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Kartik Swaminathan

Banking on Branches in the Digital and Fintech Age

The advent of the fintech & digital age has had an adverse impact on both perception and reality of having physical bank branches. We have seen largely in developed nations, that a large number of...

10 Sep 2022
Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Kartik Swaminathan

Fintech and Regulatory Unbundling

Fintech is a highly regulated sector, and thereby many (or most) of the Innovation and new business models / propositions, depends on policies and norms from regulators. Historically financial regulat...

22 Jun 2022
Fintech
Kartik Swaminathan

Metaverse and Fintech

The word Metaverse is making highlights in last few months. Many leading organisations have created metaverse environments or become part of one. Metaverse is an immersive Digital environment (Virtual...

26 May 2022
Fintech
Kartik Swaminathan

Super APPs and Fintech

Over last few years, we have heard of Super Apps (Applications), and how they will be key and dominant players in the whole digital ecosystem. This is backed by efforts by leading players with mixed o...

29 Apr 2022
Fintech innovation and startups
Kartik Swaminathan

Reinventing BNPL

Over the past 3 to 4 years, we have seen the Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) segment grow exponentially. But, typical to most growing businesses, this segment is also facing some challenges like: - a. Increa...

03 Mar 2022
BNPL
Kartik Swaminathan

Fintech and realising the Embedded play

New age technology enables Financial Solutions to be tightly integrated (embedded) across various other segments / industry & Solutions. This embedding of Fintech, enables a non financial player t...

11 Feb 2022
Embedded Finance
Kartik Swaminathan

Fintech and Cloud – Why are large players hesitant?

Fintech and Cloud – Why are large players hesitant? Fintech solutions being developed and hosted on Cloud are gaining popularity, as cloud environments offer many benefits in terms of cost (Manpower, ...

06 Jan 2022
Cloud Banking out of the Box
Kartik Swaminathan

Fintech and the power of Nudges

One recent trend that I have noticed, is the increasing use of Nudges in fintech & digital solutions. Nudges are very powerful, as they subtly guide users and prompt them towards action / transact...

23 Dec 2021
Behavioral Economics in Banking
Kartik Swaminathan

Fintech – How India leads and way ahead

Fintech has a key role to play in the new age economy, and governments globally have this segment as priority. They know that Fintech’s will make the system frictionless, reduce cost of delivery, bett...

03 Dec 2021
Fintech World
Kartik Swaminathan

Celebrating Fintech – Festivals and Events

Very recently I attended an online mega event on Fintech. It was a packed event, with variety of themes, content, thought leaders, discussion, workshops and networking opportunities. The event revolve...

18 Nov 2021
Innovation in Financial Services
Kartik Swaminathan

Fintech and Sustainability

Looking at everything from the lens of Sustainability is the mantra now a days. Doing so, addresses most of the challenges faced by organisations & Individuals, and offers an approach for a better...

25 Oct 2021
Going green
Kartik Swaminathan

Digital Transformation – An Opportunity and not a Challenge

We have often heard of challenges in Digital Transformation and some of it may be true. But in my experience, there are some key aspects, which if handled normally (yes, need to be normal & transp...

14 Oct 2021
Digital Bank Transformation

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