Obopay elevates Deepak Chandnani as President

MUMBAI, INDIA: Obopay, a provider of mobile banking and payment services, today announced the appointment of Deepak Chandnani as president of Obopay, Inc.

In this new role, Chandnani would lead global operations for Obopay across all markets and geographies and continue to report to Carol Realini, Obopay’s founder and CEO, said a press release.

Chandnani would be based out of Obopay’s Corporate Office in Mumbai, India, while Realini will be based out of Obopay’s Corporate Office in Redwood City, CA.

Chandnani initially joined Obopay in November of 2008 with responsibility for operations in India, Africa and Asia. Last year, he also assumed oversight for the company’s global Sales, Marketing and Business Development activities.

Throughout his tenure at Obopay, Chandnani has successfully led the Obopay team in the development of new partnerships, and the launch and operation of services in new markets which now span three continents, North America, Asia and Africa.

“Chandnani’s broad and diverse background compliments his general management experiences and makes him uniquely qualified for his new role. I am pleased that Obopay has someone of his caliber in this leadership position,” said Realini.

He added that as Chandnani assumes this new role, they are looking at a dynamic future as we process transactions on three continents, and continue to position ourselves to take advantage of the appetite of consumers for mobile money solutions.

Prior to joining Obopay, Chandnani was the CEO of Wire and Wireless in India and before that served as the managing director for NCR in India.

“Obopay is the global leader in the mobile payments space with a robust platform, strengthened by its focus on developing successful partnerships and on meeting consumer needs and expectations.” said Chandnani.

"I look forward to meeting the exciting task of building on Obopay’s market leadership through accelerated growth worldwide, working with an excellent team to take advantage of the huge opportunity in the mobile payments space and meeting the needs of our partners and customers.”