Banks of all sectors have been slow to innovate and adapt to technological changes. This has been primarily due to their extensive infrastructure that can make the adoption of new tech a logistical nightmare. Also, due to lack of competition and their monopoly, banks are in no hurry to innovate. However, the financial sector is […]
Account Aggregators: Putting the Consumer First
To jumpstart economic growth in the post-pandemic environment, simplifying access to business loans for SMEs is a critical first step. The truth is India still lags behind the global average when it comes to loan origination and disbursal. According to a report by TransUnion CIBIL and SIDBI, the average turnaround time for a business loan […]
Fintech and Cybersecurity: How to Manage Risks in this New Financial Era
Fintechs have garnered attention in all industries including banking and capital markets, asset and wealth management, insurance, funds transfer and payments. The lending and payments sectors are expected to witness a high level of disruption with the emergence of online platforms that enable the entire lending or borrowing process, peer to peer personal loans and […]
Is Biometrics the Key to Future Proof Customer Identity Management?
Biometrics is slowly becoming an integral part of our daily lives with the advent of fingerprint-sensitive smartphones and laptops and is spreading to other places we hardly considered before. The primary aim of biometrics is to identify an individual in a 100% accurate way that cannot be stolen or compromised. While fingerprint biometrics is widespread, […]
Can Account Aggregators Lead to a Customer-First Approach in Lending?
Loan, insurance, etc. require a customer to share their financial information (FI) with an organisation. Typically, they do so by printing the documents and submitting the hard copies. The method betrays the very sensitivity of the information and is time-intensive. Another technique is screen scraping. In screen scraping, the customer shares their user-id and passwords […]
Lending Management in the Mobile First World
As we move from the era of mobile-friendly to the age of mobile-first markets, businesses ought to prepare for the transformation. More salient is the fact that we, as users, are all sworn into the convenience that mobile experiences promise. The fact that mobile traffic has outpaced the desktop traffic in the business world bears […]