The recent presentation by Sundar Pichai about Google Duplex made the world stand up and take notice. It marked the arrival of robo-assistants that understood the nuances of human conversation. The interaction mimicked the intonation and rhythm of a conversation. The presentation saw Google Duplex successfully making a restaurant reservation without even the business owner suspecting that it was a…
The demonetization drive of November 2016 had a profound impact on the people of both rural and urban India, significantly changing the way in which they transacted money. While the adoption of e-wallets and other digital payment methods were low before demonetization, the months after saw a sharp surge in the popularity of digital finance. E-Wallets and mobile payment apps…
We are witnessing an era of digital payments globally, which has an immense market size and ever-increasing market popularity and growth. High smartphones and internet penetration has propelled this market further in almost all major world economic zones. Digital payment mobile applications are easily accessible, and with numerous governments taking initiatives to promote digital payments, their market growth is expected…
Digital Payments Landscape: The Current Snapshot Rapid changes in digital technology have immensely transformed the payments industry. With a vast business model to support an existing, highly competitive market, it is imperative to look for innovation, convenience, and faster payment solutions. A massive increase in smartphone penetration and mobile wallets has accelerated the adoption of digital payment services. Online retailing…
The modern payment system is no more in the control of a few large institutions. With the active participation of technology players, the entire eco-system is rapidly evolving with massive innovation. The ease of making cashless payments and the holistic experience around it is making news each day. Ever-changing regulatory changes requirements and low entry barriers allow Fintechs to make…
How to streamline your digital lending business for seamless approvals and disbursements in seconds?
Digital Lending refers to digitization of all processes involved in lending, starting from sourcing of loan application to loan recovery. The following are the various steps that are involved in the high-level lending process: – Sourcing Loan Applications – Verifying and Validating each loan application – Performing the KYC checks to determine loan eligibility of every applicant – Sanctioning of…
For both, banks and enterprises, collecting EMIs is a major task. Banks have to collect EMIs on the loans that they lend, whereas enterprises have to collect EMIs from people who buy products and choose the monthly payment option instead of paying for the product right away. Without technology, the process of collecting EMIs is bound to be tedious to…
Liquidity projections or liquidity forecast is an estimation of company’s expected future cash flows. Such cash flows may be in the form of both, payables and receivables. Liquidity projections often serve as an indication to the management about how viable or/and profitable the company’s operations are going to be in the near-future. Also, such projections also would help the management…