Vinod Sharma CTO - FinTech Domain at Econet Wireless Zimbabwe
What is Blockchain Technology? How one blockchain can have Infinite possibilities & opportunities in hand in this red ocean market world. Total Reading Time – 7-8 Minutes Some background Blockchain as on date is mystery story for many (Including my self). We have heard lot that it yields strong potential in global supply chain. It is beco...
22 September 2018 Blockchain Observations
I was invited as Keynote speaker in GCC Blockchain event in Dubai on 22 and 23 November 2017. I advocated for my area on AI and its subfield for FinTech. Also gave me lot of insight on how Blockchain can equally disrupt FinTech of rather doing it along with AI. In line with a Dubai goal towards making it the first Blockchain-powered government in ...
17 January 2018 /ai Fintech
This year my first post of the year is written from New Delhi India. Wishing you all a very happy new year. Year 1956 when ‘Artificial Intelligence’ was coined got its place in history and now Year 2018 will make people forget everything of past and will attain much more higher level respect for AI. As soon as it works, no one will call it AI anym...
11 January 2018 /ai Innovation in Financial Services
Abstract – Drive against Cash or case against Cash is on its way with full swing across the globe and in India specifically this is going on a scale which is bigger then world war-2 (Just guessing). This effort is appreciated, welcome and needed but speed may be wrong. The security of subscriber’s data in terms of kyc information, transactions det...
26 January 2017 /payments Innovation in Financial Services
Abstract – Essentially, digital cash mimics the functionality of paper cash. The elimination of physical cash from economy is feasible is purely a technological perspective or assumption. Our hard earned money and investments disappear into a labyrinth of financial instruments so mysterious that “money” almost becomes more of an idea than a tangib...
17 January 2017 /payments Innovation in Financial Services
Abstract - Through this post, I would like to highlight how collaboration can help to improve public access to technology-oriented financial services. Financial Services Authority of Indonesia (Otoritas Jasa Keuangan or OJK) a government agency, which regulates and supervises the financial services sector, has finally issued a regulation on financ...
05 January 2017 /inclusion Innovation in Financial Services
Abstract – In last few years we have seen tsunami kind of disruption in payments services, which led eCommerce, wallet services, digital payments, and remittances to just explode. If we review just last 2 years of work and throw the impact of it on this year it would give us very clear projected picture. 2015 year can be written down as year of aw...
02 January 2017 /payments Innovation in Financial Services
Abstract – Journey from cash only transactions to less cash and thereafter if possible moving to cashless or digital money society. This journey looks very simple in textbooks or written on blogs or papers but ground reality can be very different. Along this trip people suffer tremendous setbacks, difficulties, mental pressure, harassment, starvin...
19 December 2016 /payments Innovation in Financial Services
Abstract – Focus around financial inclusion or in my language “Finclusion”. In a recent study it was discovered half of the world’s population, lag behind in access and usage of financial products and services. While significant advances in financial inclusion for both men and women occurred between 2011 and 2014, the gender gap still persists at ...
29 November 2016 /inclusion Financial Inclusion
Abstract – This article is only meant for discussion and healthy arguments, its not a conclusion by any means this is just an assumption and current picture focused on African & few other markets. Today payment industry can be compared with either payment war, payment jungle or even just payment storm. On the other hand how Mobile Financial Se...
19 October 2016 Innovation in Financial Services
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