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

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

• Read Time : 3 mins

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

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

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

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

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