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3D Economy Data, Digital & Disruption

Banking Frontiers, in association with Snowflake, organized a web panel discussion by experts on the transformative role of data.

Insurtech - the way forward

Technology experts from the insurance industry discuss association and collaboration with insurtech companies at Technoviti 2020:

Microfinance Industry - Insights & Trends

Leading microfinance experts discuss the current scenario of micro-lending business in India in a web panel discussion.

PSU Banking 2.0: Merge & Surge

In the second in a series of web panel discussions organized by Banking Frontiers on the themes of amalgamation and lockdown, senior executives of public sector banks share new insights.

Equity Broking Transformation in India

Digital brokers like Zerodha, Upstox and 5 Paisa are gaining exponential market share at the expense of the full-service legacy brokers, focusing on millennials who have a larger risk appetite than traditional investors.

Gayatri Bank to adopt BCs, AePS, UPI, Video KYC

Capex drives growth and modernization:

DEFINING A MARKETING GENIUS

Banking Frontiers asked 10 BFSI CMOs about their definition of marketing genius. And their views are featured here, dividing them into four parts - (i) definition, (ii) importance of awards & media coverage, (iii) educational background required to be a good marketer, (iv) common marketing errors:

Changing Landscape of Mortgages Industry

Migrant homecoming is revving up native town economies:

Heath ID: The Next Digital Frontier

Security and privacy are built into the design and development of the APIs:

Mobile App For Agri Recoveries

Bank of Baroda’s digital platform ‘Baroda Kisan’ caters to numerous requirements of farmers and also provide crop related inputs:

7 Steps To Secure Video Conferences

Video conferencing tools like Zoom, WebEx, Microsoft Teams and Hangouts can make communication easy and simple. Secure virtual workplaces are the future of work and banks will have to evaluate the same in future.

CIOs & CTOs: NEW AVATARS

The roles and responsibilities of CIOs & CTOs have transformed dramatically. From a life of pure technology focus spent in airconditioned rooms, they now inhabit a hyper-complex landscape comprising business, risk, compliance, security, collaboration, business continuity, WFH and much more. Banking Frontiers presents their new avatar in this 7-part cover story:

SME Health Diagnosis & Cure

The Telangana Industrial Health Clinic restores sick MSMEs to prime of health:

Nabil Bank's Mantra: Survive, Revive and Grow

The bank has accelerated its digital transformation with new products, new technologies and sops for attracting customers:

DBS India offers real-time payments to truck owners

Divyesh Dalal, Head - Global Transaction Services at DBS India, speaks about the recent trends in transaction banking business after the easing of the lockdown:

CISOs believe banned apps posed real security threats

The banned apps could have been used for surreptitious activities:

Social CRM makes the bank smarter

Kalyan Janata Sahakari Bank also leverages social media to reach potential customers and retain them:

Empowering and Aligning Agents

Finway FSC is empowering financial expansion with its unique business model embedded in a scalable and secure digital ecosystem:

Pandemic Is Providing Opportunities For Insurers

While covid can unsettle the traditional, it affords chances for the insurance companies to be innovative:

What Blocks The Blockchain Growth? Where Is The Innovation Needed?

Experts discuss the current scenario & future scope of blockchain in BFSI at Technoviti 2020. Edited excerpts:

Diet And Food Habits Turn Upside Down

Some senior industry veterans recount how covid and lockdown have changed food habits and diet preferences, and also the relationship with the kitchen:

WFH and security of data on cloud

Hitherto, WFH, or work from home, was confined to a small percentage of employees working remotely, but the pandemic has turned this upside down.

Widening Digital Footprint, Deepening Customer Engagement

Gujarat’s apex cooperative bank is extensively creating awareness among customers of DCCBs and UCBs about digital alternatives:

The Dutch have some hesitation

While the Netherlands adopted PSD2 readying for introducing open banking, there appears to be some reservations among the general public:

GRO+ App: Loan decision within 60 minutes

Anuj Pandey, COO, U GRO Capital, explains how a solid digital strategy helped the company serve the MSME sector in a better manner:

From SECURITY to TRUST

Just having strong security systems is not enough. Such systems should also create a strong trust among the users:

Consumers like their data being used to improve CX

A recent study has brought out an interesting revelation about Indian consumers’ attitudes towards data and its usage to enhance the customer experience. The study, done by leading credit information bureau Experian, which brought out the findings as the ‘Experian 2020 Global Identity & Fraud Report’, finds that consumers, in general, understand the value of information and that 69% of Indian consumers like the changes being made to the customer experience as a result of their data being used.

Bank of Maharashtra aims for 19% agri credit growth

Banks on e-Meets digitalized land records and post COVID schemes:

A Covid-Proof Leadership Strategy

Covid-19 has come as the blackest of all swans, unleashing a human and economic tragedy beyond all expectations. In such turbulent times, what sort of captain is leading the crew of the ship IDBI Federal Life Insurance.... Banking Frontiers finds out.:

South Africa banks in blockchain experiment

South Africa is just beginning to understand how blockchain can bring major changes in its financial system: