2025

Secure Open Finance Platform - Apple Pay Wallet Connected Cards & Pay w/Rewards

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Innovation in Technology - Financial Technology (FinTech)

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United States

Everything we do at Discover is with the customer in mind, and we want to ensure every customer interaction is positive, seamless, and most importantly, secure. Open Finance technology platform is designed and built with the same vision. It is one of the innovative internet accessible technology platform built to support Open Finance and Open banking data-in and data-out use cases across financial services including but not limited to Digital Wallet, Fintech companies and other financial service partners.

The platform is built in mind to provide permission-based, customer data sharing technology capability to our internal and external product partners. In major technology innovation and product delivery area, the most important integration was delivering experience in Apple Pay Digital wallet. This was Apple's first open banking integration with any bank in the United States.

Vijay served as expert engineer and architect of the innovative Open Banking platform and Apple Pay integration of Connected Card and Pay with Rewards for millions of Discover Card holders.

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2025 Changhua Moonlight Lantern Festivel

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LightUp Life Co., Ltd.

Category

Innovation in Campaign - Event Campaign

Country / Region

Taiwan

 
2025
Transforming Retirement Solutions: Surya Rao’s Leadership in Advancing SSNC’s TRAC Platform

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Surya Rayarao

Category

Innovation in Technology - Information Technology

Country / Region

United States

 
2025
BigHand Resource Management

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BigHand

Category

Innovation in Organizational Excellence - Excellence in Process Improvement

Country / Region

United Kingdom

 
2025
Regional System Architect in Schneider Electric USA

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Sampath Kumar Konda

Category

Innovation in Technology - Information Technology

Country / Region

United States