## **Case Studies & Guesstimates for FinTech Industries**
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### **PART - I**
## **Product Dissection**
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### **1. Platform Selection**
**Question:**
Choose a leading platform from a domain related to the e-commerce industry. Justify your selection by discussing the platform's popularity, impact, and relevance in its industry.
**Solution:**
**Chosen Platform:** *Razorpay* (Indian FinTech platform focused on digital payments)
**Justification:**
* **Popularity:** One of the most widely used payment gateways in India with over 8 million businesses using its services.
* **Impact:** Enables seamless digital transactions for e-commerce and startups, facilitating payments via cards, UPI, wallets, and net banking.
* **Relevance:** Razorpay has grown alongside India's booming digital economy. It supports businesses with payment links, subscriptions, and banking infrastructure like current accounts and payroll.
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### **2. Core Features and Functionalities**
**Question:**
Research and list the core features and functionalities of the selected platform. Describe how these features contribute to the platform’s success and user engagement.
**Solution:**
**Core Features:**
* **Payment Gateway Integration** (UPI, cards, wallets)
* **RazorpayX**: Neo-banking platform for current accounts, payroll, and vendor payments
* **Payment Links**: Enables merchants to collect payments without a website
* **Subscriptions**: Recurring billing for SaaS businesses
* **Smart Collect**: Virtual accounts to track customer payments
* **Fraud Detection and Risk Analysis**
* **Analytics Dashboard** for transaction monitoring
**Contribution to Success:**
* **Frictionless user experience** during checkout drives higher conversions.
* **Recurring billing and smart collect** boost cash flow visibility.
* **Dashboard and API support** help tech-savvy merchants customize.
* **Fraud prevention tools** enhance trust in the ecosystem.
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### **3. Real World Problems**
**Question:**
Identify the real-world problems that the platform aims to solve. Discuss how the platform addresses these problems through its features and functionalities.
**Solution:**
**Problems Solved:**
* **Problem:** High payment failure rates
**Solution:** Razorpay’s robust and optimized checkout experience reduces failures.
* **Problem:** Difficult onboarding of small businesses
**Solution:** Quick KYC and no-code payment links make it easy for MSMEs to start collecting payments.
* **Problem:** Manual tracking of transactions
**Solution:** Smart Collect and real-time dashboards offer automated reconciliation.
* **Problem:** Payroll and vendor disbursements
**Solution:** RazorpayX automates business payouts and salary transfers.
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## **Database Management & Schema Design**
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### **4. Schema Design**
**Question:**
Based on the features and functionalities you have identified, design a schema that reflects the platform’s data structure. Define the key entities, attributes, and relationships that underpin these features.
**Solution:**
**Entities:**
* **User** (UserID, Name, Email, Phone, BusinessName, AccountType)
* **Transaction** (TxnID, UserID, Amount, Mode, Status, Timestamp)
* **Subscription** (SubID, UserID, StartDate, Amount, Frequency, Status)
* **PaymentLink** (LinkID, UserID, Amount, Status, ExpiryDate)
* **BankAccount** (AccountID, UserID, AccountNumber, IFSC, Balance)
* **Payout** (PayoutID, AccountID, Amount, VendorName, Date)
* **Invoice** (InvoiceID, UserID, Amount, DueDate, PaidDate)
* **LoginSession** (SessionID, UserID, Device, IP, Timestamp)
**Relationships:**
* One **User** → Many **Transactions**, **Subscriptions**, **PaymentLinks**, **Invoices**
* One **User** → One or More **BankAccounts**
* One **BankAccount** → Many **Payouts**
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### **5. ER Diagram Creation**
**Question:**
Utilise tools like the Miro platform or similar applications to create an illustrative Entity-Relationship (ER) diagram. This diagram should vividly depict the entities, attributes, and relationships present within your schema design.
**Solution:**
ER Diagram (Create in Miro or dbdiagram.io using the schema above).
You can draw boxes for each entity and arrows to define 1-to-many or many-to-one relationships. Use crow’s foot notation for better clarity.
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### **Revenue and Profit Growth Strategies**
**Question:**
After completing the product dissection and schema design steps for the chosen platform, conduct a comprehensive case study on the above chosen industry. Your goal is to identify and propose strategies to increase the profit of the industry by at least 25%.
**Solution:**
**Revenue and Profit Growth Case Study: Razorpay**
**Key Focus Areas:**
* **Expand into Tier 2/3 cities** with simplified onboarding.
* **Launch micro-loans** via RazorpayX using AI-driven credit scoring.
* **Offer premium fraud protection & analytics services** as a subscription.
**Data-Driven Justifications:**
* UPI transactions are growing at \~50% YoY (Source: NPCI)
* MSMEs in smaller towns are underpenetrated and high-growth
* FinTech lending is projected to grow to \$1.3 trillion by 2030 in India
**Proposed Strategies:**
1. **Freemium to Premium Upgrades:** Provide basic features free, charge for analytics/custom reporting.
2. **AI-based Lending:** Monetize RazorpayX by offering business loans using platform data.
3. **Targeted Marketing Campaigns:** Data-driven segmentation based on transaction volume.
**Visual Aids:**
* Bar chart: Growth of UPI over years
* Funnel: Freemium to Paid conversion
* Pie chart: Revenue contribution by service
**Timeline:**
* **Q1–Q2:** Market research + Freemium rollout
* **Q3:** AI-based lending launch
* **Q4:** Evaluate ROI → Scale high-performing campaigns
**Resources:**
* Data Science Team (for AI credit modeling)
* Sales and Onboarding Ops for MSME acquisition
* Marketing budget for paid campaigns
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## **PART - II**
## **Guesstimates**
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### **1. What will be the percentage increase in global FinTech investments over the next five years?**
**Answer:**
Assuming an average CAGR of 18% (based on industry reports),
→ **Estimated 5-year increase = \~127%**
$\text{(1.18^5 - 1) × 100 ≈ 127%}$
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### **2. How many people will adopt digital banking services in developing countries over the next decade?**
**Answer:**
Currently: \~1.5B unbanked population globally
Assume 50% digital adoption in the next 10 years:
→ **Estimated Adoption = 750 million people**
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### **3. What percentage of SMEs will use FinTech solutions by 2025?**
**Answer:**
Current adoption: \~40%
Assuming CAGR of 15–20% adoption due to better awareness and tools:
→ **Projected % by 2025 = \~65–70%**
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### **4. What will be the average transaction value of mobile payments in the next three years?**
**Answer:**
Current global average: \~\$28
Assuming 12% CAGR:
$$\text{Future Value} = 28 × (1.12)^3 ≈ \$39.20$$
→ **Estimated Value: \~\$39**
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### **5. How much will blockchain reduce the costs of cross-border transactions in 5 years?**
**Answer:**
Current average fees = \~6.5%
With blockchain: Fees projected to fall to 1–2%
→ **Estimated reduction = 70–85%**
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## **PART - III**
## **Scenario-Based Questions**
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### **Scenario 1: Cohort Analysis**
**Q1:**
How would you perform a cohort analysis to calculate the monthly retention rate?
**Answer:**
Steps:
1. **Group users by signup month** (e.g., Jan, Feb, etc.)
2. For each cohort, **track if users made any transactions** in subsequent months.
3. Create a retention matrix:
* Rows = Signup month
* Columns = Month after signup
* Value = % users active that month
4. Formula:
$\text{Retention Rate} = \frac{\text{Active Users in Month N}}{\text{Users who signed up in Month 0}}$
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**Q2:**
If retention drops after the first month, what are possible reasons and fixes?
**Answer:**
**Reasons:**
* Poor onboarding
* No push to make a second transaction
* Complex UX or app glitches
* Lack of reward for continued use
**Fixes:**
* **Gamified onboarding**
* **Reminder notifications** for inactive users
* **Second-use incentives** (like cashback)
* **Better personalization** of features
* **In-app tutorials** to drive engagement
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### **Scenario 2: A/B Testing Notifications**
**Q1:**
How would you structure an A/B test?
**Answer:**
Steps:
1. Randomly split users into two groups (A and B)
2. Group A sees simple notification; Group B sees detailed notification
3. Track:
* **Loan acceptance rate**
* **Avg loan amount**
* **Repayment behavior (default/delay %)**
4. Use statistical testing (e.g., t-test or chi-squared) to validate significance
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**Q2:**
How to evaluate if 10% increase justifies added complexity?
**Answer:**
* **Revenue Increase = 10% × Avg Loan Amount × No. of Loans**
* Compare with:
* **Implementation cost**
* **Ongoing operational complexity**
* Run a **cost-benefit analysis**:
* If **net profit** (after cost) > baseline profit → worth it.
* Optional: Simplify B (e.g., show partial details) to reduce cost while retaining engagement.
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To create an **ER diagram in PostgreSQL**, you'll define the schema using `CREATE TABLE` statements and establish **primary keys**, **foreign keys**, and **relationships** to reflect the **Entity-Relationship (ER) structure**. Below is the **PostgreSQL SQL script** for the Razorpay-like FinTech platform based on the product dissection and schema design.
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### ✅ PostgreSQL Schema for Razorpay-style FinTech Platform
```sql
-- User table
CREATE TABLE users (
user_id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
name VARCHAR(100),
email VARCHAR(100) UNIQUE NOT NULL,
phone VARCHAR(20),
business_name VARCHAR(150),
account_type VARCHAR(50) -- e.g., "Individual", "Business"
);
-- Transactions table
CREATE TABLE transactions (
txn_id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
user_id INT REFERENCES users(user_id),
amount DECIMAL(12,2),
mode VARCHAR(50), -- e.g., "Card", "UPI", "Wallet"
status VARCHAR(20), -- e.g., "Success", "Failed"
txn_timestamp TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
);
-- Subscriptions table
CREATE TABLE subscriptions (
sub_id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
user_id INT REFERENCES users(user_id),
start_date DATE,
amount DECIMAL(12,2),
frequency VARCHAR(50), -- e.g., "Monthly", "Yearly"
status VARCHAR(30) -- e.g., "Active", "Paused", "Cancelled"
);
-- Payment links table
CREATE TABLE payment_links (
link_id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
user_id INT REFERENCES users(user_id),
amount DECIMAL(12,2),
status VARCHAR(30), -- e.g., "Active", "Paid", "Expired"
expiry_date DATE
);
-- Bank Accounts table
CREATE TABLE bank_accounts (
account_id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
user_id INT REFERENCES users(user_id),
account_number VARCHAR(30),
ifsc VARCHAR(15),
balance DECIMAL(14,2)
);
-- Payouts table
CREATE TABLE payouts (
payout_id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
account_id INT REFERENCES bank_accounts(account_id),
amount DECIMAL(12,2),
vendor_name VARCHAR(100),
payout_date DATE
);
-- Invoices table
CREATE TABLE invoices (
invoice_id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
user_id INT REFERENCES users(user_id),
amount DECIMAL(12,2),
due_date DATE,
paid_date DATE
);
-- Login Sessions table
CREATE TABLE login_sessions (
session_id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
user_id INT REFERENCES users(user_id),
device VARCHAR(100),
ip VARCHAR(50),
login_timestamp TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
);
```
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### 🧾 Notes:
* Every `user_id` connects as a **foreign key** to other tables.
* Transactions, subscriptions, payment links, invoices, and sessions are tied to users.
* Payouts are tied to `bank_accounts` instead of users directly.
* You can visualize this schema using tools like:
* **pgAdmin** → ERD Tool under ERD Diagrams (auto-generates ERDs from your PostgreSQL database).
* **dbdiagram.io** → Paste equivalent SQL.
* **DBeaver** or **DataGrip** → Visual database design and auto-generated ER diagrams.
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Welcome to our FinTech case study on Razorpay, one of India's most successful payment platforms. Razorpay has revolutionized digital payments by serving over 8 million businesses with comprehensive payment gateway services, neo-banking solutions through RazorpayX, and innovative payment links that enable seamless transactions across the digital economy.
The database schema consists of eight interconnected entities designed to handle all aspects of the FinTech platform. The Users table serves as the central hub, with foreign key relationships connecting to Transactions, Subscriptions, Payment Links, and Bank Accounts. This normalized structure ensures data integrity while supporting complex business operations like recurring billing, payment processing, and financial reporting.
Our growth strategy focuses on three key areas to achieve a 25% profit increase. First, expanding into Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities where digital payment adoption is rapidly growing. Second, launching AI-driven micro-loans using transaction data for credit scoring. Third, offering premium analytics and fraud protection as subscription services. These strategies leverage existing infrastructure while tapping into high-growth market segments.
Market analysis reveals significant growth opportunities in the FinTech sector. Global FinTech investments are projected to increase by 127% over the next five years, driven by digital transformation. We estimate 750 million people will adopt digital banking services in developing countries, while SME FinTech adoption will reach 65-70% by 2025. Mobile payment transaction values are expected to grow to approximately 39 dollars on average, and blockchain technology could reduce cross-border transaction costs by 70-85%.
Effective data analysis requires robust cohort analysis and A/B testing frameworks. Cohort analysis tracks user retention by grouping users by signup month and monitoring their activity over time. A/B testing compares different notification strategies to optimize engagement. The retention formula divides active users by total signups to measure success. When A/B tests show a 10% improvement, we conduct cost-benefit analysis to determine if the complexity justifies implementation, ensuring data-driven decision making across the platform.