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

• Read Time : 12 mins
• 3 Comments

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

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

• Read Time : 3 mins

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

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

• Read Time : 3 mins

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

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
• 1 Comment

• Tags
• digital banking
• digital transactions
• artificial intelligence
• robotic process automation
• chatbots
• Indian banking
• fintech
• WhatsApp

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.

• Read Time : 4 mins

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