Independent Research and Policy Advocacy

November 4, 2023 | Financial Express

These fraudulent messages have proliferated during the pandemic, where fraudsters induce panic or excitement that impairs the customers’ ability to think clearly.

By Lakshay Narang
October 19, 2023 | Dvara Research

This blog is the first in our trust series where we study trust in digital financial services. This blog attempts to lay down the conceptual contours of trust.

By Dr. Indradeep Ghosh, Hasna Ashraf, Amol Kulkarni
September 27, 2023 | Dvara Research

This research presents a framework comprising nine principles, which we believe are pre-requisites for creating user-centric GRMs.

By Anubhutie Singh, Srikara Prasad, Beni Chugh
September 20, 2023 | Mint

The microfinance industry has witnessed moves by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to revise the regulatory framework (March 2022) for it and also caution it against an exclusive focus on business growth (November 2022).

By Dr. Indradeep Ghosh, Anand Raman
August 31, 2023 | Dvara Research

Governments and lenders provide loan moratoria to help struggling borrowers, particularly during an economic crisis. While it can provide relief to borrowers, such a policy also has a possibility of inducing moral hazard among the beneficiaries.

By Rakshith S. Ponnathpur, Nitin Vishen
August 28, 2023 | Dvara Research

The study explores the financial lives of platform workers and finding answers to the following questions: do platform workers face volatility in their income and expenses, and how much do their earnings and expenditures vary on a day-to-day basis; how long do they work to earn as much as they would like to; whether and where they save and borrow; what strategies do they adopt to manage their money to meet their day-to-day expenses, raise lump-sums, deal with and recover from shocks; what social protection benefits do they have access to; what their financial goals are; and what barriers exist, if at all, in their pursuit of those goals.

By Rakshith S. Ponnathpur, Risha Ramachandran
August 24, 2023 | Dvara Research

Dvara Research, with the Data Security Council of India (DSCI), co-developed two privacy handbooks directed at FSPs in the insurance and banking sector. The handbooks help FSPs implement data protection in a customer-centric manner throughout the data lifecycle, including in legacy systems.

By Beni Chugh, Srikara Prasad, The Data Security Council of India
August 14, 2023 | Dvara Research

This blog is about a behavioural study conducted jointly by Dvara Research and Final Mile to uncover mental models that may nudge customers to disengage with consent screens.

By Finalmile, Dvara Research
August 7, 2023 | Dvara Research

Proposal for an outcome-based survey to test the effectiveness of UPI-fraudawareness campaign.

By Beni Chugh, Lakshay Narang
August 7, 2023 | Dvara Research

This study presents the design of an Outcome Based Survey crafted to evaluate the effect that UPI-fraud-awareness campaigns have in reducing individuals’ propensity to engage with fraudulent communication.

By Beni Chugh, Lakshay Narang