A big year for Fintech – or should I say Fintech-led disruption? Experts predicted Fintech to scale in 2019, and they weren’t wrong – innovation-led banking, bypassing legacy banks, new entrants like Neo Banks taking a plunge reducing friction to serve Banking for one and all. Initiatives like PSD2 and Sahamati shaping up and being...Read More
The post first appeared on linkedin. To get more such insights, please connect with me here. What is the longest distance you traveled to avail a service? Okay, I am not talking about marathons! But while you are reading this on your smart device waiting for a booked cab or live cricket score, pause as […]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
When was the last time you stepped into a brick and mortar bank branch for financial transactions? It sure has become a rarity for many of us, maybe even unheard of for most millennials. Most banking operations are just a click away today. Welcome to Digital Banking! As advanced as it may seem now, banking...Read More
Digital Banking is all about the transformation, where the consumer rather than the technology, is in the driver’s seat, and this MATTERS. It’s about digital money deposits, withdrawals and transfer of money from one account to another. It’s also about Account Management to loan management to paying all your bills digitally. Digital Banking essentially entails...Read More
Financial Inclusion helps lift people out of poverty and can help speed economic development. It can draw more women into the mainstream of economic activity, harnessing their contributions to society. – Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Indonesian economist, Minister of Finance of Indonesia since 2016 Economic growth of a country depends on factors like national income, per...Read More
The growing demand for cloud computing and need for uninterrupted banking and payments services have forced the financial institutions to look at innovative solutions. Consequently, data-driven approach has become the key to business growth. More and more businesses are engaging in data mining and hence, it is important for technology providers to offer solutions that...Read More
Any new technology or innovation always opens up the debate about the relevance of such models in the first place. When it comes to the Open Banking APIs (Application Programming Interfaces), the newest offering of FinTech, there are ongoing discussions on how it can bring about a revolutionary banking experience which is beneficial to the end users. The basic...Read More
Banking, as a domain, has always been a competitive one. To keep up with the pace of the dynamic nature of this sector, banks & financial institutions are gradually making the shift to experiment with newer technologies, like Open Banking and innovative concepts like FinTech, designed specifically for the banking sector. The basic idea behind...Read More