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November 10, 2017 | Dvara Research

Initially, Kanhaiya[i] was wary of speaking to us. He was clutching his wallet tightly and declared upfront that he would not be showing us his ATM card.

November 7, 2017 | Dvara Research

This post is part of our blog series on the Conference on Designing Regulations for a Rapidly Evolving Financial System hosted by Dvara Research (formerly known as IFMR Finance Foundation).

By Beni Chugh, Nishanth Kumar
October 27, 2017 | Dvara Research

This post is part of our blog series on the Conference on Designing Regulations for a Rapidly Evolving Financial System hosted by Dvara Research (formerly known as IFMR Finance Foundation).

By Nishanth Kumar, Madhu Srinivas
October 20, 2017

Dvara Research (formerly known as IFMR Finance Foundation) held its 3rd Financial Systems Design Conference on August 4th and 5th, 2017 in Chennai India.

By Nishanth Kumar, Madhu Srinivas
October 13, 2017 | LiveMint

The collection and use of personal data in order to deliver public and commercial services is now routine in India. For a country with large digital ambitions, one of the key questions will be: How should we think about regulating the use of Indians’ personal data?

October 10, 2017 | Dvara Research

In the latest edition of The Securitisation & Structured Finance Handbook 2018 (published by Capital Markets Intelligence) Vishal Saxena and Dilip Mohan from IFMR Capital have authored a chapter as part of the publication. The chapter discusses an approach to estimate the loss distribution for a loan portfolio. This loss distribution can be used to […]

By Dvara Research
October 10, 2017
September 19, 2017 | Dvara Research

I was at an excellent behavioural finance conference organised by the Michigan University’s Centre on Finance, Law & Policy last week.

August 25, 2017 | Dvara Research

The Supreme Court of India’s judgment on the fundamental right to privacy yesterday, 24 August 2017, speaks directly to the sweeping changes we are witnessing in the way that the State and private companies use citizens’ personal data

August 22, 2017 | Dvara Research

Financial inclusion is not good in itself.We value financial inclusion as a means to an end.