Airtel Payments Bank partners NSDC to train rural youth for financial services jobs

NEW DELHI : Airtel Payments Bank Ltd has collaborated with National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) to train and skill young people in rural areas on financial services, enabling them to find jobs and become entrepreneurs in the sector, the payments bank said in a statement on Wednesday.

The partnership aims at designing and conducting targeted skill development programs for rural youth that will focus on adoption of tools to boost online banking and digital financial services at a time when the smartphone market is growing and usage of 4G has increased due to stay-at-home restrictions.

“India has the largest youth population in the world and a large proportion is residing in small towns and villages of the country.