Of late there has been a lot of buzz around what’s known as the Account Aggregator ecosystem or framework. It’s a form of ‘open banking’ that has emerged with the blessings of the RBI and, according to analysts, could transform the financial services industry by making it easy for consumers to give their consent to sharing their personal financial data with different service providers. Although it’s still early days, there are about ten Account Aggregators in operation, with an estimated 7.7 million citizen accounts linked with the various account aggregators.
So how do account aggregators work? Who will benefit the most from this new ecosystem? What are the concerns about privacy and fraud? We explore all these aspects in a two-part podcast with two experts.
In this episode, we look at what Account Aggregators are, what led to their emergence, and how they work.
Guests: Harsh Roongta, the principal officer of Fee Only Investment Advisors and a member of the Governing Council of Sahamati, a non-profit that promotes the Account Aggregator ecosystem in India
Srikanth Lakshmanan of CashlessConsumer, a consumer collective that works on fintech.
Host: G. Sampath, Social Affairs editor, The Hindu.
Edited by Sharmada Venkatasubramanian.
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