Vivek Anand

Vivek is currently working as a Digital Financial Service Expert in BASIX Consulting & Technology Services Ltd. He is a financial consultant with more than 14 years of strategic and operational experience in banking, digital financial services, project management and management consultancy.

Vivek is a financial consultant with more than 14 years of strategic and operational experience in banking, digital financial services, project management and management consultancy. He has worked as a Manager with MSC, from March 2015 to January 2018. He has implemented key projects in India, such as DFS strategy development for leading public sector banks, State Rural Livelihood Missions (SRLM) and development of technology enabled pro-poor communication strategies to catalyze financial inclusion. His areas of expertise comprise of inclusive finance, stakeholders’ relationship management, financial modelling, project management, team management, financial due diligence and credit analysis.

Posts by Vivek Anand

Lessons from Orality for Digital Financial Services Development

At 6:30 a.m.,in a busy wholesale vegetable market on the outskirts of Varanasi, Shanti Devi is haggling with the wholesale vendor of cauliflower. The price is negotiated at ₹300 a sack. Shanti takes out two ₹500 currency notes from her batua (cloth purse) and hands it to the vendor for two sacks. The vendor hands […]

Digital wallet adoption for the oral segment in India: Concept development for MoWo (Mobile Wallet for Oral)

The objective of this research was to develop conceptual wireframe of a mobile wallet for ‘oral’ people to use. The user interface was developed keeping in mind the cognitive usability constraints of oral segment.

Democratising Financial Services

In addition to Aadhaar, the India Stack is likely to transform payments, financial services and consumer protection in India.