Banking on women
A series to document the financial journeys of women in Bharat, and how they manage their money, use digital services and make financial decisions.


#14 Deeksha | Credit in the time of Covid-19
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In order to be able to move forward with finances, it is important to be able to trust the system or the person who is willing to guide you.
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#13 Priya | Tailoring her financial future
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Whenever I want to make an investment, I talk to my husband as he is very supportive or even my father-in-law sometimes because according to me male members have a lot of knowledge about these things.
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#12 Anjali | Coping with a chequered life
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The general financial advice anybody would give you is to have six months worth of your salary in liquid cash, but that is not the case for me.
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#11 Pragati | Investing in a brighter future
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I invest to have a better lifestyle. I am trying to stabilize my career as I want to become financially independent and early retirement is an aspiration for me.
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#10 Zainab | Building structures to building narratives
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I believe that in case an emergency arises, we should be in a financially stable position to fight that. I never want to be in a situation where I have to go to someone else and ask for money.
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#9 Anupama | From being digital first to digitizing other women
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So what happens in villages is that people really try to fool you when you are a woman and think that you don't understand what has to be done in terms of financial matters.
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#8 Bhakti | Re-entering the workforce after 12 years
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In my house, though I am the most comfortable with digital payments, somewhere my decision-making becomes weak when it comes to financial matters because I have been dependent on my husband till now.
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#7 Sandhya | From IT to agri-entrepreneurship
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If my parents hadn’t told me the importance of investing, I probably wouldn’t have started. Having a service that increases awareness about finances will definitely benefit everyone.
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#6 Preksha | Investing in kids, at home and at work
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Not everybody is from the banking sector, so a platform to help bridge the financial knowledge gap will make it much easier for the masses to grasp things without feeling like we are lacking.
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#5 Ritika | From teaching kids to learning business
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Initially, most of my investments were for my children, but now they're old enough and don't need it. Since that money and my Guwahati flat rent had accumulated, my brother suggested that I invest it.
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#4 Bhavana | One Mandala at a time
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Initially, it hurts to pay for investments every month because that money cannot be used for other things, but eventually when you see your money grow, it feels great.
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#3 Susan
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For me, trust and confidence in the institution is of utmost importance when taking financial decisions such as loans because there are a lot of swindlers who try to extract money from a debtor.
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#2 Tara
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As solo entrepreneurs, we should always fix the cost of our effort because if we were to hire somebody else, they would have also taken their share.
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#1 Rachana
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In my life, I have learned the hard way about the value of financial knowledge and so I am educating my daughter about finances at a young age itself.
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Banking on women
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Introducing a series chronicling the financial journeys of the women of Bharat
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