As 2017 draws to a close we look back at some of the top developments in the financial sector and summarise the dominant trends that have emerged from the year gone by.

Technology promises to overcome traditional barriers to financial inclusion, in particular by harnessing insights from consumers’ personal data. However, use of personal data creates new risks for consumers.

Technology promises to overcome traditional barriers to financial inclusion, in particular by harnessing insights from consumers’ personal data. However, use of personal data creates new risks for consumers.

In India across various industrial and trading clusters, small scale manufacturers and traders use manufacturing methods aided by simple tools and technology, basic machines (usually old-reused machines which have outlived their useful life) and low skilled labour to produce and trade goods that get either locally consumed or form a part of the larger OEM[1] value-chain as part manufacturers.

In our concluding blog post in the series on the conference we recently hosted, we attempt a synthesis of the big pertinent questions that emerged from the discussions.

In February 2018, CGAP, SPTF, Leapfrog and Dvara Trust (formerly IFMR Trust) are organising a learning event on customer centric business models in Mamallapuram, Chennai, India.

This post is part of our blog series on the Conference on Designing Regulations for a Rapidly Evolving Financial System hosted by Dvara Research.

We met Sulekha[1] in a village in Uttarakhand. She was talking about the information she considered most important to her: her ration card, Aadhaar card, NREGA job card and her phone number.