Financial Well-being and Social Protection

This infographic provides information on the various kinds of mobile payments solutions and platforms in India.

This infographic provides a snapshot of the ‘Fintech for the Last Mile’ incubator program launched by Catalyst at IFMR. The incubator was designed to support start-ups that can reimagine and reinvent fintech products for the masses in ways that optimize … Read More

This infographic provides a snapshot of the Catalyst program’s approach to promote last-mile digital payment solutions for underserved communities of merchants and consumers in India. Through a partnership with the Government of Rajasthan, Catalyst set up a Digital Payment Lab … Read More

This playbook aims to equip fintech companies with the tools essential to design customer-centric products and delivery models. Drawing on tools such as the CGAP Customer Centric guide, the Do It Yourself (DIY) toolkit developed by Nesta and Quicksand, the … Read More

The aim of this study was to assess the design and delivery of initiatives that aim to promote digital payment adoption among low-income clusters of Jaipur, Rajasthan. This report presents insights on household income patterns, expenditure profiles, saving and borrowing … Read More

Through its Incubator Program – Fintech for the last mile, Catalyst provided financial support, market access, mentorship, technology infrastructure, research and operations support to five startups which included startup Kaleidofin. This piece captures insights from an interview with Sucharita Mukherjee … Read More

This field story highlights the gender gap in access and usage of digital payment platforms in Bhatta Basti, Jaipur and identifies strategies to enable adoption by women.

As part of the Catalyst program at LEAD, the Digital Payments Lab implemented a series of research projects and operational initiatives centred on digitising a low-income cluster, Bhatta Basti, in Jaipur city. This learning note is the first installment in … Read More

LEAD and Catalyst, in collaboration with SEWA Bharat, conducted a survey of 442 ultra-poor households in the Bhatta Basti area of Jaipur. This learning note presents insights on the respondents’ current needs, behaviors, and perceptions with regard to digital payments … Read More

As part of the Catalyst initiative to promote digital payments, we conducted an experiment to explore economical alternatives to create awareness about various digital payment platforms. This field story captures learnings from the ‘Digital Mela’ initiative, where a canopy store … Read More