Creating a strong business and building a better world are not conflicting goals – they are both essential ingredients for long-term success”. – William Clay Ford Jr., Executive Chairman, Ford Motor Company. With corporations becoming more responsible towards the society, this concept has evolved into what we today know as Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). CSR has...Read More

Payment Banks is the concluding part of the series. As a prelude, may I suggest, to read part one of this series, ‘How wallet helps in Last Mile Banking’. There has been a surge in the number of digital wallet service providers which have started offering their own Payment banks. It is the right pursuit for...Read More

Sometimes you need to look at things….from another point of view. This is exactly what you need to do when you have to decide between Fintech and TechFin as there is a very thin line which differentiates them from each other. It’s your pick between the innovator v/s the reigning. While, the Innovator is ‘Taking...Read More

Could adequate governance enhance access to financial services? While the short answer is yes, the long-form answer is the review of standards, processes, and act of governance, that could bring in a more profound level of financial inclusion.  We all know how growth and financial inclusion are directly proportional to each other, specifically in emerging...Read More

The buzz around fintech has gained substantial attention of traditional financial institutions, startups, venture capitalists and regulators. Banks and regulators are hard-pressed to revisit their operating model and policies respectively to create a conducive environment of collaboration and dynamism amidst the participants in the fintech ecosystem. – FinTech in India, A Global Growth story by...Read More

The financial services industry has entered 2018 with a focus on digitizing services to better meet customers’ needs. But do the banks understand that previously inefficient, paper-based processes and messy ‘not so friendly’ user interfaces are no longer going to be good enough in today’s technologically advanced environment? Banks are needed to connect digitally to...Read More