SBI mini savings goes mobile with Eko.
State Bank of India is by far the largest bank in India.
To give you a sense of scale, in 1H of FY 10 (Apr – Sep 2009) customers opened a staggering 7.3 million accounts (saving & checking only does not include loans, FDs / CDs etc)
Here are some key stats for [...]
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December 8, 2009
SBI mini savings goes mobile with Eko
December 4, 2009
Rural banking in Malawi
One of key differences in the emerging markets is products & solutions need to be tailored to the local culture and environments. This article about rural banking in Malai is interesting as it takes about adapting traditional ATMs to work with local needs i.e. using biometrics. The other important aspect is how [...]
September 28, 2009
Mobile phones : How they impact our economy
Here is an interesting article from The Economist on the mobile phone industry. What interested me, apart from the widely known facts about the growth in the mobile industry, is the impact on GDP. Adding 10 phones for every 100 individuals (10%) creates a 0.8% growth in per capita GDP.
In the developing world, the mobile is [...]
September 27, 2009
Micro Enterprises from two continents
Continuing on my micro-entrepreneur story line, I was recently in New York and had an interesting conversation with the cab driver on the way to the airport. Talking to him was interesting as it gave me an opportunity to compare him with a similar service provider from India, a local autorickshaw driver.
First the story about [...]
August 17, 2009
Swine Flu Best Practices for professionals
Best practices on handling swine flu diagnosis put together by St. John’s Hospital, Bangalore and shared by Dr. Sanjiv Lewin. All copyrights & credits belong to them.
August 9, 2009
Swine Flu Update
I had an opportunity to meet with the local State Health Secretary while on a TV show. I walked him through the issues I faced and some simple solutions they can use. So here is what the government has done:
1. Patients can be tested in multiple location including private hospitals with better amineties
2. Local testing [...]
July 21, 2009
Brush with Swine Flu
Ok so I had swine flu. The funny thing is I did not get it from traveling but caught the virus right at home. In India they say it is my karma.
The good parts first:
I stayed at the Rajiv Gandhi hospital which had a sanatorium like feel with lots of trees, low rise buildings [...]
January 25, 2009
Bharathpur Bird Santuary
We were on a business trip driving through a town called Bharthpur in Rajasthan. Bharthpur has an amazing national park which is also a bird sanctuary called the Keoladeo National Park.
So I got a few of my collegues out of bed before dawn and we had this amazing walk through the national park. [...]
January 25, 2009
Micro-business Kullad chai
Here is another very typical Indian micr- enterprise. This is a highway tea stall some where in Rajasthan. He is boiling milk in the big vessel on the left. The red round device is to pump air into the coal stove. It has a hand crank that he turns and air is supplied through [...]
October 28, 2008
Halloween Creations
This is the product of the Halloween party for a bunch of 4 year olds. Couple of interesting items:
This is in Bangalore India and all 4 year old kids were completely into Halloween – costumes, tick or treating, etc etc . My first exposure to Halloween was in the US, so I [...]
