Purpose: To manage the self-service concept in the retail outlets, a better functional and structural knowledge is required which functionally illiterate consumers do not show, leading to face marketplace challenges, thereby ending up developing a coping mechanism (Viswanathan et al, 2005:15)....

The paper reviews India’s efforts to digitize its economy and achieve financial inclusion. It also throws light on its policies and strategies to achieve its stated national mission of financial inclusion of “banking majority of the unbanked population”. The paper also highlights how...

The fintech (Financial Technology) segment is driven by digital technology, innovations, regulations, and market structures. The fintech ecosystem has been changing rapidly in the last couple of years. With such rapid changes and complex developments, there is a need for understanding various...

With the growing use of digital payments, governments all over the world are exploring the idea of government backed digital currencies, which can provide safer transactions. Countries like Malaysia, Nigeria, Singapore and China have introduced their own Digital Currencies. The Government of...

Financial Technologies have transformed banking and financial services operations worldwide over the last decade. It has simplified the customer's and banking authorities' lives significantly. The paper reviews briefly the most commonly used financial technologies (Fintech) – Artificial...

The study links investment styles with performance, nature of ownership, fund size and fund age. The study brings to light that investment style affects fund performance in the long-term. Further, the investment style is influenced by fund size as evidenced through hypothesis testing. The study...

The article analyses the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) enunciated by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India for ranking of higher educational institutions in the country. Its analysis the framework in terms of its five parameters and the 21 sub...

The paper attempts to empirically study the monitoring and value added activities practiced by Indian Venture Capitalists. A brief literature review of the monitoring activities in the context of developed countries has been presented leading to the development of a conceptual framework. Data on...

The paper comprehensively analyses the Indian economy and mutual fund investments in India during Covidvirus pandemic period. Further, based on the data and reports of financial institutions, banks, investment research agencies (like CRISIL, Moody's etc.) and industry associations, draws...

The pre-investment due diligence is a comprehensive systematic investigation, verification and evaluation of the prospective project before funds are committed. The paper aims to develop a comprehensive due diligence and audit framework to facilitate consistent evaluation of investment...