D91 Labs

Tales of Bharat — Issue #9

Most of India gets paid based on the hours they work, trips they complete, parcels they deliver or the days they cook. They are the only asset in their business. When they stop the business shuts. Think about it. In this edition we bring two such stories from the ‘other side’ in our Rural Journey series.

Tales of Bharat — Issue #10

All about the Personal Finance Survey 2020!

D91 Event — Personal Finance 101

We had organised our first informal event in July and as its extension, we are hosting our second event that aims at bringing together women to talk, share and discuss about personal finance.

Personal Finance Survey 2020 — Insights

On ground user research conducted across India, to document people’s financial journeys, with in-depth interviews.

Tales of Bharat — Issue #12

Discussing millenial banking journeys in the context of neobanking

Tales of Bharat — Issue #3

At D91 Labs we had the most eventful week since we started our lab. Here is a snippet into our past week and work :)

Playbook: Designing Financial Products for the Women of Bharat

Proposing ideas and interventions across the user journey by leveraging the insights collected from interviews in the Banking on Women series.

Tales of Bharat — Issue #11

'How might we help micro-finance institutions to enable digital loan repayments in the times of COVID’

Kamala — Juggling household chores, leading the local community and dreams of starting a business

Kamala is a 35-year-old woman living in Tumkur with her husband, son and her mother. Kamala’s home is a one room kitchen, which accommodates all the 4 people under one roof.

Whatsapp and the future of lending

What would an end to end digital experience using account aggregators look like?

Tales of Bharat — Issue #14

“To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business, and your business in your heart.” —Thomas Watson, IBM

Tales of Bharat — Issue #8

Welcome to our first newsletter of 2020. We started D91 Labs with a vision to bridge the empathy gap between between the fintech developers and the last mile Bharat. What started as a simple blog post back in 2019 is now a small and niche research lab by itself. The love and reception we have received has been overwhelming. We are indebted to this. As we step forward to an eventful 2020, here is a small recap of what we did in 2019.

Designing for Account Aggregators

Design principles for data sharing through Account Aggregator apps.

India ❤️s F.D and they need a digital makeover!

Why Indian startups don't distribute F.Ds

Tales of Bharat — D91 Labs

Did you know that MSME’s contribute to around 29% of total India’s GDP and are the second-highest employment generation sector in the country, only next to the agricultural sector. This week, we try to decode some of the data around MSMEs for you.

Tales of Bharat — Issue #13

“A small business is an amazing way to serve and leave an impact on the world you live in.” -Nicole Snow

Moving from access to usage—Making formal finance work for women

Join us on an insightful discussion on the many facets of a woman’s financial and entrepreneurship journey.

D91 Event — Designing for data with Facebook

We invite you for an evening of talks and discussion around ‘Designing for Data’ with Dr. Dan Hayden, Data Strategist, Facebook

Tales of Bharat — Issue #2

Here we are with another exciting edition of our Tales of Bharat newsletter. We have two interesting stories from our new series to share. One on rural women and another about small merchants. But before that some of the readers reached out to us questioning the objective behind our research stories and we thought we should do a better job at articulating it.