How cheap bandwidth and smartphones together with micropayents will affect tectonic shifts in telecom, TV and Bollywood, retail, banking and more

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• Walmart
• blended commerce
• Amazon
• Privacy
• food tech
• fintech
• Amazon Prime
• India Stack
• user-generated regional content
• eCommerce
• DTH
• Digital disruption
• Airtel
• Aadhaar
• Flipkart
• gaming
• Vodafone
• banking
• Netflix
• data protection
• Jio
• video streaming
• Chinese smartphones

This Week: How politicians think, resurgence of liberal arts in a tech-driven world, tech disruptions in banking and more

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• Scott Hartley
• politics
• Linda Hill
• Aswath Damodaran
• cashless society
• Jane McConnell
• Fintech
• Half Lion
• innovation
• Collective Genius
• liberal arts
• PV Narasimha Rao

This Week: UPI and fintech—a historical perspective, business storytelling, monetizing innovation, essentialism and more

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• essentialism
• unified payments interface
• innovation
• Artificial Intelligence
• Product design
• Fintech
• Indian banking

The dawn of IT in Indian banking from the 1950s to the 1980s teaches important lessons that are valid in today’s context

• Read Time : 10 mins
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• robotic process automation
• digital transactions
• digital banking
• WhatsApp
• artificial intelligence
• fintech
• Indian banking
• chatbots

Traditional banks have embraced UPI and have the added advantage of an existing customer base. So, why are they worried about startups? In one word, unbundling.

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• Paytm
• FreeCharge
• PhonePe
• unified payments interface
• Disruption
• #AadhaarEffect
• State Bank of India
• Fintech
• Banking
• Mobikwik
• ICICI Bank