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Making MSMEs Future Ready with Digital Adoption ft Vikas Varma

Season 1, Ep. 61
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Vikas Varma, Chief Operating Officer, South Asia, Mastercard highlights how fast digitalization across sectors has transformed business operations and processes in an unprecedented manner. He is in conversation with Pranjal Sharma, Author and Columnist.


As digital adoption continues to rise among medium and small businesses, helping them gain access to new opportunities, how is it also driving resilience for them? What steps are being taken to help MSMEs resolve the challenges posed by the fast-evolving business environment and make them future ready?

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