Pial Islam

Spot on "Bangladesh’s story reminds us that long-term investments in people, particularly women, lie at the heart of the solution to poverty."

A timely conversation on #DFS and #COVID19 in #Bangladesh - thank you @anirchowdhury @GregChenFinTech @kamal_quadir Arfan Ali, @a2i_bd and @DhakaTribune. More here: dhakatribune.com/business/2020/…

@a2i_bd @DhakaTribune @anirchowdhury @GregChenFinTech @bKash_ltd @kamal_quadir @gatesfoundation @Ishtiaque_IH @ricap_undp @ashek_rahman @UNDP_BD Look forward to this ... will no doubt be a lively discussion with some of the key architects of #DFS innovations in #Bangladesh

Catch the webinar at 7PM tonight by @a2i_BD & pi STRATEGY hosted by @DhakaTribune. @anirchowdhury will moderate a panel including @GregChenFinTech, CEO @bKash_ltd @kamal_quadir, @IslamPial et al. highlighting key insights on the impact of #COVID19 on #DFS

When economics and lives are at two ends of an impossible trade-off especially for #developing nations, one would hope ethics would act as the compass, but sadly, hope is not a #strategy.

Thanks for sharing the insights. There really is a unique opportunity to make a difference now - truly women-focused product design is a critical lever for change.

A Nakshikantha approach to health financing, #Bangladesh #Health #innovation thedailystar.net/opinion/human-… via @dailystarnews

Bangladesh today is a cash-heavy society with only 12% of payments being digital, a pi STRATEGY study finds. betterthancash.org/news/media-rel…

Funny how HBR classifies this article as IT. Change is indeed very difficult. hbr.org/2016/08/why-ar…

This is what happens when a market overlooks the fundamentals... thedailystar.net/business/half-…

Some really puzzling guidelines in Bangladesh's new mobile banking policy draft. Need for a serious rethink. thedailystar.net/op-ed/finance/…

e-Commerce needs a new prefix to grow up ... welcome the world of PE-commerce. thedailystar.net/supplements/24…

How 'e' is e-Commerce in Bangladesh today? thedailystar.net/ecommerce-at-f…

Why do we have such limited mobile wallet usage today? theindependentbd.com/index.php?opti…

There's more to mobile banking than meets the eye: thedailystar.net/theres-more-to…

A blog on CGAP website on our research findings on mobile banking consumer insights: cgap.org/blog/transitio…

Consumer Insights on mobile banking (Bangladesh) ... launched. pistrategy.org/mobile.php?p=c…

Lessons in strategy are all around us ... especially from a movie like 'Life of pi'. Here's a recent piece on this: thedailystar.net/beta2/news/str…

My inaugural tweet .. 'the more things change, the more they remain the same' ... and yet, change we must