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A new trinity in digital lending space

Three platforms in the lending space are poised to change the way lenders offer credit and borrowers access funds in India:

Finance gears up for festivities

BFSI companies are charging their online and omnichannel strategies with personalized festive deals this season:

Small MFI, International Engagements

Mitrata Inclusive Financial Services in the midst of transformation growth

MFIs: Big Impact Big Changes,

Even as MFIs are fueling economic growth for the underprivileged, what is interesting is that they are transforming themselves in areas like HR, technology, funding, leadership, collections, and more. Banking Frontiers presents the initiatives and initiatives at 9 such organizations:

Climate Risk Forum for CROS

Excerpts from a discussion on shaping the future of climate change resilience in India:

Seamless Supply Chain Finance

Deep insights emerge from this fireside chat at NBFC's Tomorrow Conclave.

Star Health sees strong demand from the IT sector

Biju Menon, Chief Business Officer at Star Health Insurance, looks at the evolution of employee health insurance from multiple perspectives:

A wave that derisks liquidity

Amit Gupta, Group CFO at Arka Fincap explains how the wave of data and Al/ ML aids liquidity risk management:

Empathy & Technology connect with customers

Two top officials from Shriram General Magma HDI share insights on motor insurance expansion through advanced technology strategic partnerships:

Be Vigilant about Supplier and Systemic Risks

Technology is the most powerful business tool but also the biggest source of risk. Anis Pathan, CRO at Chaitanya India Fin Credit delves deep into various risk associated with technologies, vendors and in-house development:

SEBI delicenses 39 stockbrokers, 7 commodity brokers & 22 DPs

Finding faults in meeting regulatory requirements, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has cancelled the registration of 39 stockbrokers, 7 commodity brokers and 22 depository participants (DPS).

Tide's Formula: Less Pain, More Gain

Who are Tide India’s target customers, what is it offering them, what is its progress and what are its plans? Kumar Shekhar, Deputy Country Manager, Tide India reveals the answers:

AI in Finance - Bot, Bank & Beyond

Excerpts from a research report by Citi:

Swedbank leverages data to the hilt

Sweden's Swedbank takes innovation to a different level by collaborating with other competing banks:

Digitization is for customer satisfaction, says Argenta Bank

Belgium's Argenta Bank has designed its digitization efforts to enhance customer experience:

Speed, Safety, Compliance

Brijesh Samantaray, Co-founder, Propelld shares the current trends in the education loans how the company is leveraging technology:

Unique methods in fraud perpetration

When we look at some of the very serious frauds that had taken place in the financial realm, it is evident that the perpetrators are somewhat ingenious:

NBFCs: Elevating Organizational IQ

What is more important than hiring smart people is raising organizational IQ. This topic was discussed in depth in a panel discussion at NBFC's Tomorrow conclave organized by Banking Frontiers. Edited excerpts:

Trustful Transformation

Transformation is no longer only about growth & efficiency. It involves aspects like compliance, security and explainability that are impacting NBFCs. These issues are explored in this panel at NBFC's Tomorrow:

CEO Panel: Connecting Traditional Wisdom with Modern Intelligence

Banking Frontiers organized its annual NBFC Conclave titled NBFC's Tomorrow in August 2024 at Mumbai. Highlights of the first panel discussion:

NBFCs EXPERIENTIAL EVOLUTION, TRUSTWORTHY TRANSFORMATION

Banking Frontiers organized NBFC's Tomorrow, its annual NBFC Conclave, in Mumbai on August 21. The program comprised panel discussions on 5 upcoming opportunities for the NBFC sector, along with presentations, fireside chats and a keynote address. Edited excerpts from the conclave:

Smart ATMs - an indication of a resurgence

Smart ATMs can be the future way of how one may be interacting with a bank and doing transactions:

Personalization scores with HNWI & YP

Ghulam Haidar Rasooli, Chief Financial Officer at Afghanistan based Ghazanfar Bank, reveals the impact of personalization and future roadmap:

Lower the risk, fewer the steps

Ashwin Sekar, CTO at InCred Group, reveals key strategies for designing intuitive and compliant customer journeys:

AI boosts Accuracy & Efficiency

KIFS Housing Finance has started using AI in the finance function. CFO Vikki Soni shares the progress and precautions:

Fintechs foster DEI in the workplace

Leading fintech companies share how they are progressing on DEI and leveraging it to achieve greater success:

Tech Risks: Older Technologies vs Newer Technologies

Both older (legacy) and newer technologies come with their own sets of risks. Knowing the details of each is vital:

Soft Solutions to Hard Challenges

Ganapathi Subramanian S, CHRO at Sundaram Home Finance, Sudakshina B, CHRO at HDFC Ergo and Navin Upadhyaya, CHRO at 360 ONE, dwell upon the most impactful HR initiatives and improving risk management in HR:

2024 - The AI revolution in FS has begun

I was one of the founders of Accenture's Applied Intel practice and led AI for Financial Services for years. I also ran FS Digital at Accenture and Customer Sales & Service (CRM, call centres, front-offices, etc.) at Accenture Song. My practice totalled $7bn or 10% of Accenture's revenue. I have a PhD in Information Theory and was privileged to get classes from Marvin Minsky, founder of MIT's AI lab as my alma mater in Brussels was the first to have an AI lab in Europe, a satellite of MIT.

Green Banking is now a focus area for Indian banks

Banks are increasingly realizing that protecting environment and promoting green initiatives are crucial as lending or accepting deposits: