategy consulting, advising firms in banking, retail & asset mgmt that seek clarity & insight in to the myriad business models around payments, fraud & commerce. Founded DROP Labs, a mobile payments/commerce strategy & advisory practice. Blogs at http://www.droplabs.co and was first to write about Identity Fraud in Apple Pay. Featured in WSJ, NewYork Times, Krebs on Security, Guardian, CNBC, Washington Post, Financial Times, Newsweek, CNN, CBS, LATimes, BI, ABA, ZDNet, Gizmodo, Inc, Seeking Alpha, FierceRetail, 9to5Mac, SF Chronicle, Recode, Bloomberg View, The Hill, QZ, Forbes, Mashable, The Verge, Fortune, Ars Technica, Toronto Star, Gartner Blog and others. Board of Advisors at SimplyTapp - creators of Host Card Emulation driving democratization and open access to NFC in Android. I serve Experian and its clients in Banking, Retail, Consumer Credit & Payments on strategy, innovation & emerging business models around mobile. Further focuses on driving product strategy around acquisitions, fraud and credit risk, by extending core Experian’s global capabilities in to the mobile channel. Member of Client Advisory Board at Mitek Systems, and Advisor at ModoPayments, a mobile payments platform for personalized & instant in-store gifts, offers and purchases. A senior adviser to world’s biggest & best known firms: NBC Universal, Fifth Third Bancorp, BBVA, Retail, Asset Mgmt firms & Tech Startups on Mobile Commerce. Quoted by authors of "Virtual Banking: A guide to innovation & partnering" & "The Telecommunications Handbook" Authored “2011: Emerging Mobile Payments Landscape”, on emerging mobile payments ecosystem & inhabitants, SWOT analysis of mobile wallet initiatives, emerging revenue models, opportunities & challenges to m-wallet adoption. Study linked : http://lnkd.in/_iZ5QTBoard of Advisors @ SimplyTapp created Host Card Emulation (HCE) and deployed it into the CyanogenMod operating system in early 2012 to bypass the network operator's SIM card to complete a mobile payment at a point of sale terminal. Google launched HCE with the latest Android 4.4, KitKat and now uses HCE within the Google wallet implementation on the Nexus 5. SimplyTapp has implemented the first platform that leverages HCE for mobile payments, and has democratized open access to the Android NFC stack - thus undoing the restrictive covenant known as SoftCard/ISIS. From December 2013 to Present (1 year 11 months) Advisory Board Member @ ModoPayments provides a mobile payments platform for personalized and instant in-store gifts, offers and purchases. Modo's open approach supports nearly all mobile phones, payment terminals, and cards and is a complete solution for brands and merchants that seek to interact personally with consumers before, during and after their in-store purchase experiences. From March 2013 to Present (2 years 8 months) Mobile Commerce & Payments @ Cherian serves Experian and its clients in Banking, Retail, Consumer Credit and Payments on strategy, innovation and emerging business models around payments, fraud and identity. From July 2012 to Present (3 years 4 months) Cherian Abraham is skilled in: White Papers, Mobile Commerce Strategy, Mobile Payments, NFC, Mobile Commerce, Mobile Strategy, Mobile Applications, Technology Trends, Startup Consulting, Mobile Technology, Business Analysis, Customer Acquisition, Agile Methodologies, Product Management, Mobile Devices, Program Management, Start-ups, Strategy, Strategic Partnerships, Business Development, Payment Systems, Payments, Smart Cards, EMV, Integration, Financial Services, E-commerce, Competitive Analysis, Electronic Payments, Analytics, Credit Cards, Software Development, E-payments, Cards, Analysis, Debit Cards, Management Consulting, Business Strategy, Outsourcing, Mobile Marketing, Market Research