“On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog” is an adage about Internet anonymity which began as a caption to a cartoon. And it has been perceived that way since then! Who knows who is behind the curtains of internet?
This festive season keep your data safe with IDcentral This festive season will be celebrated with even greater joy as we will be putting an end to the year 2020 (year of uncertainty and obscurity is finally over). But while we are prepping up to celebrate the new year, fraudsters are on a constant look out to leverage vulnerability. During the holiday season, people tend to make a greater number of purchases than they do during the rest of the year.
The limitations of traditional lending solution creates a room for innovation via Fintech. Fintech is able to address the challenges that conventional lending providers face by utilising a combination of different business models, technology, and innovative approaches. Indonesia’s fintech market looks like an open bottle of honey to me. The fintech market has grown by 16.3% with total investment in fintech companies reaching $176.75 million in 2019.
Nowadays I do not need to waste my time fidgeting what I want to binge watch this weekend because my Netflix seems to knows what I would want to see better than me. And I often cringe if people ask me to share my Netflix account with them as that disturbs my suggestion algorithm. Similarly, while ordering from Myntra, it shows me suggestion of products which are available in my size and according to my spending capacity based on my previous buying habits.
If 2020 were to be described in one word then I would call it unpredictable or uncertain. There was a time when hand-crafted was preferred but as the nature showed it real face; Un-touched by hands became highly appreciated. Amidst all these changes the businesses had to build a business resilience strategy. In the wake of the pandemic, business resilience strategies adopted by companies are the superheroes saving the falling GDP. They say the best angle to approach a problem is a Try-angle!
In the face of huge societal and economical challenges, the need for digital transformation seems the only ray of hope for survival for any company in any domain. Even post COVID there is no escape from going digital because generation Z who learned how to swipe a screen before they learned how to speak will be influencing and dictating the market. This might as well change the face of digital onboarding process of the customer.
Financial institutions are responsible to provide liquidity to the economy and permit a greater magnitude of economic activity. Without financial institutions all the stacks of dough will be stuffed under your mattress, no benefits from fluctuating interest rates could be reaped. These establishments basically conduct financial transactions such as deposits, investments and loans.
Pricing can be a thorny task. Pricing challenges and intense competition in ecommerce markets have shot up drastically in the emerging age of internet because of price transparency. There is always a cheaper alternative or a costlier alternative of almost everything you see on an e-commerce website. Any person with a high threshold of time would explore all the options before investing the money into something.
Back when everyone wanted long, thick dense hair bun to flaunt their beauty, it was easy for businesses to market a hair oil highlighting the benefits and ingredients. Soon, as times changed, competition increased, the market became consumer centric, it was the time to create differentiation in the product by making the consumer recognize different hair problems.
There is a common thread between academy-award winner, Leonardo Dicaprio and the indispensability of know-your-customer (KYC). For most of you Dicaprio fans out there, you would have guessed it by now, that connection is the blockbuster ‘Catch me if you can(2002)’[1]. Dicaprio portrays a master con artist, who some consider as the best of all-time, Frank Abegnale.
