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Trusted operators and business ecosystems are the two major challenges that Bangladeshi startups face while attracting foreign investments, said entrepreneurship specialists. “Most of the investors are concerned about who is operating and regulating the system, and whether it is reliable or not,” Tina Jabeen, CEO of Startup Bangladesh Limited, told a session of Sankalp Global […]

Noble laureate and founder of Grameen Bank Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday emphasised on the creation of a new law for banking to help microfinance reach unbanked people and encourage the creation of social businesses. He said that currently, there is one banking law that prescribes a number of regulations for banks, most importantly of having […]

India (Maharashtra), October 11: The Sankalp Global Summit 2021, one of the world’s largest inclusive development platforms and an Intellecap initiative, will hold its 13th edition in a virtual format over the next two days.The Summit would draw 2,000+ attendees from 70+ countries, with 200+ Hours of Training, 50+ Sessions, 500+ Consultants, 200+ Investors, and […]

Financial institutions in India will have to integrate climate risk considerations in their investment decisions and portfolio management to mitigate impacts Financial institutions in India will have to integrate climate risk considerations in their investment decisions and portfolio management to mitigate impacts  India have lost over USD 80 billion in the 20 years to 2019 […]

One of India’s major efforts to curb air pollution in the country has been its dedicated focus on adopting electric mobility. In the last 10 years, the Indian automobile industry has seen a high penetration of electric mobility, especially in the private vehicle sector, including electric cars and scooters. This has been a result of […]

Women make up an overwhelming majority of the microfinance borrowers in the country – 85% share – as per a report by SIDBI and PwC India in November 2019, but there is an anomaly.Most of the microfinance players disburse loans either through the Joint Liability Group (JLG) or the Self-Help Group (SHG) model. Individual micro […]

India has around 89.5 crore people living in rural areas. The number of ATMs? 5%. According to an RBI data, out of 6 lakh villages in India, less than 30,000 villages have ATMs.To ensure financial inclusion to the last-mile consumers bereft of digital payments or even ATMs at the least, the Reserve Bank of India […]

While the coming of the vaccine is being eagerly awaited as an antidote to the pandemic, infrastructural challenges surrounding last mile delivery have been raising considerable concern. Over 150 nations had earlier joined the global COVAX scheme for fair distribution of future vaccines against COVID-19, an alliance led by WHO said in September.But how can […]

With the sanctioned amount still below the planned target, the Government’s Rs 3-lakh crore collateral-free loan scheme for MSMEs that was to end on October 30, has been extended by one month. But since the scheme was announced in May, we now have greater clarity on its performance and shortcomings. According to the data uploaded […]

Digital financial services have seen a rapid growth since the demonetisation drive four years ago. Besides this, the Prime Minister’s flagship programme ‘Digital India’ boosted the entry of Fintechs and enablers like Aadhaar, Jan-Dhan, and mobile penetration have helped in large-scale adoption of digital payments. According to the latest NPCI data, the UPI registered 2.07 […]