{"id":110409,"date":"2022-06-22T15:29:41","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T09:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=110409"},"modified":"2022-08-18T13:58:40","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T08:28:40","slug":"neo-banks-upsc-daily-important-topic-22-june-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/neo-banks-upsc-daily-important-topic-22-june-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Neo banks: UPSC Daily Important Topic | 22 June 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Neo banks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2713Neo-banks are online-only financial technology (fintech) companies that operate solely digitally or via mobile apps. Simply put, neo-banks are digital banks without any physical branches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2713Neo-banks are disrupting the traditional banking system by leveraging technology and artificial intelligence (AI) to offer a range of personalised services to customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2713On the other hand, traditional banks follow an omni-channel approach i.e. having both physical (through branches and ATMs) and digital banking presence to offer a multitude of products and services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2713Right from customer acquisition to traditional banking services such as remittances, money transfers, utility payments and personal finance, neo-banks offer a wide range of offerings to customers across retail and small-to-medium enterprise (SME) categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2713Typically, neo-banks apply a design thinking approach to a particular banking area and tailor their products and services in a manner that makes banking simpler and convenient to the end consumers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neo banks \u2713Neo-banks are online-only financial technology (fintech) companies that operate solely digitally or via mobile apps. 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