Publication: Dvara Research

To mark the occasion we share below a few publications/reports that throw light on the gender-finance equation. If you have a favourite paper or publication that needs to be on this list, please do share in the comments section below.

India has a rich and diverse payments infrastructure. The eco-system of Payment Service Providers (PSPs) has undergone a rapid evolution in India over the recent past with the advances in technology and yet, there still exists hurdles to enabling ubiquitous access to payment services.

I invite you to take a look at the short videos below to get a glimpse of what the new brands mean. We look forward to a new decade of impact and innovations.

In this document, we present our responses to the public consultation on the White Paper which is based on our broader approach on data protection. This approach looks past a consent-led approach to data protection, and seeks to embed a bundle of rights for all individuals with respect to their personally
identifiable data that apply even where consent has been validly obtained for data collection

Last week, the period for the public to respond with comments on the White Paper of the Committee of Experts on a Data Protection Framework for India (the White Paper) ended. The document was released on 27 November 2017 by the Committee of Experts to deliberate on a data protection framework for the country, established by the Ministry for Electronics […]

As 2017 draws to a close we look back at some of the top developments in the financial sector and summarise the dominant trends that have emerged from the year gone by.

In India across various industrial and trading clusters, small scale manufacturers and traders use manufacturing methods aided by simple tools and technology, basic machines (usually old-reused machines which have outlived their useful life) and low skilled labour to produce and trade goods that get either locally consumed or form a part of the larger OEM[1] value-chain as part manufacturers.

In our concluding blog post in the series on the conference we recently hosted, we attempt a synthesis of the big pertinent questions that emerged from the discussions.

In February 2018, CGAP, SPTF, Leapfrog and Dvara Trust (formerly IFMR Trust) are organising a learning event on customer centric business models in Mamallapuram, Chennai, India.

This post is part of our blog series on the Conference on Designing Regulations for a Rapidly Evolving Financial System hosted by Dvara Research.