To celebrate the first anniversary of Sahamati, a 4-week long hackathon was held starting in July. A total of 85 teams were formed constituting of 372 members from 9 time zones! We were expecting 20 decent projects. We underestimated the enthusiasm, we got 46 superb submissions! Our esteemed panel of judges shortlisted 10 projects for […]
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OCEN & Account Aggregators will change digital lending in India
On 22nd July at the Global Fintech Festival 2020, Nandan Nilekani announced the launch of the Open Credit Enablement Network (OCEN), which would mark the beginning of a new age for financial inclusion in India. Working in tandem with the Account Aggregator framework, this extension of our public digital infrastructure will help to democratise credit […]
Sahamati AA Hackathon 2020 – Projects List
Sahamati organised the first-ever Account Aggregator Hackathon in India, starting on July 4, 2020, in partnership with Devfolio. We have had thousands of participants from across the country come together to learn and build solutions to enable the success of this new paradigm for data governance in India. While the winners will be publicly announced […]
AA Masterclass: Neobanking, Open Banking and Opportunities in the Account Aggregator Framework
A masterclass by Ramganesh Iyer, Bharat Kumar Ramesh and Angad Kapur, all from Bain & Company, to cover the different market opportunities for Neobanking, Open Banking and Account Aggregators in India. Their session covers: the disaggregation of the banking business the different levers that are influencing the rise of open banking various scenarios for how […]
AA Masterclass: Consumer Fintech and the Impact of Account Aggregators
A masterclass Kunal Shah (Founder – Cred, Freecharge) and Sumit Gwalani (Co-founder – Epifi) on building successful consumer fintech apps and the market potential of Account Aggregators. The session covered a number of exciting topics including: how the account aggregators help to foster consumer protection and the need for a data democracy in India how […]
AA Masterclass: Market Sizing for Account Aggregators
A masterclass by Salil Ravindran (Head of Research and Advisory, MEDICI Global) about how to assess the potential and size of the Account Aggregator market in India. In his presentation he covers:– Different consented data sharing initiatives worldwide– Main differences in India and other countries– Key impact areas for Account Aggregators– Market potential of different […]
AA Masterclass: India Stack’s Role in Building New Credit Products
A masterclass by Arvind Kapil (Group Head of Retail Lending, HDFC Bank) moderated by Meghana Reddyreddy (Volunteer, iSpirt) on the role of India Stack in our digital lending landscape. In this fascinating conversation, they cover how: India’s unique approach to public digital infrastructure has helped to make digital services cashless, presence and paperless. India Stack […]
AA Masterclass: Privacy, Data Security, and AA Regulations
A masterclass Q&A session with Spice Route Legal and Vinay Kesari (General Counsel, Setu) about privacy, data security and AA regulations. The data ecosystem in India including the new Personal Data Protection Bill New protections and rights for individual consumers What this means for ‘owners’ or ‘providers’ of data How AA overlaps with the framework […]