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Student Research: Demonetization gave a push towards digital payments – But is India ready to do away with cash?

October 19, 2017January 6, 2020 IBGC 0 Comment alternative lending, cash, Cashless Catalyst, credit scoring, demonetization, digital finance, digital payments, Fletcher students, India, MALD, Paytm, Raunak Mittal, student research

by Raunak Mittal (MALD 2018) Demonetization, a bold move executed by the current government in India took everyone by surprise.

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Bhaskar Chakravorti in HBR – “Early Lessons from India’s Demonetization Experiment”

March 16, 2017January 23, 2019 IBGC 0 Comment Aadhaar, Bhaskar Chakravorti, BHIM, cash, corruption, creativity, demonetization, digital payments, Harvard Business Review, HBR, India, innovation, monetary policy, Narendra Modi, op-ed, Paytm

Early Lessons from India’s Demonetization Experiment Did India just pull off a monetary and political miracle? Consider the sequence of

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Bhaskar Chakravorti in The Indian Express – “The less cash budget”

February 3, 2017February 6, 2019 IBGC 0 Comment Aadhaar, Arun Jaitley, Bharat Interface for Money, Bhaskar Chakravorti, BHIM, demonetization, digital adoption, digital economy, digital payments, e-wallet, India, Indian Express, op-ed

The Less Cash Budget After the drama of demonetisation, the 2017-18 Union budget has been a decidedly sober affair. The

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Dean Chakravorti in the Indian Express – “A New Abnormal”

January 23, 2017February 26, 2019 IBGC 0 Comment Bhaskar Chakravorti, currency, Digital India, digital payments, e-wallet, India, Indian Express, Narendra Modi, op-ed

A New Abnormal A little over two months has passed since the Narendra Modi government’s ambush on its own currency.

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Bhaskar Chakravorti in the Harvard Business Review – “India’s Botched War on Cash”

December 14, 2016January 23, 2019 IBGC 0 Comment Bhaskar Chakravorti, cash economy, cashless world, Cost of Cash, demonetization, digital payments, Financial Inclusion, Harvard Business Review, HBR, India, Narendra Modi, op-ed

India’s Botched War on Cash [In the wake of demonetization], retail and wholesale markets have stalled around the country. Supply

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Ten Questions 

10 Questions: If Cash is Dead, Why is that Fat Wallet Still in My Pocket?

May 27, 2016May 20, 2019 IBGC 0 Comment 10 Questions, Ben Mazzotta, Bhaskar Chakravorti, cash, Contextual Intelligence, Cost of Cash, credit cards, digital payments, Institute for Business in the Global Context, Master of International Business, MIB

After more than 2,000 years as king, cash is facing competition. From credit cards to the myriad new payment technologies

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