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Our opinion editorials are published in newspapers, magazines, and new-age online publications. They are an important tool for public discourse and advocacy. They help us to raise awareness about important issues, and they often provide a platform for perspectives from our researchers, to be presented and to be heard.

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October 12, 2018 | Moneycontrol

Banks not passing on rate cuts points to a lack of intensity in price competition and calls for increasing the number of lenders

By Deepti George, Madhu Srinivas
September 7, 2018 | BQ Prime

Op-Ed in Bloomberg Quint

By Deepti George, Madhu Srinivas
August 24, 2018 | Scroll.in

The heady optimism following the judgment is beginning to wane in the absence of a practical law that enforces the rights it asserted.

April 23, 2018 | LiveMint

The troubles of the banking sector, and public sector banks (PSBs) in particular, are well known.

March 20, 2018 | Scroll.in

The harvesting of 50 million Facebook users’ data for Trump’s presidential campaign underscores new challenges for data protection.

March 9, 2018 | The Hindu Business Line

Future financial services providers will be akin to general physicians, who bear great responsibility for the health of their patients. Such a prescriptive approach would minimise instances of unsuitable advice.

By Deepti George, Shilpa Sathe
January 27, 2018 | Hindustan Times

These avoidable implementation challenges on account of Aadhaar can be significantly resolved by a clear legal articulation of permissible uses of Aadhaar through suitable amendments.

October 13, 2017 | LiveMint

The collection and use of personal data in order to deliver public and commercial services is now routine in India. For a country with large digital ambitions, one of the key questions will be: How should we think about regulating the use of Indians’ personal data?

June 7, 2017 | LiveMint

We are within striking distance of every Indian having access to a bank account and being able to easily send and receive payments. We should care deeply that millions of Indians are still turning to expensive informal financial services in the face of seasonal and volatile incomes, despite years of trying to improve access to basic financial services.

May 4, 2017 | Business Today

These less-discussed applications of fintech can transform microloan pricing and personal finance, leading to fair lending and wider inclusion