Can WhatsApp drive financial inclusion in Rural India?

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For the 8th episode of the D91 Labs Idea Series, we have with us Pooja Haldea and Vartika Shukla, from the Centre of Social and Behaviour Change (CSBC) at Ashoka university.

Understanding Bharat better by simplifying UX research

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Our guest for the 7th episode of the D91 Labs Idea Series is Arjun Arora, Co-Founder and CEO of Betafi.

Digital Pension - Making retirement planning easy for Bharat

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Our guest for the 6th episode of the D91 Labs Idea Series is Kuldeep Parashar, Founder, and CEO of PensionBox.

Decentralising e-commerce—Anup Pai on ONDC & eSamudaay

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Our guest for the 5th episode of the D91 Labs Idea Series is Anup Pai, Founder, and CEO of e-Samudaay. E-samudaay is a collective aiming to empower entrepreneurs with DIY digital tools which can enable them to run digital businesses, serve their communities, and spark grassroots local innovations In this interview, we ask Anup about his journey of building e-Samudaay and what that means for small-scale sellers in India. Anup is building e-Samudaay for Tier 3,4 and 5 cities and has already demonstrated it's potential for the sellers of Udupi. In recent times, Govt. is testing the Open Network for Digital commerce (ONDC) which aims to improve discoverability for small sellers and decentralize the e-commerce experience for them. Anup shares with us e-Samudaay's plans to participate in ONDC and offer a revolutionary experience for the millions of sellers in Bharat.

D91 Labs Idea Series - #4 Sasidhar Thumuluri

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Our guest for the 4th episode of the D91 Labs Idea Series is Sasidhar Thumuluri, MD and CEO of Sub-K impact solution. Sub-K is a digital finance (Fintech) company that offers affordable, accessible, and scalable financial and payment services to the underserved segment. In this extensive interview, we ask Sasidhar some hard questions about digitizing the decades-old business model of cash-based MFI loan repayments. Sub-K has witnessed steady growth in the number of digital repayment made by its borrowers. This interview could be relevant to MFI institutions and researchers.

D91 Labs Idea Series - #3 Mahavir Chopra

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Mahavir Chopra is the Founder and CEO of Beshak.org. He has 17 yrs of experience in digital insurance distribution before it was called Insurtech and previously worked at Coverfox. In this interview, we have discussed some of the challenges in building and distributing suitable, tailored, and unbiased insurance-related services.

D91 Labs Idea Series—#2 Sonal Agrawal

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Sonal Agrawal, COO and co-founder of Lakshya inclusion services, talks about innovative and suitable financial solutions for the financially underserved segment.

D91 Labs Idea Series—#1 Kumar Shailabh

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Kumar Shailabh, the co-founder of Uplift Mutuals talks about the mutual model of health financing in the first-ever collaboration under the D91 Labs Idea Series!

International Women’s Day webinar

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On the occasion of International Women’s Day, this webinar looks at women’s access to and usage of traditional / digital financial products and services.