Rahul is the Startup lead at Accenture’s FinTech Innovation Lab in London.
Prior to joining Accenture, he was an Insurance Product Manager at Laka Insurance, a London headquartered early stage InsurTech start-up which recently won at the British Insurance Awards 2019.
Rahul holds a master’s degree in Statistics from the University of Warwick.
He is an Ambassador at the Asia InsurTech podcast.
July started with major investment news coming out of India. SoftBank made another investment of USD 150 million into PolicyBazaar and holds now a 15% stake while CEO and co-founder Yashish Dahiya calls the investment a ‘mistake’. (Listen to the podcast we recorded with Yashish in April 2020 here.) More international investment rumors coming from […]
On 7th July, Paytm to announced its move to acquire Raheja QBE Insurance on 06/07 for ₹568 crore (i.e. $76.1M) [1] Although this deal is pending regulatory approval; it marks a shift away from Paytm’s previous strategy of acting as an insurance distributor (which seemed to be reinforced by the fact they got a brokerage […]
The second half of June had some exciting news coming out of Malaysia with the largest investment yet into a Malaysian fintech. Axiata Group announced a strategic investment of US$ 70 Million by Great Eastern into Boost Holdings Sdn Bhd. Boost Holding currently has several startups in its portfolio including e-wallet business Boost, microfinancing and […]
Introduction The “digital bank” bug seems to bitten everyone – from Venture Capitalists to industry veterans to regulators & lawyers. Hong Kong’s digital banking licensing regime has created a lot of noise in the press & online communities. However, I’ve found there is limited discussion of the “digital insurance” licensing regime in Hong Kong. The […]