The conundrum of short-term savings
Insights and field experiences from Dvara Money.
Why Small Firms Stay Small?
In India across various industrial and trading clusters, small scale manufacturers and traders use manufacturing methods aided by simple tools and technology, basic machines (usually old-reused machines which have…
Privacy on the Line: What do Indians think about privacy & data protection?
We met Sulekha in a village in Uttarakhand. She was talking about the information she considered most important to her: her ration card, Aadhaar card, NREGA job card and…
Conversations with the newly banked in Indian cities
Initially, Kanhaiya was wary of speaking to us. He was clutching his wallet tightly and declared upfront that he would not be showing us his ATM card.
Pudhuaaru KGFS Turns 9 – The Journey of the First Branch
June 1st marks the 9th anniversary of KGFS since it first began its operations in the Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu. From opening its first branch in the Karambayam…
From Looking to Seeing
I met today with the promoter and CEO of one of our newer Small Business Loan Originators and visited some of their end borrowers in Bombay.
From the hills of Uttarakhand
I am writing from Thatyur village in Theri district, Jaunour block – about 3.5 hours north of Dehradun in Uttarakhand, India.
Pudhuaaru KGFS Turns 7 – The journey so far
On June 1st, 2008, the journey of KGFS began with the inauguration of the first branch of Pudhuaaru KGFS in Karambayam village of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu. From its…
Insights from a Deep dive exercise in Sahastradhara KGFS, Uttarakhand
Sahastradhara KGFS started its operations in the year 2008 with a mission “to maximise the financial wellbeing of every individual and every enterprise by providing complete financial services in…