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Banking on Growth - May 2007
With the Indian economy growing at a brisk clip of nine-plus per cent per annum, there is growing global and domestic interest in the nation’s banking industry. Experts have also projected that India would emerge as the third largest banking hub in the world by 2040. Rajeshwari Adappa Thakur writes about the buoyant sector .
Source: India Brand Equity Foundation (IBEF)
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India, Financial Services - February 2006
The financial services industry in India is still emerging from a long period of government control. The sector has been identified by IFSL as one of its top priority markets. The main focus of attention by the British High Commission in India is to encourage the Indian Government to bring down barriers to entry for overseas companies.
Source: UK Trade & Investment (UKTI)
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Training and Education - August 2005
For a culture that traditionally values education, it is only natural that India should become an education hub. An average middle-class household in India spends 15 to 20 per cent of its income on education/ careers of children. In fact, education takes the second position after food in the spend hierarchy, with clothing and housing following it.
Source: India Brand Equity Foundation (IBEF)
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There’s Life In India - February 2005
There is a belief that that Smart Cards are not universal in appeal and have not really taken off in the US. Smart Cards are used in pay phones, launderettes and parking meters in the US, but that's about it. One of the reasons for this may be that the US may have such large investments in credit card systems that there is no impetus to change.
Source: India Brand Equity Foundation (IBEF)
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Financial Services, Financing Dreams: Home Loans Gather Critical Mass - May 2004
Five years ago, the word mela in India meant a village fair, a place where artisans displayed and sold their wares to villages. Today, India’s consumer banks and property developers in urban and suburban India use the same word to sell and finance dreams. In the past two years, home loan melas have been sponsored by a dozen Indian banks and have been held in every major Indian city.
Such melas are targeting the fastest growing middle class in the world around 400 million plus - who are now opting to buy apartments rather than pay rent. Unlike a cautious outlook on loans a few years ago, today’s consumer has a far more positive and open outlook about taking a loan.
Source: India Brand Equity Foundation (IBEF)
Electronic Wallets Take Off In India - April 2004
There is a belief that that Smart Cards are not universal in appeal and have not really taken off in the US. Smart Cards are used in pay phones, launderettes and parking meters in the US, but that's about it. One of the reasons for this may be that the US may have such large investments in credit card systems that there is no impetus to change
Source: India Brand Equity Foundation (IBEF)
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