Examining the preparedness of the MSME sector to adopt digital platforms and report on the trends for adoption of IT.

Click here to access the primer on Consumer Data Infrastructure.  Large scale data infrastructures (such as the proposed Public Credit Registry, the GSTN System and the Indiastack) are emerging to support the delivery of financial services in India. This raises questions regarding the role of the State and of the regulation of these infrastructures. The existing […]

Click here to access the primer on Designing Optimal Regulation. The use of technology and personal data in finance is changing the landscape of financial services. This is widening the choice set of financial services available to consumers, through two distinct trends that are enabled by the use of technology (i) the disintermediation of traditional financial […]

Primer on Designing Optimal Regulation – 4th Dvara Research Conference

Primer on Consumer Data Infrastructure - 4th Dvara Research Conference

he increasingly-pervasive use of personal data in the provision of financial services can enable providers to offer suitable financial products, at a scale. Internationally, suitability or appropriateness in finance is conceptualised as “the degree to which the product or service offered by the intermediary matches the retail client’s financial situation, investment objectives, level of risk tolerance, financial need, knowledge and experience”

Primer on Suitability for Consumer Data Use and Product Design – 4th Dvara Research Conference

Click here to access the primer on consumer data regulation. The use of personal data by government and private service providers in their interactions with individuals is becoming ubiquitous in India. Service providers are able to collect and process larger volumes and richer varieties of personal data, such as from utilities payments, social media and e-commerce […]

Primer on Consumer Data Regulation - 4th Dvara Research Conference