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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...
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...
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...
Presentation

Disruption in Payments: Opportunities and Challenges

November 21, 2019
In this presentation, Chakravorti discusses how new entrants are disrupting payments. Specifically, he looks at how FinTechs are leveraging new technologies and Big Tech firms leveraging their large user bases to provide payment services to underserved segments often at lower prices. He also analyzes the role of the public sector...
Central Bank and Multilateral Agency Publication

Mexican Payment System Reforms

August 01, 1997
Chakravorti investigates payments system reforms begun by the Bank of Mexico in 1994. The goals of these reforms are to reduce the amount of uncollateralized intraday credit extended by the Bank of Mexico (previously unlimited), to promote a market-based allocation of intraday credit for interbank payments, and to move large-value...
Central Bank and Multilateral Agency Publication

How Do We Pay?

March 01, 1997
In this article, Chakravorti argues that consumers’ use of newer, less expensive payment alternatives depends on the incentives merchants and payment instrument providers offer, along with consumers’ comfort level and faith in the instruments. Once consumers are comfortable with the newer electronic alternatives, cost of usage, convenience, and frequent-use incentives...
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