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Biren Parekh

Director at CRISIL Limited

Mumbai, India

+ Over 24 years of global & rich experience in Portfolio & Program Delivery Management in leading & managing IT Governance, PMO, IT Portfolio/Program, IT Products, IT delivery management, Budget Management, IT planning & demand management, IT Change Management, Team Management and more.
+ 23 years of proven domain expertise in BFSI Segment (Corporate & retail banking) with experience in Banking Product development, engineering & projects execution globally.
+ Extremely well versed with BFSI Product Development Lifecycle & deep understanding of Retail & Corporate Banking
+ Thorough understanding of SDLC, Waterfall & Agile methodology
+ Multiple global professional certifications (PMP, ACP, PSM I, ITIL, PRINCE2, Agile CSM)
+ Solid experience of managing suppliers, vendors & possess excellent negotiation & bargaining skills while dealing with them
+ An effective communicator with relationship management skills with the ability to influence & relate to people at all levels of business, technology and management
+ A change agent who manages relationship across levels & helps get support across organization to meet set objectives
+ Experience of managing independent P&L for past 6+ years
+ Experience of building and leading large teams
+ Excellent & exceptional collaboration, networking & team building skills with proficiency at grasping new concepts quickly and utilizing the same in a productive manner to relate to people at all levels

Available For: Advising, Authoring, Consulting, Influencing, Speaking
Travels From: Mumbai
Speaking Topics: Delivery Excellence, Project Management, Retail and Corporate banking, Fintech, LinkedIn Personal branding

Speaking Fee $200 (In-Person)

Biren Parekh Points
Academic 25
Author 93
Influencer 205
Speaker 76
Entrepreneur 30
Total 429

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Thought Leader Profile

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Project Management

I am highly passionate about Project Management and its practical aspects. I have good experience in managing multi-million dollar projects in the BFSI industry. Having worked in banks as well as in IT companies, I understand business from 360 degrees.

I have been speaking about project management in PMI forums as well as conferences.

I am also a guest lecturer at Business schools on this as well as other topics.

Fintech

Having worked in BFSI products company throughout my career. I have good knowledge about the nuances of banking projects. Being an avid reader, I am having an in-depth understanding of the Fintech segment.

I have been speaking about Fintech in PMI forums and at Business school.

LinkedIn Personal Branding / LinkedIn Coach

I have good experience of establishing a personal brand on the LinkedIn platform. I coach individuals and various personnel to establish their brand on LinkedIn.

Company Information

Company Type: Enterprise
Business Unit: Technology
Theatre: India
Minimum Project Size: Undisclosed
Average Hourly Rate: Undisclosed
Number of Employees: Undisclosed
Company Founded Date: Undisclosed
Media Experience: 24 years

Areas of Expertise

Agile 30.07
AI 30.04
Analytics 30.08
Blockchain 30.31
Business Strategy
Change Management
Cloud 30.55
COVID19 31.36
Customer Experience
Design Thinking 30.20
Digital Transformation 30.05
Diversity and Inclusion
EdTech 33.38
Emerging Technology 30.10
Entrepreneurship
FinTech 35.38
Health and Wellness 30.08
HealthTech 30.03
Innovation 30.16
Leadership 31.04
Lean Startup
Management 35.42
Procurement 30.12
Project Management 39.63
Risk Management 30.93
Social 30.47
Startups 30.23

Industry Experience

Financial Services & Banking
Professional Services

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Publications

19 Article/Blogs
Unleashing the power of Programmable Money: A Revolution in Our Wallets?
Linkedln
February 14, 2024
In today's digital age, the concept of money is evolving rapidly. A year ago, the RBI (Central Bank of India) did something that few other central banks had done before — launch a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). Think of this simply as an online version of our physical currency. It’s a digital banknote. With a CBDC, the RBI can simply ask people to open digital wallets and issue new digital notes to them directly, called e-rupee.

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Tags: FinTech, Management, Project Management

Agile Leadership Team
linkedin
November 13, 2023
In today’s dynamic world, business agility is becoming more and more crucial than it was in the recent past. And to address that, Agile Leadership is the new leadership style that has become more popular among leaders.

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Tags: FinTech, Management, Project Management

Green Banking - Sustainable or not??
LinkedIn
June 16, 2023
Any type of banking that supports the environment is referred to as "green banking." They are institutions with a clear goal that fund the switch to sustainable energy while also battling global warming. With a triple bottom line, they are concerned not just about their own financial well-being, but also about the welfare of others and the environment.

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Tags: FinTech, Management, Project Management

Leadership and Thought Leadership
LinkedIn
May 17, 2023
Leadership and thought leadership are two distinct concepts that often get conflated. While both are important, they serve different purposes and have different strengths. Which one is more valuable in today’s business world, particularly when you are hiring.

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Tags: FinTech, Management, Project Management

Web 3.0 Impact on banking
LinkedIn
March 21, 2022
Banks have always taken great care to remain competitive in the market despite the other stressors that come with this category of business. The latest one on top of their list is Web 3.0, otherwise known as Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence among a few — all of which are just different flavors of the same thing: a much closer interaction between people and computers. Read more on the link..

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology, FinTech

ChangeMaker V/s Project Manager
LinkedIn
February 09, 2022
A project is a synonym for change. Project management executes the vision and mission of a change into reality by a project manager. However, there is a need to shift the parochial paradigm from managing and leading the change to making and owning the change.

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Tags: Management, Leadership, Project Management

Be the Change you want to see in the world
PMI
October 27, 2021
A project is a synonym for change. And project managers execute the vision for a change and the mission into reality. However, there is a need to shift the parochial paradigm from managing and leading change to making and owning the change.

What is difference between Project Manager and Change Maker

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Tags: Management, Leadership, Project Management

Interview
Jonno white
May 26, 2021
Interview with Jonno white

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Tags: Leadership, Project Management

Watermelon status reporting
Biren Parekh
February 14, 2021
“Watermelon status reporting” describes the phenomenon where the RAG status of the project appears to be green from the outside, but if you dig deep into it, it’s actually RED right through and has serious issues.

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Tags: FinTech, Management, Leadership

Project Management Lessons
Biren Parekh
January 26, 2021

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Tags: Management, Leadership, Project Management

Neobank
Biren Parekh
December 06, 2020
Neo banks, also known as Challenger banks or smart banks, are digital banks with no brick-and-mortar physical branches. The Fintech, which does not use legacy banking systems or pre-existing infrastructure, can be qualified as a bona fide Neo bank.

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Tags: FinTech, Management

Growth of Internet
Biren Parekh
September 12, 2020
While we have just celebrated 25 years of the Internet in India and have been celebrating this milestone with memories, the authors of this article have collaborated to provide a crisp futuristic view of the next decade. This article has been divided into 3 phases, a Journey of 25 years, Factors that drove growth until now and factors that would drive growth in the future.

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Tags: 5G, FinTech

Facial Recognition - Friend or Foe?
Biren Parekh
July 27, 2020
The growth of a startup focusing on facial recognition is momentous. That could be largely linked to their alliance with law enforcement agents that are using the platform widely. While there exists little to no regulation around how this kind of tech is used, that has not stopped business from booming for all the parties involved.

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Tags: AI, Emerging Technology, FinTech

Preparing for ACP Exam
Biren Parekh
June 12, 2020

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Tags: Agile, Leadership, Management

Dont Fear Intelligent machines
Biren Parekh
March 21, 2020

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Tags: AI, Management

Fiction to Fact - in Five years flat
LinkedIn.com
December 31, 2019

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Tags: AI, HealthTech, Innovation

The Smart Art of Investment
LinkedIn.com
March 14, 2018

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Tags: FinTech, Management

Social Ratings
LinkedIn.com
February 09, 2017

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Tags: Leadership, Management, Social

Liquidity Management Simplified
LinkedIn.com
January 10, 2017

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Tags: FinTech, Management

1 Board Membership
Chairperson
Fintrade technologies
April 01, 2021

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Tags: EdTech, FinTech, Management

1 Book
Supercharge your Project Management skills
Guided self publishing India LLP
October 05, 2022
New, aspiring, and even experienced project managers often look for guidance when in difficult situations. This book culminates learnings drawing from over twenty-five years of my personal experience in project management. It covers various situations across different phases of project management, like requirement gathering, contracting, stakeholder identification, team management, risk management, quality, governance and communication.

These learnings are categorized into separate chapters related to each phase. Each learning is replete with real stories from my experience and is summarized in Key Takeaways for project managers to apply appropriately in practice.

The book is a supplement to PMBOK or any project management book and will help readers with some pragmatic aspects of this subject that can be applied to their day-to-day project management life.

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Tags: Project Management

1 Book Chapter
High Productivity Practices
Adhyyan books
July 11, 2021
Industry leaders like backbone supporting the body, support the economic development in any country, through their continuous productivity improvements. The author Dr. Ravindran KA has put in the effort to bring out the best practicing ideas and principles which have already been proven in the industry. As a part of that, a chapter has been written by me on my leadership and productivity hacks.

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Tags: Leadership, Management

2 Keynotes
Guest speaker
DY Patil Institute
July 21, 2023
Invited to be guest speaker at Vijay Patil school of management to welcome and motivate incoming MBA students on leadership and management topics

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Tags: Leadership, Management

Systematics CONTINUUM 2017
SJMSOM
August 19, 2017
Shailesh J Mehta School of Business conducts Systematcis continuum every year on BFSI related topics.
In 2017, I was invited to deliver inaugurate and deliver a keynote session.
It was on Disruption by IT in various domains of business. I delivered a session on Fintech Disruptors.

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Tags: FinTech, Leadership, Management

8 Panels
Reimaging business in a Data-driven world
CIO & Leader and Microsoft
September 23, 2022
Some of the key areas discussed :

1.How right data strategy enables in business critical decisions
2.How to manage governance , compliance and regulatory aspects as you build Data and AI driven customer experiences.

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Tags: Analytics

Vision India 2030: Digital Banking and Fin-Tech
NMIMS
March 26, 2022
Themes for the same are:

1. Use of Blockchain in Decentralised Finance and how will Government-owned cryptocurrency benefit the overall Fin-Tech ecosystem?

2. How the ecosystem of Fin-Tech startups and legacy financial institutions can benefit the country's growth?

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Tags: Blockchain, Digital Transformation, FinTech

Accelerating Digital Transformation with Business Application Delivery and Security
Dun & Bradstreet
December 08, 2021
Dun & Bradstreet India in association with Microsoft India is excited to announce a galaxy of Thought Leaders for this exclusive boardroom discussion on 8th December on the pertinent topic, “Accelerating Digital Transformation with Business Application Delivery and Security”

As organizations are accelerating their digital business transformation efforts; data and analytics have become vital business functions. Applications and digital offerings are providing companies with several possibilities to create business value with business model innovation. Organizations are adopting agile practices to design digital offerings and transform legacy business models and applications. While products and services are being digitally connected; SaaS & XaaS have transformed the face of the software and IT industry in terms of agility, scalability, and flexibility. In terms of organizational functions, business leaders are taking more responsibility & control towards intelligence, security, data, and analytics.

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Tags: Cloud, Digital Transformation, Leadership

Moderator for PMI Mumbai chapter Conclave 2021
PMI
November 13, 2021
I was moderator for "Digital Transformation" panel discussion for PMI Mumbai chapter Conclave 2021 that took place on 13th Nov 2021 4.30 pm onwards.

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Tags: Digital Transformation, FinTech

Innovation in BFSI
Agile Network India
September 30, 2021
The panel discussion is to discuss on different innovations in BFSI sector with Experts.

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Tags: Agile, FinTech, Project Management

Effect of Pandemic on Employee Wellbeing and working style
Agile Network India
August 23, 2020
1. What was the potential risk from lockdown and what were the emergent practices employed by the companies to mitigate risks.
2. In general how has the pandemic affected the working style of employees.
3. How have you turned around the stress into a family bonding.
4. Job insecurity, layoffs, furloughs is causing stress to employees. How are companies taking care of the economic wellness of the employees?

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Tags: Health and Wellness, Leadership, Management

The Age of Analytics : Competing in a data driven world
NITIE
August 02, 2019
Analytics is a multi-faced field that uses expertise such as computer science, machine learning, statistical learning, and information technology to derive value from a large volume of data. Given rapid technological advances, the question for companies now is how to integrate new capabilities into their operations and strategies—and position themselves in a world where analytics can upend entire industries.

Topics discussed
• Role of Analytics in revolutionizing the customer experience
• Role of Analytics in Short/Long term strategic decision making
• Unexplored application of analytics in different domains
• Challenges in managing analytics

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Tags: Analytics, Design Thinking, FinTech

Waterfall vs. Agile: Which is the Right Development Methodology for Your Project?
Project World Summit and Awards
July 07, 2019
Waterfall vs. Agile: Which is the Right Development Methodology for Your Project?
One of the first decisions we face for each of our project implementations is “Which development methodology should we
use? Both the Waterfall method and the Agile method have their uses, and the selection of either method will depend on
various project-centric factors.

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Tags: FinTech, Leadership, Management

5 Speaking Engagements
AWS Services
SIES
August 12, 2022
Overview of AWS Services

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Tags: Cloud

Career and AWS Services
SNDT Women's University - P. G. Department of Computer Science
August 12, 2022
Overview of Career and AWS Services

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Tags: Cloud

Blockchain capability and Applicability for Project Management
AQMEN365
April 28, 2022
Future of Blockchain and Future of PM With Blockchain

•Predictions of where will Blockchain be heading forward as a distributed public ledger
•How will blockchain leverage project management and take it to the next level

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Tags: Blockchain, Project Management

Project Predictability
Project World Summit and Awards
July 05, 2019
Project Predictability as a technique to improve the bottom line

Every business get benefitted from measuring and increasing the predictability of its processes. But project complexity;
limited visibility into performance; and human factors that obscure and delay forecasts, have restricted the ability to
proactively manage cost and schedule outcomes. Capturing the demand from defect identification and remediation will help
keep the team on track of predictable deliveries.
• Maximum use of technology and automated processes
• Integration between people, governance, and technology
• Formation and linkage between information, processes, and tools necessary to unlock predictability
• Integrating predictability with productivity

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Tags: FinTech, Leadership, Management

Risk Management
Asahi Kasei
February 15, 2019
As a part of Corporate training, I conducted Basics of Risk management for Asahi Kasei corporate team.

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Tags: Management, Risk Management

1 Video
The Industry Insider podcast
SPIT
May 28, 2023
The podcast ️ was live-streamed to students by the NISP Council of Bhartiya Vidya Bhavans Sardar Patel Institute of Technology Munshi Nagar Andheri Mumbai. The council promotes student-driven innovation and start-up activities on campus.

We discussed various topics, ranging from Banking, FinTech, Startups, careers, and project management.

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Tags: FinTech, Project Management, Startups

5 Visiting Lecturers
IBS Mumbai
IBS Mumbai
August 17, 2023
Guest speaker at IBS Mumbai for Risk response planning and Project status report

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Tags: Project Management, Risk Management

Fintech Disruptor
TMISR
January 07, 2021
Fintech Disruptor

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Tags: FinTech, Leadership, Management

Reimaging world Post Covid-19
PDPU
December 04, 2020
As a part of the "Business Management Symposium-2020" organized by the School of Petroleum Management(SPM), Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University(PDPU), Gandhinagar, i was invited to deliver speech on impact on Financial Services segment

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Tags: COVID19, FinTech, Management

Fintech Disruptor
TMISR
August 31, 2019
Technology in Financial Services at TMISR - Technology led disruption in Financial Services

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Tags: FinTech, Leadership, Management

DIKSHA 2018
SJMSOM
July 24, 2018
I had delivered the session on the Delivery excellence model as a part of Diksha series of inviting guest speakers.

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Tags: FinTech, Leadership, Management

10 Webinars
Introduction to PMP Certifictaion
CRISIL
August 07, 2023
PMP Certification awareness session was conducted

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Tags: Project Management

Mastering the art of Project Management
Jaro Education
July 15, 2023
Took a session on Project Management

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Tags: Project Management

Introduction to Project Management
CRISIL
June 13, 2023
A session was conducted on Introduction to Project Management for CRISIL employees. 202 persons joined

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Tags: Project Management

AWS Services
Dr.D.Y.Patil Institute of Management and Research Pimpri, Pune
July 19, 2022
Overview of AWS Services

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Tags: Cloud

Writiing Effective Emails
PMI
April 13, 2022
Dear PMIMC Members,

In today’s business environment, regardless of the industry, communicating effectively typically means a heavy use of email and using email means being able to write.

Email is one of the most common forms of communication with your potential clients. The email is often the first impression the receiver gains of the sender. A poorly written email results in a poor first impression. A professional email address creates a sense of trust, especially if it is from a credible website. This will boost your company's potential to attract new customers.

Getting promoted is also impacted by writing skills. Good writing skills communicate intelligence, professionalism, and competency. Poor writing skills communicate a lack of intelligence, professionalism, and competency. Once again, your professional image is impacted by your writing skills. The better your skills are, the better your image is and the better your chances for promotion.

Join us for this month's session on "Writing effective emails" scheduled on 13th April 2022 at 8.30 pm IST to 9.30 pm IST. The members will get 1 PDU for attending the same.

No Registration is required for joining this event.
https://bit.ly/3DEOJh6

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Tags: Leadership, Project Management

Building a Career path to Leadership
crater.club
February 16, 2022
How to grow your career by taking leadership

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Tags: Leadership

Tips to Master LinkedIn Profile
PMI Mumbai Chapter
June 13, 2021
The session will explain from basics on how to become a power user on LinkedIn and how to optimize the use of your LinkedIn profile. This will be a hands-on session whereby users will be explained how to develop a LinkedIn profile and personal brand.

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Tags: Marketing, Social

Pitfalls to avoid in Project Management Journey
PMI Mumbai Chapter
April 18, 2021
ased on Mr. Biren's experience as a Project/Program Manager over years, he has listed down some of the practical key mistakes he had made in his professional career. In this presentation, he would share these mistakes with real-world examples that can be avoided by Project Management professionals in their project management journey.

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Tags: FinTech, Leadership, Management

Product Implementation Excellence Model
PMI Mumbai Chapter
November 29, 2020
In today's VUCA world where all corporates & vendors are cost-conscious, it is imperative to ensure that implementation happens on time & within budget. As we know, poor project management results in the failure of not only the implementation project but sets back the organization by a few years in terms of achieving their vision mission & objectives. Not to mention the loss of revenue but also damage to the reputation of the organization, vendors & key stakeholders.

How to ace & manage the large product implementation and transformation amidst post-covid world? Biren will talk about challenges in banking transformation projects and mechanism to address the same.

The key takeaways will be
1- Banking implementation challenges and risks
2 - Process to meet challenges and risks
3 - How to Uncover Blind spots during implementation
4 - Connect the dots using available information

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Tags: Design Thinking, FinTech, Innovation

AWS Services
K J Somaiya Institute of Management
July 17, 2002
Overview of AWS Services

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Tags: Cloud

1 Whitepaper
A Comparative Study of Vendor Selection Process in Global Outsourcing Industry with an Elucidated Scientific Approach
Turkish Journal of Computer Mathematics and Education, (Turcomat)
April 11, 2021
While shortlisting a vendor, all stakeholders want to ensure that a reliable, dependent, and quality vendor is on-boarded. Any rogue or incompetent vendor selection may hamper the core business of the organization and may result in the downfall of the organization as well as its goodwill, built over years. Stemming from this dilemma, business leaders moved to the business process outsourcing model to mitigate some of the risks in doing everything by them. Outsourcing helps to quickly scale up or scale down and avail expert services at a reasonable price.

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Tags: Procurement

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1 Prediction
2022 Predictions for FinTech

Date : November 02, 2021

FinTech has become a disruptive new market force, attacking some of the most profitable elements of the BFSI value chain.



The coming year should witness

- No-nonsense tech driven digital banking services offering competitive interest rates and plethora of free services like bill payment, transfers or endless ATM withdrawals

- Innovative financial products like higher interest rates based on physical activity or based on likes on social media through All-in-one SuperApp

- Widespread offering of BNPL across sectors

- Personalized service to help customer control their finances using AI & ML services

- Micro-niche trend to provide hyper-focussed banking products to serve community like Islamic banking, Gig banking, LGBTQ, disabled customers, “betterers,” etc.

- Accelerated Adoption of Blockchain in Paytech, Creditech, InsurTech, Investech

- Race to embrace Open banking, platform banking, BaaS using microservices and cloud technology

- Firm commitment to invest profit earned in “Clean energy” or invest in a halal or efficient way

- Increased Employee engagement and customer centricity in all offerings

- Heavy investment towards cyber security, data governance and privacy to meet regulatory compliance

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