The Indian Fintech market is currently the world’s third-largest Fintech ecosystem, behind only the United States and China. India has 6,636 Fintech startups, making it one of the fastest-growing Fintech markets. The Indian Fintech business was worth $31 billion (INR 3100 crore) in 2021 and is expected to be $150 billion (INR 15000 crore) by […]
Lender’s Guide to FAQs About Fake Documents & Answers
Lenders often seek bank statements to verify prospective customers’ income, cash flow, or assets for loan disbursement. Unfortunately, PDF versions of bank statements can be tampered with or even entirely fabricated. For instance, a Google search on ‘make a fake statement’ will open up dozens of websites that create a wholly fabricated bank statement with […]
Beware of the Fraudsters: How to Detect Document and Identity Fraud
In a world of biometrics, smart cards and digital security, is identity theft a setback? Lost passport, Online Shopping Fraud, Debit Card Theft, sound familiar, doesn’t it? With the onset of the digital paradigm, is technology holding us back or taking us forward? This is a question that has left all of us bewildered, for […]
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 […]
Why Automate and Digitise Credit Risk Management?
Some of the most pressing factors to an urgent need to digitise credit risk management are competition from digitally strong, emerging fintech firms, highly volatile market conditions and cyber security threats that can lead to data privacy issues. The pace of technological disruption has never been stronger than now, and organisations need to ramp up […]
Critical Steps to Ace Your Bank’s Cloud Transformation
Ever since banking has gone digital, security risks have drastically multiplied. As a result, banks need to opt for high-end & secure data storage units that reduce the chances of malicious attacks and enable quick recovery. These factors (among others) have led many banks to opt for cloud computing and storage in recent years. As […]