Skip to main content
Toggle Menu

Secondary Menu

  • Who We Are
  • What We Do
  • Research
  • Incumbents and Disruptors
  • News
  • Contact
  • Search

Main Menu

  • Who We Are
  • What We Do
  • Research
  • Incumbents and Disruptors

MSME

Academic Journal

Assessing Incentives to Increase Digital Payment Acceptance and Usage: A Machine Learning Approach

November 02, 2022
In this PLoS ONE article, Allen, Carbo, Chakravorti, Rodriguez, and Ardic use random forest estimation to identify 14 key predictors out of 190 variables with the largest predictive power for MSMR adoption and usage of digital payments. Using conditional inference trees, we study the importance of sequencing and interactions of...
News

Chakravorti Presents at FinanceCom 2022

August 23, 2022
Chakravorti gave the dinner keynote at FinanceCom 2022 at the University of Twente in Enschede, The Netherlands. His talk was titled, The Impact of FinTech and Big Tech Firms on the Way We Pay.
Presentation

The Impact of FinTech and Big Tech Firms on the Way We Pay

August 23, 2022
In this keynote presentation, Chakravorti discusses how FinTech and big tech firms are increasing competition in the payments space. Entry into payments, often allows these non-bank providers the ability to offer loans to underserved consumers and small merchants. In the rest of the talk, Chakravorti discusses the effectiveness of certain...
Incumbents Disruptors

Incentives to Adopt Digital Payments: Some Examples

July 01, 2022
In this blog, Chakravorti discusses incentives to increase adoption and usage of digital payments at micro, small, and medium retailers (MSMRs) globally. The blog discusses several findings from a recent World Bank study.
News

Chakravorti, Carbo, and Rodriguez Participated on Recently Published World Bank Study

May 19, 2022
Chakravorti and Chakra Advisors' Global Advisory Board members, Carbo and Rodriguez were key contributors to the recently published World Bank study on Incentives for Electronic Payment Acceptance.
Central Bank and Multilateral Agency Publication

Incentives for Electronic Payment Acceptance

May 18, 2022
The adoption of electronic payments and their frequent use is thought of as a first step for broader financial use for traditionally unbanked individuals and merchants. The purpose of this report is to analyze the design, implementation, and efficacy of many incentives implemented by different types of stakeholders around the...
News

Rodriguez Presented Policy-Relevant Research at the 7th Joint Bank of Canada and Payments Canada Symposium

September 17, 2021
Rodriguez, a Chakra Advisors' Global Advisory Board member, presented at the 7th Joint Bank of Canada and Payments Canada Symposium.
News

Bob Chakravorti Co-Authors Visa Report on Small Business Recovery and Resilience During Covid

February 08, 2021
Bob participated on the Visa Economic Empowerment Institute study team that produced its first major study titled, Small Business in the Digital Age: Recommendations for Recovery and Resilience.
Trade Journal

Small Business in the Digital Age: Recommendations for Recovery and Resilience

February 03, 2021
Greater digitization of commerce has brought enormous benefits to businesses and consumers. By using digital payment capabilities and online marketplaces, many micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are more able to compete with larger firms through greater customer choice and reach. This paper examines the results of a Visa Economic...
News

Chakra Advisors’ Bob Chakravorti Taught Courses at Indian Banking Institute

December 17, 2019
Bob gave three lectures at the National Institute of Bank Management in Pune, India in December 2019. He taught students on cryptocurrency, the current state of FinTech, and micro, small and medium enterprise lending and FinTech. The lectures were attended by finance professionals from various parts of India.
Showing 1 - 10 of 12 results

Pagination

  • Current page 1
  • Page 2
  • Next page ›
  • Last page »
Chakra Advisors LLC © 2025. All rights reserved.
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn