In the year 2006, when I was in Pune, many Israelis were staying within our locality. Apart from the country name and a possibility of locating it on the world map, I hardly knew anything about Israel. So when I was offered this post, I never thought it would be an eye-opener to me, on...Read More
Mastercard, in their recent report “The Cashless Journey,” stated that UAE economy is among the most rapidly growing as a cashless based society. VISA another leader in digital payments surveyed retailers found that 63% of the retailers claimed foot traffic increasing and 68% increase in revenue with the acceptance of digital payments. The survey also...Read More
The post first appeared on linkedin. To get more such insights, please connect with me here. I often get this question – How different is a Neo Bank from a traditional bank? I love to quote : Neo Banks are “INCH wide and a MILE deep” platforms for users addressing their day to day decision making and banking integrated. Neo...Read More
First, it was customers pushing banks to adapt to the digital wave, and now non-bank enterprises growing as competitors are pushing traditional banks to become digital enterprises. And why not – when data shows retail banks that digitize could achieve a 20% increase in revenues and a decline in expenditures by 30%. On the other hand, for...Read More
Data the new Oil has been under scrutiny these days. When Microsoft bought LinkedIn or when Facebook acquired Whatsapp, the speculation was that they were eyeing the data these acquired company have gained in recent years. Then recently I saw a video floating on WhatsApp [authentic or not no clue], but it claimed that every...Read More
I wonder if “Right to go digital” should be included as the seventh fundamental right in India. What do you say? Be it a shop, a salon,or cobbler everyone is aspiring to register its digital presence. And why not when “money” can move digitally,even individuals, organizations,and most importantly banks need to sail via a digital...Read More
The year 2012 was a bit frustrating for Olympic tourist in London as VISA was the only card to be accepted. Banks in the US who have offered Mastercard to their customer were under pressure to issue new VISA cards to engage their loyal customer and earn revenue from international payments. For a developed nation […]Read More
Just few days more and we would finish the first quarter of 2019, the year of technology, data, and innovation. So, for a while lets pause and think about the Digital you? When one of my friends told me – you are a digital person, I shrugged my shoulders NAAH! I still withdraw cash from […]Read More
Lakshmi Thampi the lady leading the marketing team at Teknospire remember her days of struggle, post maternity when she had an urge to resume her career, but her motherly instincts insisted her to stay at home. She was keen to ‘work’ day n night to meet the deadlines, but the idea of leaving her baby...Read More
In the age of online funds transfer and automation, what could be out of the box thinking of a fintech application? A flying drone delivering money in a rural area? Or your own car recommending you about the best car insurance? Well, the above cases may still be a dream, but some of the great...Read More
