While 2020 was marked with uncertainties for all the industries, 2021 was geared towards businesses adjusting their strategies for a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic. Digitisation of user experience, for instance, was at the heart of the pandemic-era innovation. The pandemic-led lockdowns urged people to adopt digital ways of performing routine transactions. As a result, “95% of transactions […]
The Rise of Co-Lending and How it Can Ease Credit Availability
Businesses need substantial working capital to maintain their cash flow, ensure smooth functioning, and boost profitability. With time, many small lenders have made a tremendous impact by availing credit to businesses in sectors such as small and medium enterprises (SMEs), agriculture and education. This has also led to difficulty in getting capital for non-banks to […]
Problems of Microfinance in India and the Way Ahead
Poverty is a significant economic problem in the majority of the developing world. In most rural areas of India, agriculture is the principal source of revenue. Agriculture employed 42.6% of India’s workforce in 2019. However, the rural community has been largely cut off from official financial institutions, resulting in poor performance Microfinance raises household income […]
The Coming of Age of Fintech-as-a-Service (FaaS)
With Fintech, the financial sector has rapidly adapted to the changing technology landscape. Fintech has enabled financial institutions and banks to provide personalised digital services. This increasingly popular solution is known as Fintech-as-a-Service (FaaS). FaaS provides a complete stack of payments, commerce, and financial services capacities integrated into any application – web or app. This article […]
Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) Misconceptions Businesses Should Discard
Buy-now, pay-later (BNPL) services have grown in popularity in recent years, and amid the Covid-19 pandemic, it has witnessed a significant spike in customer growth. According to estimates, the global BNPL industry is expected to grow by 10-15 times, exceeding $1 trillion in the annual gross volume of goods. Millennials are now 37% less likely […]
How Can Embedded Finance Transform India’s Healthcare System?
Roughly 75%of the Indian population remains without any form of health insurance to date. On the other hand, those who have health insurance are practically in it to save taxes but are unaware of the terms and conditions of their policies. The majority of Indians still depend on their hard-earned savings or even borrowings for […]