Publication: Dvara Research

The shift towards suitability frameworks for consumer protection in India is a bold and important enhancement of existing financial consumer protection efforts.

In the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis, RBI took a major leap forward and set up a new Financial Stability Unit in 2009 specifically focusing on the measures to be taken for assessment and evaluation of financial system stability in the country

The previous blog post in this series had presented some insights from our review of case law relating to financial products and services.

In the previous post we had covered the keynote address delivered by Mr. Nandan Nilekani at the IFMR Holdings Event, 2015.

To mark the recent partnership with Accion, LeapFrog & Lok Capital to scale up our financial inclusion platform, IFMR Holdings earlier this month hosted prominent leaders from the financial services industry, partners and key investors at an event held in Mumbai.

It is not often that the Supreme Court of India becomes disgruntled by the death of a buffalo. In September 2012, the highest court of the land found itself in just this situation following the death of an insured animal.

Loan repayment behaviour differs across asset classes based on borrower profile, purpose of loan, geography and nature of security, if any.

Yesterday, the RBI announced in-principle Payment Bank licenses for eleven applicants. To put things in perspective, there were two new bank licenses in the last decade.

In the previous post of the blog series on financial depth, we attempted to understand the nature of the relationship between financial depth and economic growth.

This is the first post in our blog series on the concept of financial depth and the various methods to measure it. The introductory post summarizes the literature pertaining to the significance of financial depth.