A growing number of players seem to use bitcoin for financial services. The most common use appears to be for powering person to…
Can blockchain and related technologies solve India’s huge lending gaps?Written for an Indian business periodical (forthcoming).
India’s banking system has earned global recognition for its rapid growth in accounts, strong…
Gautam Ivatury is a serial entrepreneur in digital finance and financial inclusion. After being the first CFO at SKS Microfinance (IPO in 2010, now BFIL), Gautam joined CGAP where he established and ran the Gates Foundation-funded CGAP Technology Program for digital finance until 2008. Gautam then…
A useful recent blogpost from the team at CGAP.
Interest rates on the way down, pushing loan volumes up. Natural market evolution in a commodity business. Read more here.
Papers and studies I’ve written or co-authored, on topics including mobiles for financial services, branchless banking regulation, investment in microfinance, digital healthcare models, and others.
“Man what a time to be aliveYou and yours vs. me and mine” — Future, with Drake
(My guest post as Senior Advisor to Encourage Capital, for its October newsletter).
As long-term investors with a commitment to impact through financial sector…