CRIF High Mark: Conferred The Grand Jury Special Mention Award at "The MANTHAN Awards 2014" for Financial Inclusion

CRIF High Mark, India’s leading credit bureau is conferred the coveted “The Grand Jury Special Mention Award at ‘The MANTHAN Awards 2014’ in South Asia and Asia Pacific for the E-Business & Financial Inclusion category.

CRIF High Mark was selected from amongst 400 nominations received from across 7 South east Asian countries, for setting up India's first microfinance credit bureau and its positive impact on the industry & the borrowers.

The award recognizes CRIF High Mark’s pioneering work towards creating India's most comprehensive and inclusive bureau database, using innovative matching technology designed to effectively work even in the absence of standard KYC identifiers.

The Manthan Award is designed to recognize the best use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) and digital tools to create holistic and comprehensive impact on people.

Speaking on this momentous occasion, Ms. Kalpana Pandey, MD & CEO, CRIF High Mark said, “It gives us immense pride to have been recognized through The Grand Jury Special Mention Award at ‘The MANTHAN Awards 2014’ as it has always been our endeavour to continuously innovate and empower the MFI segment through cutting – edge technology and contribute to financial inclusion.”.

Manthan Award was launched on 10th October '2004, by Digital Empowerment Foundation in partnership with World Summit Award, Department of Information Technology, Govt. of India, and various other stakeholders like similar organisations engaged in promoting digital content inclusiveness in the whole of South Asian & Asia Pacific nation for development. please visit for more information http://manthanaward.org/section_full_story.asp?id=1410

Original Source: The Manthan Award