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Nagarajan Thangavelu

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Senior Vice President - Global Payments Architecture at Citi
📍 Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Nagarajan Thangavelu is a Senior Vice President and Global Payments Architect at Citi, with over 18 years of experience in transaction banking and end-to-end payment system design. He holds a TOGAF® 10 certification and is described by colleagues as cool-headed and hard-working. He specializes in payments modernization, ISO20022, and cross-border payment solutions.

He has publicly advocated for creating a national card network in Canada, similar to Indias RuPay, to reduce transaction costs for consumers.

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Experience
18 Years
Current Role
Senior Vice President - Global Payments Architecture
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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Payments Modernization
Focuses on modernizing global payment platforms, including instant/real-time payments, ACH, SWIFT, and ISO20022 implementation, as per his role and expertise.
Cross-Border Payments
Actively shares insights on SWIFT pre-validation services and experiments with Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) for international transactions.
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Career

Work history

8-2025
Senior Vice President - Global Payments Architecture
Citi
6-2020 - 8-2025
Vice President - Global Payments Architecture
Citi
4-2018 - 6-2020
Application Solution Consultant - Payments
CIBC
4-2017 - 4-2018
Senior Consultant, Payments
CGI
6-2013 - 3-2017
Lead Consultant, Payments
Polaris Consulting & Services Ltd
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Education
2003 - 2006
Master of Computer Applications - MCA
Bharathiar University
5-2000 - 4-2003
Bachelor's degree
Bharathiar University
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