
Avin Arumugam
Payments product and technology leader across the payments value chain
San Francisco, California
Summary
End-to-end payments product leader: Avin has held senior product roles across the payments value chain — issuer, acquirer, network, gateway/e-commerce, ISO, and marketplace — demonstrating deep domain knowledge building products for issuers, gateways, merchants and platforms. 3cpo+1
Operator, advisor and investor in payments and fintech: He has served in executive operating roles and as an operating partner or board member, advising portfolio companies on product-led growth while also investing through his advisory work. businesswire+2
Technical inventor with subject-matter contributions: Avin is listed on multiple patents and patent applications covering checkout, tokenization and payer-authorization systems, indicating hands-on technical contribution to payment system designs. justia
Public-facing industry evangelist on IoT and smart-venue payment experiences: He has represented Visa and other organizations at events (CES, parliamentary and industry forums) speaking about IoT-enabled payments, smart venues and cashless-city concepts. ces+2
Focused on building practical products for SMBs and platforms: In his most recent role at Aurora Payments, Avin is positioned to lead product innovation aimed at simplifying payments and operations for small and midsize businesses through cloud-native platforms and embedded APIs. risewithaurora+1
Work
Education
Projects
Writing
Systems and methods for streamlined checkout (patent)
Patent filings related to streamlined/ flexible checkout and digital payment mechanisms.
Systems and methods for incentivizing the use of a payment mechanism (patent application)
Patent application covering incentive mechanisms tied to payment usage.