Mercator Advisory Group Announces Pradeep Moudgal as Director of Emerging Technologies Service

MAYNARD, Mass. - Sept. 25, 2013 - PRLog -- Mercator Advisory Group today announced the addition of Pradeep Moudgal to lead the company’s Emerging Technologies Service.

“Mercator Advisory Group maintains a critical coverage area and strategic consulting business in disruptive technologies and services within the payments and eCommerce value chain.  Pradeep Moudgal brings to the firm the experience base, network of connections, and consulting background to extend and drive our work into new areas,” said Robert Misasi, CEO and president of Mercator Advisory Group. “In addition to driving the Emerging Technologies Advisory Service, Pradeep will play a critical role in consulting and strategic assignments in the space.  He’s a very strong addition to the team.”

Moudgal brings over 25 years of experience in commercial and small-business banking, private banking, marketing, product development and management specializing in treasury management, cards and merchant services, international banking and lending services.

In his new role, Moudgal will focus on dynamics and trends directly impacting the Emerging Technologies space, including customer-facing technologies and core platforms; online payments, P2P, electronic bill presentment and payment, and contactless; retailer technologies and markets; security, authentication, and fraud management; and mobile banking and payments.

The main focus of this role is to provide both advisory and consulting services in how emerging technologies are impacting both the retail and commercial end-user clients of financial institutions and non-bank companies. This includes evaluating the trends in emerging technologies, client-facing technologies and core platforms, ecommerce/online payments, P2P, contactless payments, retailer technologies and markets, online/mobile security, mobile banking and global payments.

Prior to joining Mercator, Moudgal was head of global cards and merchant services at Silicon Valley Bank, executive vice president at Lions Consulting Services, Inc., a vice president for U.S. Central Federal Credit Union, a director of corporate banking for Corillian (Fiserv) Corporation., a vice president for Provident Bank (PNC Bank) and an a vice president for First Commerce Corporation (JP Morgan Chase).

Moudgal earned his Master's in Business Administration from Southern New Hampshire University, and a Bachelor's degree in History from the University of Houston.

About Mercator Advisory Group
Mercator Advisory Group is the leading, independent research and advisory services firm exclusively focused on the payments and banking industries. We deliver pragmatic and timely research and advice designed to help our clients uncover the most lucrative opportunities to maximize revenue growth and contain costs. Our core services focus on credit, debit, prepaid, international payments, emerging technologies, banking channels, commercial and enterprise payments. Our clients range from the world's largest payment issuers, acquirers, processors, merchants and associations to leading technology providers and investors. Mercator Advisory Group is also publisher of the online payments and bank channel news and information portal PaymentsJournal.com