Financial untouchability: a polysemic narrative of digital financial inclusion in Modi’s India
India’s post-GFC digital financial inclusion project has been conveyed by an officially constructed polysemic narrative that connotes three distinctive semantic fields: (a) post-colonial Indian developmental policies; (b) post-GFC financialising neoliberal financial inclusion programmes; and (c) traditional Hindu religious values of money and wealth
Unpacking dark patterns: understanding dark patterns and their implications for consumer protection in the digital economy
This paper examines the increasing use of dark patterns in digital interfaces and the concerns they raise for consumer protection
Caps on Third Party App Providers in UPI: Missing the Woods for the Trees?
This blog post examines the merit of NPCI issued Guidelines that disallow TPAPs from serving more than 30% volume of all UPI transactions
State of Digital Lending Towards MSMEs in India
This research brief attempts to bridge the gap in the literature by systematically examining the current state of digital lending serving the MSME sector in India
Digitisation and Privatisation in Social Protection Systems: International Trends
This blog post deconstructs three crucial examples of states seeking to implement digital welfare systems and contracting out design and implementation to private entities
Our Reflections from the Analysis of Data from CUTS on Accessibility & Experience of Digital Payments in India
In this data brief based on survey data received from CUTS, we present reflections to understand some of key questions.
Digital finance in the time of DeepFakes
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently allowed financial institutions to on-board new customers using video-KYC.
Artificial Intelligence in Digital Credit in India
Study on Artificial Intelligence in finance in India
A Strategy for Comprehensive Financial Inclusion
The study found a set of issues that were common across all origination models, a smaller set of issues that were specific to certain institution- or product-types, and a set of issues with distribution channel design and incentive design.
Why more smart phones and bank accounts haven’t brought financial digital inclusion in India
India’s financial sector has been a gung-ho adopter of technology. But design of technology and finance have hardly reflected users’ lived realities.