Aadhaar’s Potential for Financial Inclusion
We should care deeply that millions of Indians are still turning to expensive informal financial services in the face of seasonal and volatile incomes, despite years of trying to…
Leveraging Fintech for Risk-based Pricing & Personalisation
Much of the focus of fintech vis-Ã -vis financial inclusion has been on payments and the ability to transfer money with relative ease using a mobile phone and an…
The Innovative Finance Revolution
Foreign Affairs magazine in association with The Rockefeller Foundation has published a special issue titled “The Innovative Finance Revolution”.
NBFCs’ Collection Efficiency Takes a Hit Post Demonetisation
Non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) represent an important linkage between the formal banking sector and informal segments of the real economy in India (wage labourers, smallholder farmers, unorganised retail, and…
In the Eye of a Cyclone
Even as the city of Chennai was grappling with the after-effects of the devastating floods of December 2015, exactly a year later, Cyclone Vardah unleashed its fury, leaving behind…
Financial Inclusion: Indian Women Have Something to Bank On
For the first time, the majority of Indian women have been financially included. Fresh data show that the proportion of Indian women with individual accounts in formal financial institutions…
IFMR Capital: The Money Conductors
The latest edition of the Forbes India magazine features a cover story on IFMR Capital. The story traces the origins of IFMR Capital, its evolution over the years and…
The Power of Frustration
In a recent report by Wharton Social Impact Initiative & Knowledge@Wharton on Innovative Finance and the various forms it has taken, the report highlights among others, the multi-originator securitization…
In Rural Financial Services One Size Does Not Fit All
In a recent interview with The Hindu Business Line, Sucharita Mukherjee, CEO, IFMR Holdings, talks about our wealth management approach and why is it at the heart of our…
Reaching the Last Mile in Financial Services Delivery
As part of Business Today Magazine’s 25th Anniversary issue, Bindu Ananth has written an article in the latest edition of the magazine.