Vritti May 2017 | Page 3

vritti January 2017 3 Blurb Dear readers, What will drive the next wave of mobile payments and digital commerce? This edition of Vritti will answer this question on everyone’s mind. First up, we talk about the buzz word of this year ‘Conversational Commerce’ in the article “Conversational Commerce: The New Kid on the Block” Next we turn our attention to an increasing use of Biometrics in payments in the article “National ID for Payments: The Case of Aadhaar in India” Further, we discuss the news that made headlines at Mobile World Congress 2017 in “Mobile Payments Takes Centre Stage at the MWC 2017”. Women will constitute majority of the new mobile and mobile money users. In our last two articles we discuss how to increase women’s participation in the mobility world in the articles “Reducing Mobile Money Gender Gap” and “Private Recharge: Empowering Women and Ensuring their Security” I hope you enjoy reading our articles like we enjoy writing them for you. Happy Reading! Srinivas Nidugondi SVP and Head of Mobile Financial Solutions at Mahindra Comviva