Financial startups! One of the buzzing sectors among a variety of startups. Today every form of financial engagement comes with some or other pain point for both customers and lenders. Hence, we see several innovative solutions in the market that address these issues and make the entire process more seamless. What’s more? Consumers prefer their […]
Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) is quickly changing the way consumers shop and pay for their purchases. BNPL allows shoppers to make a purchase but pay for it at a later given date or to divide their payments into a few or several instalments. BNPL is gaining popularity in India and around the world, especially […]
Every loan process or audit of financial transactions—no matter if it is an individual loan or a commercial loan—starts with a bank statement. For instance, a bank statement could disclose information crucial in approving or validating a loan. What’s more? There’s a lot. How useful is financial statement analysis for banks? Let’s check that. What […]
Data and AI Lead at Microsoft, Canada, Ozge Yeloglu, famously said: “Big data may be cheap to collect, but it’s expensive if you don’t know what you want to get out of it.” The financial or digital lending industry is arguably one of the biggest consumers and creators of this big data—bank statements, PAN, financial […]
Today, our lives are dominated by technology, and the pandemic has pushed businesses further towards digitisation. Consequently, the finance industry has experienced a great deal of digital innovation. A notable example is the trend of using electronic transactions instead of traditional billing. e-invoicing is the next reasonable step taken by the government after the widely […]
In India, open banking has progressed significantly in recent years, and 2021 can be regarded as the year of open banking. Government actions, the launch of scalable Open Banking initiatives by banks, respectable traction by various neobanks, and investment and scaleup of multiple Banking-as-a-Service platforms have all contributed to this movement. With the rise of […]
So let’s get straight to it: digital lending is the future. However, as per Experian’s take on digital loan conversions, 97% of applicants abandon the digital lending process, leaving a teeny-tiny 3% conversion rate. While digital loans have a fantastic appeal of convenience that people love, this appeal doesn’t guarantee conversion. Fortunately, we have the […]
Covid-19 has ushered in a paradigm shift in India’s digital payments landscape, unleashing a slew of new sub-industries, including Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL). In India, consumer and retail business adoptions are at an all-time high, indicating that eCommerce is gaining traction. Due to improved Internet penetration, increased knowledge of eCommerce, and the introduction of […]
The Indian government has been pushing the idea of a cashless economy for a decade. A cashless economy, its proponents insist, would herald India’s arrival on the global stage as a technologically savvy and advanced economy. While India has made strides towards cashless, the benefits have only reached a minor privileged section of the nation’s […]
In the Union Budget for 2022-23, Finance Minister Ms Nirmala Sitharaman talked about the virtual currency space. She also mentioned the creation of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), or the digital rupee, in the financial year 2022-23, in addition to announcing a flat 30% tax on profits from virtual currencies. Income from the transfer […]
