E-Finance in Bank of Baroda Nikitha Sharon
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Role of E-Finance Global integration, deregulation, advances in the Internet technologies are dramatically changing the structure and nature of financial services. Internet and related technologies are enabling new financial service providers to compete more effectively for customers. The technological changes are accelerating financial sector development by lowering the costs, increasing the breadth and quality, and widening access to financial services. It can considerably improve efficiency and decrease the costs of internal business functions such as expense reporting, contract labor management, and time-and-billing procedures. E-Finance is about web-enabled finance function which includes all areas of financial services industry. However, if its true benefits are to be realized, e-Finance is far more than just adding a web front-end to financial services. It is about changing fundamentally the value proposition of the finance function by redefining its core activities, changing the interaction mechanism between itself and its prime customers, and moving it up the value chain by creating and assisting others in the organization to create better value for shareholders. Technology enablers play key roles in making the transition to e-Finance. An e-Finance transformation sees finance change its role from transaction processing to true business partnering, with far reaching implications on interactivity with customers, suppliers and others within the organization. Developments in technology and deregulation are eroding the nature of what has made banks special. On the lending side, e-Finance allows non- banks financial institutions and capital markets to reach far more borrowers, including small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs). On the deposit and payments system side, many deposit substitutes (such as stored value cards) are emerging and many non-banks are offering payment accounts. The evolution and growth of e-Finance has been phenomenal during the last decade. The adoption of internet technologies around the world and the implementation of key regulatory measures, such as electronic signatures and cross border contacts should spur further growth in e- commerce. Financial services industry was among the earliest adaptors of information technology. E-Finance sector of e-Business are interlinked. E- business in the financial services industry has been slow to evolve because of complexity of inter-organizational relationships, regulations, security concerns, lack of standards, and conservative principles. E-finance builds on new business models and processes and demands new paradigm and software to clearly position finance as a service center within organizations. The benefits of e-finance are many and include: reducing the cost of transaction processing, expanding the information scope of accounting and finance’s systems, extending the information reach of the finance department and improving the quality of financial information. However, to realize these gains, finance professionals must embrace and leverage new technology, realign the traditional accounting mind-set and skill set, engage in process transformation initiatives, and focus on delivering value-added information services to the organization. Furthermore, they must have a solid understanding and implementation of the technology platform. The impact of the Internet on financial services is clear. However, certain trends are emerging: expansion of B2B e-finance, automation of customer services, consolidation in local and regional financial operations, growth in global services, migration towards 24/7 global trading, blurring of business and product lines, disintermediation of traditional products and services, creation of alternative partnerships and alliances and consolidation of portals, storefronts, exchanges and marketplaces. Technological developments should reduce the cost and enhance the security and convenience of dedicated digital media. There is a clear need to ensure open markets, minimizing the effect of switching costs, and police the pricing structures of both new and old transaction media. Regulation and supervision of payments markets should do much to promote the development of digital money. E-Finance can streamline traditional business processes and deliver value-added information services by using Internet-based technology. Leading finance, accounting, and IT executives are transforming the finance function by deploying a strategic application of the IT technologies to the financial services, or e- Finance. E-FINANCE IN TATA MOTORS AAGI PAUL C 18MBA01 INTRODUCTION Tata Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Founded by Jamsetji Tata, the company gained international recognition after purchasing several global companies. One of India’s largest conglomerates, Tata Group is owned by Tata sons. Tata Motors has auto manufacturing and assembly plants in jamshedpur, Pantnagar, Lucknow, Sanand, Dharwad and Pune in India, as well as in Argentina, South Africa, Great Britain, and Thailand. Tata Motors entered the passenger vehicle market in 1988 with the launch of the TataMobile followed by the Tata Sierra in 1991, becoming the first Indian manufacturer to achieve the capability of developing a competitive indigenous automobile. Tata Motors is listed on the (BSE) Bombay Stock Exchange, where it is a constituent of the BSE SENSEX index, the National Stock Exchange of India, and the New York Stock Exchange. The company is ranked 226th on the Fortune Global 500 list of the world’s biggest corporations as of 2016. E-FINANCE E-Finance will empower both consumers and businesses, enabling them to reduce transaction costs, speedily process documents online, and have instantaneous access to information. For businesses, online finance can dramatically improve efficiency and decrease the cost of internal business functions such as expense reporting, contract labor management and time- and-billing procedures. Role of e-finance in Tata Motors Tata Motors is open to divesting stake in it’s financing arm, Tata Motors Finance, which is expected to have Rs.50,000 crore of assets under management by 2020, according to company officials. Tata Motors Finance is restructuring it’s captive vehicle finance arm. It is trying to sharpen the focus on specific segments such as used vehicles, dealer and vendor finance. As part of the move Tata Motors Finance, one of the largest financiers of new commercial vehicles, has converted itself into a crore investment company (CIC) from a non-baking financial company (NBFC) which was into asset financing, after Reserve Bank of India approval. It is now formally Tata Motors Holding Finance Ltd (TMHFL). The financing business is now being carried out by subsidiaries of the holding company. The re-organization began in the middle of 2017 and is expected to be complete by May, said a person directly involved. The move was triggered by the heavy loss the finance arm had accumulated. Elaborating on strategic goals, Tata Motors Finance Ltd (TMFL) CEO, Samrat Gupta said in an investor presentation that the company is aiming to be a Rs 50,000 crore asset under management group by 2020. As part of the plan, TMFL also plans to expand it’s reach by increasing total branches across India to 500 by 2020 from 270 at present, he added. Moreover, Gupta said TMFL is also targeting to “attain 20% sustainable ROE” by 2020. Apart from driving up financing of it’s new vehicles by TMFL, Tata Motors also looking at the financing arm to help it’s partner suppliers with poor financial health. AKSHATHA UMESH BABU 18MBA04 ABOUT THE COMPANY Thomas Cook group is the oldest and best known name in leisure travel with the history of innovation that started in 1841. Serving about 19 million customers around the globe is in a year and a focus on transforming the business so as to serve even more customers to deliver better holiday dreams. Thomas Cook began his international travel company in 1841, with a successful one day rail excursion at shilling a head from Leicester to Loughborough on 5th July. From these humble beginnings Thomas cook launched a whole new kind of company- devoted to help Britons see the world. ROLE OF E-FINANCE AT THOMAS COOK E-finance is the use of electronic communication and computation in financial services and markets, E-finance including investing, banking mortgage lending, and insurance will grow at a dazing rate in future. E- Finance will empower both customers and businesses, enabling them to reduce transaction cost, speedily process documents online, and have instantaneous access to information, it helps business to improve efficiency and decrease the cost of internal business function i.e., time and billing procedures, labour management etc. At Thomas Cook new digital products that the customers save up for and spend on their holidays. Straight forward money services let the customers keep the holiday glow long after they're home. Thomas Cook has appointed Antony Mooney to the newly created role of chief Financial service officer. Thomas Cook financial services products include travel insurance, prepaid travel money cards and Thomas Cook direct debit payment offering. In the past years, Thomas Cook has put a renewed focus on its financial services offering and was one of the first provided in the UK to launch a multi- currency prepaid travel money card- Thomas Cook cash passport. Thomas cook has come up with multi-currency travel card it has two different cards to offer: