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

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

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

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• Artificial Intelligence
• innovation
• Fintech
• essentialism
• Product design
• unified payments interface
• 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
• 1 Comment

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

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