On this week's episode of 'Paisa Vaisa', host Anupam Gupta talks to Dilip Modi, founder of Spice Money, a rural fintech brand that focuses on bridging the gaps in access to various financial services in Indias semi-urban and rural areas. Anupam and Dilip talk about the overview and background of Spice Money, the problems in cash usage and how financial inclusion solves various problems present in the current economy. You can know more about Spice Money: ( https://spicemoney.com/ ) Twitter: ( Spi...
Mar 22, 2021•25 min•Ep 289•Transcript available on Metacast In this bonus episode of 'Paisa Vaisa', Host Anupam Gupta is in conversation with Nikhil Kamath, Co-founder and CIO at True Beacon & Zerodha where they discuss behavioral changes on Demat accounts, Retail Investors and trends among HNI/UHNIs during unprecedented times. They also go over True Beacon and the gaps found in wealth management that the brand seeks to fill and a checklist to follow while looking for a fund manager. You can know more about True Beacon: ( https://www.truebeacon.com/ ...
Mar 16, 2021•28 min•Ep 288•Transcript available on Metacast On this week's episode of 'Paisa Vaisa', host Anupam Gupta talks to Maneesh Dangi, CO Chief Investment Officer at Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund about the India Growth Story and what has changed in the past decade. Maneesh further shares his view on Government finances and summarizes an interest rate perspective forecast for the next decade before they drop some great tips on investing. You can know more about Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund: ( https://mutualfund.adityabirlacapital.com/ ) T...
Mar 15, 2021•48 min•Ep 287•Transcript available on Metacast On this Women's Day Special Episode of 'Paisa Vaisa', host Anupam Gupta is in conversation with Sujata Ahlawat, VP and Head of Direct-to-Consumer Interactive, TransUnion CIBIL. Anupam and Sujata discuss the annual study by TransUnion CIBIL about womens credit behaviour and awareness around it, how women are changing the credit landscape and the various initiatives that are driving women's access in the Indian credit ecosystem. Sujata further shares tips on how to improve credit score and the imp...
Mar 08, 2021•27 min•Ep 286•Transcript available on Metacast In this week's episode of 'Paisa Vaisa', host Anupam Gupta is in conversation with Jayanth Nanjappa, Investment Strategist at 90-10 Financial Planners Pvt Ltd. & Co-Founder of 'The Econormist Podcast'. Anupam and Jayanth talk about the future of wealth management and its current scenario in India. They discuss his journey to start the Econormist Podcast and how he managed to get Richard Thaler for the interview before he won the Nobel Prize. They also talk over the evolution of wealth manage...
Mar 01, 2021•36 min•Ep 285•Transcript available on Metacast In this week's episode of 'Paisa Vaisa', host Anupam Gupta is in conversation with Erik Hon, Managing Director of iFAST Financial India Pvt Ltd. iFAST Corporation is one of Asia's largest wealth management fintech platform. It was founded in the year 2000 and is based in Singapore. Anupam and Erik talk about the concept of Global Investing - in particular how to choose a good country or a good region to invest in. They discuss why Global Investing is important from an asset allocation perspectiv...
Feb 22, 2021•23 min•Ep 284•Transcript available on Metacast In this week's episode of 'Paisa Vaisa', host Anupam Gupta is in conversation with Rajmohan Krishnan, Principal Founder & Managing Director, Entrust Family Office. Entrust is among the earliest SEBI registered investment advisors, it's been formed by veterans from the banking industry. Anupam and Rajmohan talk about what is a Family Office and the journey of Entrust since 2013. They further discuss the scope and expertise of this service, how were things done in the past, and what demands of...
Feb 15, 2021•51 min•Ep 283•Transcript available on Metacast In this week's episode of 'Paisa Vaisa', host Anupam Gupta is in conversation with Sachin Gupta, Founder and CEO at FIGG. FIGG helps its customer to make better financial decisions. Anupam and Sachin talk about how he started FIGG, how people can take care of their financial wellness, and 5 aspects of personal finance. They further talk about what FIGG has to offer that can solve the various financial problem for their users. All this and much more on this episode of #PaisaVaisa. You can know mo...
Feb 08, 2021•30 min•Ep 282•Transcript available on Metacast In this week's episode of 'Paisa Vaisa', host Anupam Gupta is in conversation with Aditya Kondawar, Founder, COO, JST Investments. Anupam and Aditya talk about his journey and how he started JST Investments and discuss the concept of IPO Grey Market Premium and also give a checklist to choose a good IPO. Aditya further talks about the concept of Pre IPO Market, how to improve the chance of getting allotments and some practical tips and tricks to our listeners. All this and a lot more on this epi...
Feb 01, 2021•24 min•Ep 281•Transcript available on Metacast In this week's episode of 'Paisa Vaisa', Host Anupam Gupta is in conversation with Madhuchanda Dey, Head of Research at Moneycontrol. Moneycontrol is one of the best Financial and Business portals in India. They provide in-depth market coverage, analysis, expert opinions and a gamut of financial tools to its consumers and market watchers. Anupam and Madhuchanda talk about the Union Budget 2021. They discuss different aspects such as Why is this budget important, What are the main expectations fr...
Jan 29, 2021•28 min•Ep 280•Transcript available on Metacast In this week's episode of 'Paisa Vaisa', Host Anupam Gupta is in conversation with Vivek Veda, Co-founder and CFO at KreditBee. KreditBee is an Instant Personal Loan platform for self-employed and salaried professionals, where they can apply for a Personal Loan as per their requirement. Anupam and Vivek talk about Digital Lending in India and how is it picking up the trend in India. They discuss the key difference between a credit card and a personal loan, how a personal loan makes difference in...
Jan 25, 2021•25 min•Ep 279•Transcript available on Metacast In this week's episode of 'Paisa Vaisa', Host Anupam Gupta is in conversation with Vinay Bansal, Founder & CEO, Inflection Point Ventures. Inflection Point Ventures (IPV) is a 3300+ strong members angel investing firm which supports new-age entrepreneurs, providing them monetary & experiential capital by connecting them with a diverse group of investors. They talk about startups surviving the post-pandemic world. Anupam and Vinay discuss the current trends of funding, the scenario of oth...
Jan 18, 2021•27 min•Ep 278•Transcript available on Metacast In this week's episode of 'Paisa Vaisa', Host Anupam Gupta is in conversation with Karan Shah, Chief Executive Officer at Meghnad Desai Academy of Economics (MDAE). The Meghnad Desai Academy of Economics has been established as an institution of excellence to provide graduate students with the academic rigor and applied skills to meet the needs of a dynamic and globalized workplace. Anupam and Karan talk about careers in the economics and finance industry in India. They discuss the various roles...
Jan 11, 2021•52 min•Ep 277•Transcript available on Metacast In this week's episode of 'Paisa Vaisa', Host Anupam Gupta is in conversation with Sameer Nair, Chief Executive Officer at Applause Entertainment. Applause Entertainment is the team behind the absolutely brilliant series Scam 1992, the Harshad Mehta Story. They discuss various things about the show - Thinking, Characterization, Response and Generation. They further talk about how our relationship with money has changed over time and what stories around money do people want to know more about? Al...
Jan 04, 2021•38 min•Ep 276•Transcript available on Metacast In this week's episode of 'Paisa Vaisa', Host Anupam Gupta is in conversation with Mahesh Patil, CIO Equity at Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund. Anupam and Mahesh talk about an overview of the 2020 market and the key trends for the economy and market. They further discuss GDP Recovery, the Current market situation and an outlook for 2021. All this and a lot more on this episode of #PaisaVaisa with Anupam Gupta. You can know more about Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund: (https://mutualfund.adity...
Dec 25, 2020•24 min•Ep 275•Transcript available on Metacast On this special episode, host Anupam Gupta talks with Mr. Sanjay Sapre, President, Franklin Templeton India. They talk about the upcoming voting on the six yield-oriented debt funds that take place later in the weeks. Mr. Sapre explains the various options and implications available to unit-holders and the process to vote and attend the meeting. You can know more about Franklin Templeton: ( https://www.franklintempletonindia.com/ ) Twitter: @FTIIndia ( https://www.franklintempletonindia.com/ ) G...
Dec 22, 2020•28 min•Ep 274•Transcript available on Metacast In this week's episode of 'Paisa Vaisa', Host Anupam Gupta is joined by Shobhit Bhaskaran, COO Loan@Home product, Muthoot Finance. Muthoot Finance provides gold loans on extremely easy terms and conditions to people of each segment of the society. Anupam and Shobhit talk about Gold as a commodity or Gold Loans in India. They discuss what are gold loans?; how do they work?; who are the eligible people to take a gold loan?; Do people need to have a credit score for the gold loan?; What is the inte...
Dec 21, 2020•39 min•Ep 273•Transcript available on Metacast In this week's episode of 'Paisa Vaisa', Host Anupam Gupta is joined by Nischal Shetty, Founder & CEO of WazirX. WazirX provides a platform to invest/trade in cryptocurrencies. Anupam and Nischal walk through the changes in Bitcoin starting from 2017 up till now in 2020. Nischal shares about the regulations on cryptocurrency both globally and in India. They further discuss what precautions to take while trading in Bitcoin. All this and much more on this episode of #PaisaVaisa. You can know m...
Dec 14, 2020•43 min•Ep 272•Transcript available on Metacast In this week's episode of 'Paisa Vaisa', Host Anupam Gupta is joined by two co-founders, Shanti Mohan, CEO and Sanjay Jha, CPO at LetsVenture. LetsVenture enables startups looking to raise seed/angel money to create investment ready profiles online, and connect to accredited Investors. Anupam, Shanti and Sanjay talk about startup funding and equity. Shanti and Sanjay share their journey of starting the LetsVenture and discuss how public and private markets are different from each other?; What ar...
Dec 14, 2020•46 min•Ep 271•Transcript available on Metacast In this week's episode of 'Paisa Vaisa', Host Anupam Gupta is joined by Deepak Khurana, Proposition Sales Director, Sustainable Finance and Lipper, Asia-Pacific at Refinitiv. Refinitiv enables the financial community to trade smarter and faster, overcome regulatory challenges, and scale intelligently. Anupam and Deepak talk about ESG as a style of investing that stands for Environment, Social, Governance and why it's important. Deepak shares the background and historical perspective both in Indi...
Dec 07, 2020•35 min•Ep 270•Transcript available on Metacast In this week's episode of 'Paisa Vaisa', Host Anupam Gupta is joined by Kalpen Parekh, President and Aparna Karnik, Head of Risk and Quantitative Analysis at DSP Mutual Fund. They talk about DSP Mutual Fund's latest offering - the DSP Value Fund. In the first half, they discuss their perspective on value investing, its process and performance. The second half consists of a question from a listener's perspective, how should they look at the value fund versus the competition? From an asset allocat...
Nov 30, 2020•55 min•Ep 269•Transcript available on Metacast In this week's episode of 'Paisa Vaisa', Host Anupam Gupta is joined by Atul Singh, Founder and CEO at Validus Wealth. Validus Wealth is a full service, next-generation private client platform in India serving HNW/UHNW families. Anupam and Atul talk about the concept of wealth management; Why do we even need a wealth manager?; how the wealth management industry has evolved in India; How has technology changed the landscape?; Atul further shares practical advice and tips to the people on how do t...
Nov 23, 2020•42 min•Ep 268•Transcript available on Metacast In this week's episode of 'Paisa Vaisa', Host Anupam Gupta is joined by Manish Dureja, Managing Director and CEO at InterMiles. InterMiles is a loyalty and reward management company that opens up a world of travel and lifestyle privileges for its users. Anupam and Manish talk about the background of InterMiles, how people are evolving for travel and tourism during the pandemic, what insights have been identified by InterMiles recently in the Consumer Sentiment Index Report; how does InterMiles o...
Nov 16, 2020•37 min•Ep 267•Transcript available on Metacast In this bonus episode of 'Paisa Vaisa', Host Anupam Gupta is joined by Ajit Menon, CEO at PGIM India Mutual Fund. PGIM is the global investment management business of Prudential Financial, Inc. USA. They offer a broad range of investment capabilities through their multi-manager model along with experienced investment teams that assist users in achieving their financial goals. Anupam and Ajit talk about a Retirement Survey by PGIM with some interesting findings. They discuss about its key finding...
Nov 09, 2020•37 min•Ep 266•Transcript available on Metacast In this week's episode of 'Paisa Vaisa', Host Anupam Gupta is joined by Arun Kumar, Head of Research at Fundsindia.com . Fundsindia is Indias friendliest online-only investment platform. Built on robust technology, FundsIndia gives users access to mutual funds from leading fund houses in India, stocks from the BSE, corporate fixed deposits and various other investment products, all in one convenient online location. Anupam and Arun talk about his background in the market and an overview of Funds...
Nov 09, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Ep 265•Transcript available on Metacast In this week's episode of 'Paisa Vaisa', Host Anupam Gupta is joined by Ashutosh Datar, Co-founder at IndiaDataHub.IndiaDataHub is an interactive data platform set up with the aim of democratizing access to public data in India. Anupam and Ashutosh talk about his background and how he started with IndiaDataHub. Ashutosh shares why the data is important, what are the sources and who are the people who should be focusing a lot more on Indian data. They also talk about how IndiaDataHub helps to sol...
Nov 02, 2020•34 min•Ep 264•Transcript available on Metacast In this week's episode of 'Paisa Vaisa', Host Anupam Gupta is joined by Swanand Kelkar, Managing Director at Morgan Stanley (On a one-year sabbatical). This episode is mainly focused on life and productivity. Anupam and Swanand talk about his background, the concept of time billionaire and the structural difference between sabbatical & traditional retirement. They also discuss about how Swanand managed to structure his responsibilities before taking the sabbatical, what are his learnings and...
Oct 26, 2020•48 min•Ep 263•Transcript available on Metacast In this week's episode of 'Paisa Vaisa', Host Anupam Gupta is joined by a returning guest, Vinay Bagri is Co-founder & CEO of Niyo. Anupam and Vinay talk about the Niyo IDFC First Savings account. Niyo IDFC First Savings account is a product jointly curated by IDFC First bank and Niyo. They chat about various topics as on what exactly are the user experience problems at banks today; where are the gaps; how does a neo-bank solve customer problems. They also discuss about the Niyo-IDFC First S...
Oct 19, 2020•30 min•Ep 262•Transcript available on Metacast In this week's episode of 'Paisa Vaisa', Host Anupam Gupta is joined by Madhusudanan R, Co-founder at YAP. It allows us to create our own stream of neo-banking and deposit products using their bank-grade APIs. Anupam and Madhusudanan talk about the concept of APIs; the difference between fintech and neo bank; how neo bank helps the traditional banking ecosystem via digital sources and how it is transforming the landscape of the fintech industry across the globe. They also discuss about YAP, its ...
Oct 12, 2020•33 min•Ep 261•Transcript available on Metacast In this week's episode of 'Paisa Vaisa', Host Anupam Gupta is joined by Prasad Ramani, Founder and Chief Behavioral Officer at Syntoniq Inc. Syntoniq is an advisor assessment tool which helps in building engaging, impactful behavioral technology solutions for financial services institutions including Wealth Advisory, Investment Management and Banking firms. Anupam and Prasad talk about the concept of behavioral finance and economics. They deep dive into his journey in behavioral finance, current...
Oct 05, 2020•40 min•Ep 260•Transcript available on Metacast 
