YES Bank has announced partnership with Karim Nagar and Warangal smart cities in Telangana to launch an industry-first ‘Collaboration-as-a–Service’ platform to address urban development challenges.
As a part of its newly launched YES SCALE Smart City Accelerator, the bank is inviting start-ups from around the world to collaborate with technology leaders like Bosch and Dell EMC and work on problem statements provided by respective smart cities. As a partner in the programme, PwC has also committed to leading strategic partnerships & advisory and implementation of innovative solutions in the smart cities.
Rana Kapoor, MD & CEO, YES Bank, said, “ The bank’s cross industry collaboration through the Accelerator will empower these cities with innovative solutions to seamlessly connect people, processes and devices and enable administrators to respond faster to citizen’s needs while also creating new revenue sources”.