“The integration of digital payments across all levels of businesses, even at the grassroots, holds immense potential. Enabling artisans, hawkers, and small-scale entrepreneurs to receive payments directly into their bank accounts, thus establishing a financial history, is propelling a significant economic leap, promising improved access to loans and bolstering our economy."

In this episode of The Shape Of Work, we have an insightful conversation with Dewang Neralla, the Founder and CEO of HiWi. With a wealth of experience spanning over three decades, Dewang has made significant contributions across multiple esteemed organizations, notably Financial Technologies India and NTT DATA Payments Services. His academic foundation includes a B.E. obtained from Bharati Vidyapeeth.

In this episode, we unravel the tremendous impact of digital payments on societal transformation. Our seasoned guest, with a prolific career in spearheading digital payments, sheds light on how their company, Hi-Fi, is spearheading this change by offering comprehensive financial services to Indian students abroad.

Episode Highlights

• Streamlining the study abroad process for students and partners
• Digital payments for international student transfers
• What kind of social transformation can digital payments bring to a growing economy like India?
• Importance of collaboration and focusing on strengths to drive transformative change

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Produced by: Priya Bhatt
Podcast Host: Archit Sethi

About Springworks:

Springworks is a fully-distributed HR technology organisation building tools and products to simplify recruitment, onboarding, employee engagement, and retention. The product stack from Springworks includes:

SpringVerify— B2B verification platform

EngageWith— employee recognition and rewards platform that enriches company culture

Trivia — a suite of real-time, fun, and interactive games platforms for remote/hybrid team-building

SpringRole — verified professional-profile platform backed by blockchain, and

SpringRecruit — a forever-free applicant tracking system.

Springworks prides itself on being an organisation focused on employee well-being and workplace culture, leading to a 4.8 rating on Glassdoor for the 200+ employee strength company.