Banking Frontiers - January 2025

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As we usher in the new year, Banking Frontiers brings you an exclusive cover story revisiting the powerful panel sessions from the 18th NCBS & FCBA Conclave. Relive the conversations that shaped the "Reinforcing Brand Cooperative" theme and explore invaluable insights from industry trailblazers.

But there’s so much more in store for you! Explore these game-changing articles in our latest issue:

- Migrating to canada: Start with Beacon
- Riding into 2025 on personalization, self-service & AI
- 5 Solutions for Financing Sustainable Agriculture
- Future of Cybersecurity: Balancing AI & Human Expertise
- Watch Out—People Track: Find out who is making big moves and rising to new heights in the industry.

Tsunamis Incoming

The year 2024 was a year of tsunamis. The Middle East captured headlines as war and conflict rose to a scale never seen before. The war in Europe goes on and on, showed no signs of abating.

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Migrating to Canada: Start with Beacon

Aditya Mhatre, Co-founder & CPTO of Beacon, shares how they are transforming the immigrant experience in Canada with innovative financial solutions:

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Holistic Thinking, Collaborative Transformation

Ramanan SV, CEO - India & South Asia, Intellect Design Arena, demystifies Design Thinking from multiple perspectives such as creativity, agility, employees, partners, software, etc:

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Products, Partnerships & Milestones

Mary Ellen Iskenderian, President & CEO, Tom Jones, EVP & COO, Women's World Banking explain various factors that make financial products meaningful to women:

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Riding into 2025 on Personalization, Self-Service & AI

Sujit K Shakya is looking at increasing the use of AI in various services such as credit underwriting and credit monitoring

7 mins

Federal Bank Boosts its Commercial Rooftop Solar Financing for MSMEs in association with Ecofy

Federal Bank, one of India's leading private sector Bank has announced a partnership with Ecofy, India's first greenonly NBFC, backed by Eversource Capital, to offer innovative financing solutions for MSMEs investing in commercial rooftop solar installations.

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Securities Sandbox - a first from UK regulators

The Digital Securities Sandbox, set up by Bank of England and Financial Conduct Authority of the UK, can be a gamechanger in the securities market domain:

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Thriving on Technology & Talent

Girish Kousgi, MD & CEO, PNB Housing Finance and Kalpesh Dave, CEO, Star Housing Finance reveal achievements in growth, expansion, funding, digitization and talent:

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5 solutions for financing sustainable agriculture

Sustainable agricultural practices may not be possible without accessible, affordable financing, says RBI Deputy Governor:

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LenDenClub: Innovation Navigates, Tech Accelerates

Bhavin Patel is skillfully leading LenDenClub to tap the growing credit opportunities across India and Bharat:

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India fintech sector sees substantial growth

The fintech sector of India has seen Subftantia en 3 of 2024, securing US$778 million in funding - a 66% increase compared to Q3 2023 (US$471 million) and a 165% surge from Q2 2024.

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Marching hand-in-hand: Innovation & Automation

In the January 2024 issue of Banking Frontiers, Gyanendra Singh, CTO of Aviva India, had shared about how the company excels at RPA through governancebased implementation and pragmatic vendor selection. He shares more initiatives since then:

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India Insurance: Review 2024, Outlook 2025

The insurance sector in India underwent substantial changes in 2024 as a result of comprehensive regulatory changes. These initiatives are laying the foundation for a cleaner, more transparent industry with affordable products that ultimately benefit the end policyholders.

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IoT & Chatbots - a rich data trove

Aditya Mall, Appointed Actuary at Future Generali India Life Insurance reveals new opportunities in insurance and the enablers:

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AI for underwriting, personalization, claims & more

Sunil Jain, Chief Digital Technology Officer, Pramerica Life Insurance:

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Magma HDI & Mahindra Finance collaborate to expand insurance access nationwide

Mahindra Finance, a leading player in India's non-banking financial services sector, has forged a strategic partnership with Magma HDI General Insurance Company to deliver customized general insurance solutions to its extensive customer base.

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Banking Frontiers is a monthly B2B magazine that covers the activities of the finance sector in India. It covers their activities in the areas of Technology, Security, HR, Marketing, Growth, Expansion, Risk Management, Compliance, Tie-ups, etc.The Banking, Financial Services and Insurance, or BFSI, sector is today the most happening sector - be it the excitement of challenging business models, or products and services or mergers and acquisitions or pure organic growth or the response to globalization.