‘The pandemic has pushed us towards a cashless economy’ – 25 quotes of the week from India’s COVID-19 struggle

Launched in 2014, StoryBites is a weekly feature from YS, featuring notable quotable quotes in our articles of this past week (see the previous edition here). This special series of…

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Using tech for verification and background checks, this startup aims to “create trust”

The trust deficit across India is high. The diversity of languages, cultures, and belief systems mean trust doesn’t exist automatically – or grow organically.“On one side of this trust gap…

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How a stray observation in a metro train inspired two Princeton grads to set up a fintech firm for women

Studying at IIT Roorkee and pursuing her bachelor’s and master’s in technology at a time when women were not allowed to dream of a life beyond domesticity made Poshak Agrawal’s…

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