Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Driving Financial Inclusion: Technology as an Indicator of Financial Ecosystem Development During the COVID-19 Pandemic in India Subject The topic of the resource COVID-19; Financial Access; Financial Inclusion; ICT; Pandemic Description An account of the resource This paper examines Indias level of digital access to financial services as compared to other Asian countries. The study also intends to analyse whether COVID-19 has influenced the usage trend of the selected digital payment indicators in India. Data has been collected from the World Bank Global Findex Database and RBI bulletins. Cross country descriptive analysis was used for studying Indias digital financial access against the other Asian countries. Event study methodology followed by trend analysis was employed to examine whether COVID-19 has impacted the digital payment indicators usage in India. The findings of the study indicated that Indias position in digital financial access needs to be improved. It was further identified that COVID-19 has increased the usage of digital modes for financial transactions in India. There has been a significant increase in the usage volume of mobile banking after the declaration of the pandemic. Govt. can frame its action plans to make use of the opportunity created through the pandemic to improve digital financial access in India. 2022 IGI Global. All rights reserved. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Parvathy V.K.; Kumar J. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived International Journal of e-Business Research, Vol-18, No. 1 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IGI Global Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.4018/IJEBR.316147" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.4018/IJEBR.316147</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85173279177&amp;doi=10.4018%2FIJEBR.316147&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=e4b89546fb707ccbc44d46839706c08e" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85173279177&amp;doi=10.4018%2fIJEBR.316147&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=e4b89546fb707ccbc44d46839706c08e</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Open Access; Gold Open Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 15481131 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Parvathy V.K., School of Business and Management, CHRIST University, Bangalore, India; Kumar J., School of Business and Management, CHRIST University, Bangalore, India