Financial Inclusion for Women: A Way Forward

whitePaper | March 4, 2023

Since the start, we have worked on building a transparent, efficient, scalable and adaptable blockchain platform. But these qualities were just the tip of the iceberg. Research, innovation, collaboration and a strategy aimed at long-term viability brought us to today as we seek to multiply individual impact to unleash our collective potential for sustainability.

whitePaper | June 14, 2022

For the last few years, Financial Services CFOs and their finance teams have been tasked with implementing a digital finance department. While some moved ahead and made significant improvements to legacy systems and processes, many pushed off projects or made small improvements.

whitePaper | July 19, 2022

Paul Allen, an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist, had a vision to create better money. He found it confounding that he with his billions would pay less to transfer money than the poorest amongst us. Paul wanted to make money more equitable by making it more efficient and independent of any one financial institution. His team at Vulcan, along with several experts in financial technology, distributed systems, software, and financial regulations, came up with a design they called Xand, playing off Alexander Hamilton’s name, and spun out a new company, Transparent Financial Systems (Transparent) to develop it.

whitePaper | November 30, 2021

In writing this Discussion Paper, “A Proposal for Digital Banks in India: Licensing & Regulatory Regime”, we are pleased to have collaborated with Black Dot Public Policy Advisors as the knowledge partner. Mr Mandar Kagade, Founder Principal at Black Dot made valuable contributions in developing this Discussion Paper. Ms Shehnaz Ahmed of the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy acted as external expert reviewer of the Discussion Paper and offered detailed comments and inputs. We acknowledge her valuable contribution. We are also grateful for the support and inputs from the Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance, representatives of public sector banks including the State Bank of India, and Sabyasachi Upadhyay, Associate, NITI Aayog. Useful insights were also obtained from the deliberations in the conference, “Neo-banking for Business: The Future of Digital Banking”, especially Mr Sopnendu Mohanty, Chief Fintech Officer, Monetary Authority of Singapore. They are gratefully acknowledged. Last but not the least, the inputs offered by the fintech sector stakeholders who were approached for inputs in the course of drafting this Discussion Paper is acknowledged. NITI Aayog would endeavour to continue with the stakeholder consultation in evolving policy dialogue.

whitePaper | June 11, 2022

Prudent cash and liquidity management is critical in times like these. Cash management practices can make or break a business. Businesses that managed cash and liquidity prudently before the pandemic have remained resilient, while less-prepared businesses faced existential threats in the face of a liquidity crunch. As businesses emerge from the uncertainty of the pandemic and chart paths to revenue and profit growth, senior executives have a rare opportunity to rethink the way their business manages its cash. Modernizing the underlying accounts receivable (AR) systems and processes that a business uses to apply, manage, and forecast its cash can create a culture that can result in long-term cash excellence.

whitePaper | June 14, 2023

Manual invoicing is a costly, inefficient process that opens up companies to unnecessary risk. With the rising call to reduce paper usage and lower costs, it’s time to explore alternatives that can help controllers and accounts payable (AP) managers do more with less.