Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Tuesday 7 March 2017

Caterpillar Morphing into Butterfly ?




But then , a caterpillar has no choice !

It is simply ordained – a matter of evolution – a matter of survival !


A case in point :

Hindustan Times ( 08 March 2017 ) carries following news report :

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

“ Now , use your Aadhar card to make payments “


The government launched on Tuesday an Aadhaar card-linked payments system that will allow customers to ditch their debit and credit cards and pay using fingerprints.
Aadhaar Pay, a new Android-based smartphone app, will also eliminate the fee charged by private card companies such as MasterCard and Visa. The app is available on Google Play Store.
Merchants must download the app on smartphones connected to a biometric reader. A customer has to enter her Aadhaar number in the app and select a bank for payment. Biometric scans are used as passwords.
This is the government’s latest move to encourage people to go cashless. The app was first announced by finance minister Arun Jaitley in his budget speech in February. The government targets 25 billion digital transactions on various new payments platforms in 2017-18.
The government issued one billion Aadhaar cards till April 2016, the latest year for which data is available. At least 400 million of these are linked to bank accounts, and the government hopes to link the rest by the end of this month.
Aadhaar Pay has been developed by IDFC Bank in collaboration with several government organisations, including the agency that controls Aadhar cards.
“Basic banking services will come to those who do not have even basic mobile phones,” he said.
The State Bank of India and Punjab National Bank will launch their merchant platforms for Aadhaar Pay in the coming weeks.
The app has some limitations, though.
It works only where there is internet connection, unlike debit or credit card machines which can work on telephone lines. Plus, the app can’t be used to transfer funds or get immediate information on refunds.



But the metamorphosis will be complete when AEPS ( Aadhar Enabled Payment System ) , enables crores of illiterate rural Indians to effect “ Payment Transactions “ , using just their


·          IRIS ( looking into the camera of the Merchant’s Smartphone )

·          FINGER ( touching the screen of that phone;no separate reader attachment )

·          SPEAKING ( into that phone )



To know how this is inevitable , read my earlier blog / email :


Simplicity– the Ultimate Mobile Wallet ? “ ( 13  Feb  2017  )





ONLY  THIS  WILL  DECIDE  WHICH  MOBILE  WALLET  WILL  SURVIVE  !



08  March  2017


No comments:

Post a Comment