Banking

Walls to Firewalls - The Future of Banking

Walls to Firewalls – The Future of Banking

Fintech start-up Bharat Pe has been rewarded with a banking license. It raises a lot of questions. What is the ‘future’ bank going to look like? Will the physical walls crumble and give way to firewalls? Dr. KS Ranjani and Dr. Anjali Chopra conducted qualitative research with both customers of digital banking services and financial service providers to understand the drivers of the depth of digital banking adoption.

NBFCs: RBI to Revise Regulatory Framework for a Stricter Control

NBFCs: RBI to Revise Regulatory Framework for a Stricter Control

The Central Bank’s framework to constrict inspection of large NBFCs is crucial for fiscal steadiness. The shift from a common line of light touch control to one that screens larger players almost as closely as it does banks is a welcome move. This could be the biggest refurbishment of the governing structure for such finance companies or shadow banks in over twenty years if executed effectively.