01213pab a2200157 454500 180718b2017 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Ranade, Ajit Role of 'Fintech in financial inclusion and new business models 2017 p.25-128. 25 Mar The convergence of finance and technology to provide financial services by non-financial institutions, popularly known as "fintech," has come to dominate the financial landscape. Taking stock of this development, its impact and implications for new products, processes and services, including for financial inclusion are examined. The Jan Dhan-Aadhaar-mobile phones trinity provides fertile ground for fintech to permeate to the "last mile." Notwithstanding its manifold benefits, there is a need to exercise caution in areas such as privacy and ownership of data. In a fast-paced world of rapidly evolving technology and related financial services, regulators have new paradigms to grapple with and therefore, need to be proactive so as to not stifle the growth of this nascent sector. - Reproduced. Financial institutions Economic and Political Weekly 114210 114204 114204 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 52, Issue no: 12 AR114670 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR