Banking Frontiers

Sber

Sberhaspositioned itself asa major force in Russia’s sustainable development agenda, with strong emphasis on responsible financing, digital innovation, and climate-linked technologies. Between Januar y and September 2025, its responsible financing...

Infrastructure for AI

Ravi Lalwani: AI is very energy intensive. What increase is WhiteOak Capital seeing in energy units and energy costs due to AI trials and deployment? Rahul Dayal: At WhiteOak Capital, we view the adoption of Artificial Intelligence as a strategic...

Leadership - Transformation

A wide variety of tools can be deployed to accelerate the tangible aspects of an organization – but transformation calls for a deep engagement on the intangible aspects. This story narrates the leadership and people driven transformation at a reputed...

Cloud & On-Prem in the GEN AI RACE

The story of the hare and the tortoise is a classic that re-appears time and again between different contestants – cars vs horses, oil vs electricity, AC vs DC, mainframes vs PCs, iOS vs Android. Now there is a new pair of contestants in the race for...

UGRO Capital

Ravi Lalwani: Describe 1 or 2 strategic initiatives under MarComm in the last 12-18 months at UGRO Capital? Ankit Chothani: Over the past 18 months, our MarComm team has brought to life 2 transformative initiatives. One is designed to spark a movement...

Parametric Insurance

Chinese electric car maker BYD (BYD standing for Build Your Dreams) is in the limelight for some wrong reasons. The company, which had a record revenue of 771.1 billion yuan ($107.2 billion) in 2024, and a net profit of 40.25 billion yuan ($5.6 billion...

Saudi Arabia Sandbox

The Central Bank of Saudi Arabia, or SAMA, has a regulatory sandbox framework that allows financial institutions and fintech companies to test innovative financial products, services and business models in a controlled environment. The framework is...

Brand Ambassador

Ravi Lalwani: How will Vidya Balan shape Federal Bank’s narrative in a digital-first era? MVS Murthy: Vidya’s persona aligns perfectly with our ethos as a bank that combines technological innovation with a human touch. Federal Bank has now entered its...

BOBCARD

Ravi Lalwani: The BFSI sector is rapidly shifting toward more personalized and digital-first financial services. What specific advancements or strategic changes does your organization plan to implement by 2025 to meet evolving market...

Ai Ascend

We keep riding wave after wave of transformation. First wave gave us paperless transformation. Second wave gave us analytics. The third wave is giving us AI. One thing that every transformation does is improve productivity – for individuals, for...

Housing Finance

Smriti Pandey: Briefly describe the changes in your loan portfolio over the last 12 months in terms of total number of customers, loan book, monthly disbursements (value and number), average tenure, etc. Girish Kousgi: Over the last 12 months, we have...

Digital Transformation

Ravi Lalwani: The BFSI sector is rapidly shifting toward more personalized and digital-first financial services. What specific advancements or strategic changes does your organization plan to implement by 2025 to meet evolving market expectations? Are...

APAC Financial Services

From a modest beginning with just 5 employees and a single office in 2018, 6 years later in 2024, APAC Financial Services grew to 2000 employees – indeed a remarkable growth. The person at the forefront of this expansion of human capital is the...

EXPERIENTIAL EVOLUTION, TRUSTWORTHY TRANSFORMATION

Expanding Horizons, Exploring Frontiers

Banking Frontiers held its annual Finnoviti-Technoviti awardscum-conference-cum expo on June 19. Kudos to all the winners for their bright spark, their enthusiasm and their outcomes that pushed the frontiers. It is the innovators that are making the...

Swiss Re

Smriti Pandey: What are the key trends in life and health insurance in the APAC region that contrast with global trends? Liem Phan: APAC is a diverse and dynamic region with markets at various economic conditions and stages of development. In general,...