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We get to know about the future and innovation we see in Fintech with CTO of Aditya Birla Group Ramesh Narayanaswamy. Following are the pointers which are being discussed at core level. 1. A brief intro from you

2. Your experience with bits, pilani and Nanyang Technological University, singapore. Network help in career growth.

3. Your journey with TCS, how was tcs back in 1996

4. Your banking experience with IBM, City bank and Standard Chartered

5. Your Journey with ABC as CTO

6. What are the changes you have seen in the wealth management verticle in last 5 years and any new innovation or changes you feel will be happening in that arena.

7. There is a credit gap for sme inspite they are core revenue generation source for govt. How do you see the current credit infrasture of India.

8. A touch upon CBDC and OCEN (open credit enablement network).

9. Wealth management, finance, lending and insurance is matured by Due diligence and risk management. How complicated it is in India and factors for this.

10. Where you see wealth management and innovation in this post 3 to 5 years of time.

*PNB in discussion is refers to PNB Housing, Discussion pointers…. 1. Introduction about you.

2. Your Journey with Bharti Vidyapeeth and Amity

3. Let’s talk about your SPJIMR where you got certified in Fintech and Lending

4. Let’s discuss about Jugaadu engineer. How that startup happened.

5. You have been working with housing finance in PNB, India Shelter and Clix capital. How this happens.

6. Let’s talk about Sahamati and your future plans where you see the current fintech is going and how you are planning.

7. Lending and Due diligence are banking core part for wealth generation. Since you are almost 10 year in this field, can you discuss the shift that has happened and where its going.

8. Let’s talk about the lending complexities in Tier 1 to tier 2 and 3 cities, any shift that make sense now and in future.

9. Let’s talk about open banking which looks quite capable enhancement in the banking system. How important it is and what’s going the current feasibility state.

10. Where you think fintech and banking going and looks like 5 or 10 years down the line in terms of housing and lending…. To connect with Abhishek and join his community Indian Financial Forum, Do check his LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhishek-varshneya/

Vinita is an APAC COO at Delta Capita and currently handling a team of 150 consultants and creating business opportunities for Delta Capita in Asian Pacific regions, she also attends multiple conferences on behalf of it and participates in multiple leadership talks. We get to know a lot of her work and the following are the key discussion pointers...

1. Introduction about you.

2. Let’s talk about your education journey with Delhi University and Symbiosis. How was that back then?

3. How was your journey with Oberoi Hotels, WNS Global, and Sky as this is a completely non-fintech domain where you have invested almost 10 years of your initial career?

4. Let’s talk about your Journey with Barclays and HSBC where you mostly worked in the risk management department at the senior level. What is one takeaway for you from these 2 prominent organizations?

5. Let's talk about your experience of consulting at Delta Capita as APAC COO.

6. What are the key differences from working in the banking world to consulting? Which is more challenging?

7. Risk and Delivery Management are mostly the core components of the business, as banking is secured by how well these 2 capabilities are designed to strengthen its roots. Would you like to discuss the complexity?

8. What are your views on Blockchain technology, CBDC, and crypto in banking? How do you see these developments as a leader in the fintech domain?

9. We see a lot of downturn in the tech and functional market, Chatgpt and other AI innovations are widely talked about. How did you think this is going to affect the fintech ecosystem?

10. How do you see Innovation in Fintech looking 5 or 10 years ahead?

In this episode, we have invited Subham Banerjee, a founding member of SBNRI. SBNRI is a Wealth tech platform specially designed for NRIs. Non-Resident Indians have to deal with two taxation systems and still manage to make the right kind of investment to keep the future safe. Starting with dedicated blogging for NRIs, Shubham has managed to understand the importance of this needed market to cater to and developed a platform to take it forward. Hope this podcast will give you great insight into everyone and especially NRIs if you are currently or wanna be in the future...

Abhinav is a Charted Accountant and currently working as a Chief Financial Officer in Pharmeasy. We have tried to touch upon multiple aspects of healthcare which include tech, recession, revolution, finance, and other major areas which are impactful for health sectors.

Following are the discussion point of this conversation...

1. Introduction about you.

2. An idea about what ICAI really is?

3. How big is the healthcare industry right now? role of Healthtech in this industry.

4. Competitive advantage of Pharmeasy and what core reason for the same.

5. What are the innovations you feel going to happen in this industry which looks certain?

6. What are the current cash burn areas and whether current revenue generation models are effective to overcome them or still need to be identified?

7. It was bring predicted that a recession is yet to come in the next 3 years and it highly impacts it industry, what do you think about this?

8. What are the pattern changes you have observed in post covid Platform performance and is it at the stable stage with significant growth or troubling?

9. How do you see yourself in the next 5 or 10 years ahead.

In this session, you will get to know about banking finance itself with our guest speaker named Hasintha Gunawickrema⁠ currently working as a Chief Controlling Officer with HSBC. She has also worked with Barclays and Marks and Spencer serving in financial roles and this will be a great session for you to tune into if you see banking fintech as a career. Our discussion mostly revolves around the following pointers mentioned...

1. Introduction about you.

2. Tell us about your journey with Oxford and HBS.

3. Let’s talk about your early professional career where you worked as a business analyst and then shift to a financial analyst. What makes your transition to financial roles

4. You have worked with Barclays and Marks and Spencer, what is your takeaway from these capable firms in terms of your personal growth

5. Let’s talk about your journey with HSBC where you have spent almost 16 years of your career starting your role as a management accountant to COO and then CCO.

6. What are the innovations you feel going to happen in this industry which looks certain?

7. I would like to know your views on banking globalization and any suggestions that blockchain and CBDC might solve time-consuming international exchanges.

8. You are mostly into risk management. Would you like to discuss any recent innovative risk fraud exposed and the way it gets captured?

9. We are in a very transitional phase where we see a lot of downturns in the job market, ChatGPT, and other innovations. Where do you think current banking is going and what further adoption might be possible?

10. How do you see Innovation in Fintech looks 5 or 10 years ahead?

We get to know about Eunimart - a world's first open source platform for commerce. It helps businesses to connect markets, operations, supply chains, logistics, and finance. With a lot of experience and being Ex- Indian Navy veteran, Shayak has managed to grow his business with a team of 55 currently and growing further with more than 100 customers to joining in pipelines. This episode have some capable insights which we feel you as a student, engineer or entrepreneur should listen to..

In this podcast, we have talked about Hyperface, and how its solving the credit card market by collaborating with brands and banking sector. She comes up with 20 years of experience and has worked with HDFC, Kotak and HSBC previously and now she has been solving the credit card market within India. Hope this podcast will give you insights you are really looking for..

We have invited Sumit Choudhry, currently working as a CFO with Rapipay. We have talked a lot about Neo Banking, how Rapipay playing different in the market of MSME and helping such products and services led companies and what future look like in the digital space of finance. Hope you will get great insights with this podcast

Alectio is a DataPrep, MLOps, and Data-Centric AI startup based out of Santa Clara, California. Jennifer Prendki started this firm as a single owner and has more than 20 years of experience as a data scientist, Researcher, and advisor. This episode can be a great listening asset for Entrepreneurs, VCs, and Senior managers. Tune in and i hope you have a great and productive time with this episode.