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

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

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

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

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

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• artificial intelligence
• WhatsApp
• digital banking
• Indian banking
• robotic process automation
• fintech
• digital transactions
• 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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• Tags
• ICICI Bank
• Disruption
• FreeCharge
• PhonePe
• unified payments interface
• Mobikwik
• Banking
• Fintech
• #AadhaarEffect
• State Bank of India
• Paytm