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Fintechs getting indispensable

While newspapers today have regular columns on startups, what is really making waves is the fintech startups that strive to change the way we handle our financial transactions. They are evolving and trending and they are here to stay:

Alternate Channel Usage Rises 68% at Indian Bank

The Bank Sees 4-fold Increase in Mobile Banking Transactions

Top in Innovation, Switzerland Sees Maturing of Fintechs

Switzerland’s Fintechs Are Mostly in Cryptocurrency and Blockchain and Investment Management:

Open Banking Revolution Ahead

While Open Banking is Creating a Buzz in Europe and Several Countries, Bankers in India Are Curious to Know the Progress and the Prospects. Banking Frontiers Spoke to a Few Banking Technocrats and Discovered a Promising Scenario:

HFCs Scout for People and Technology to Manage Risk

MDs and CROs of Housing Finance Companies Discuss Current Trends in Risk Management:

Home Loans Come Easy for Kiwis

New Zealand Has an Organized Mortgage Loan Structure:

P2P lending comes of age in India

P2P lending is gaining a major foothold in India. Four major operators discuss the prospects and how technology is the distinguishing factor in the operations:

Surat DCCB Aims Paperless Banking, CBS Driven PACS By 2020-21

Nareshbhai Patel, chairman, gives insights in the overall development of the Surat DCCB:

Tips Can Do Global Payment Settlements In Real Time

The European Central Bank’s new platform is expected to transform the payment settlement domain:

The Fintech Way Of Reshaping Financial Services Of Future

A peek into the 3-day extravaganza of the fintech world:

Challengers' Strategies 2019 - Who, What & How

CEOs of the 15 new BFSI organizations (Challengers) opened their hearts and minds for our cover story on the road ahead:

Empowering Employees To Deliver Enriched CX

Banking Frontiers in association with Aspect & CS Infocomm, organized a roundtable, in which experts from the BFSI industry shared their perspectives on enhancing the customer experience journey. Highlights:

Serverless Organization, Onboarding In 15 Minutes

Byju Joseph, CTO, Future Generali India Life Insurance, outlines the digital direction of the company:

Sandboxes Empowering Fintechs In Malaysia

The country is laying a strong foundation for the fintechs to flourish.

NBFCs Take Bold Steps Towards AI & Chatbots

Find rapid trials by customers:

Fund-Raising For NBFCs: An Onerous Task

NBFCs meet their funding requirements from a variety of sources but there are complexities. Ramesh Iyer, MD & CEO, Mahindra Finance, and V. Lakshmi Narasimha, ED, Shriram City Union Finance, explain the modalities:

New Legislations Give Better Options For ARCs

Rajesh Begur, managing partner, ARA LAW, discusses how asset reconstruction companies are now better poised to handle the stressed assets:

IDBI Bank Turns Sharply Towards Retail Lending

Retail push banks on auto loans, personal loans & LAP:

ADB: India needs $230 bn Infra Investment Annually

Should raise investment from 0.5% of GDP to 2-3%

Infrastructure Freedom Seeks

Banking Frontiers organized an unconference to discuss the future of IT infrastructure and cloud, with Nutanix as knowledge partner. 

Card Issuance Strategies 2018

With Matica as knowledge partner, Banking Frontiers organized an unconference where panelists from various banks shared their perspectives about cards business in India. 

'I Don't Take One Step, But I Actually Go On A Journey'

Gary Norcross, chairman, president and CEO, FIS Global, is not new to India. He has been coming here since 2007 and he is absolutely amazed how India has been changing with every trip of his. He dwells on the transformation and the journey:

Japan Sees Restrained Fintech Activities

Japan, despite its growth trajectory in various fields, is doing a catch-up game in fintechs:

DCCBs On Digitization Spree

While DCCBs play a crucial role in providing funding in rural areas, they appear to be lacking in adopting digitization. A study of DCCBs, which have introduced technology-based products and services:

Federal Bank To Leverage Behavioral Biometrics, IoT, Blockchain, ML & NLP To Reshape Banking

Digital transformation at the bank has been highly fulfilling.

The Fintech-Techfin Combination

Fintechs and techfins are challenging traditional banks and the evolving ecosystem is bound to be disruptive:

UK Has 11.1 Million Mortgages

Mortgage loans are popular route for a Britisher to have his own place of residence:

Financial Loyalty And The Evolving Customer Experience

The first generation to grow up with the internet is now well into their 30’s.

Jordan Slowly Building A Fintech Ecosystem

Wants to get rid of its cash-based system:

Karnataka Bank's Total Business Crosses ₹1 Trillion

The bank targets advances of ₹570 billion for 2018-19: