The UnBPOTM Quarterly | August 2025

Foreword Rewriting the Rules: Why the Future of Business Process Services Starts Now
Welcome to the inaugural edition of UnBPOTM Quarterly – our thought leadership platform where we challenge conventional wisdom and chart the course for the future of business process services...
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Why UnBPO™ Is Just the Beginning of Firstsource's Next 25 Years
Why UnBPOTM Is Just the Beginning of Firstsource's Next 25 YearsBy Ritesh Idnani, CEO and MD, FirstsourceAs Firstsource approaches its 25th anniversar...
Ritesh Idnani Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Firstsource
From Full-Stack to Micro-Specialists: Agentic AI Rewires Work
From Full-Stack to Micro-Specialists: Agentic AI Rewires WorkBy Hasit Trivedi, President and Chief Digital. AI Officer for FirstsourceIt would be...
Hasit Trivedi President and Chief Digital & AI Officer, Firstsource
Services-as-Software Presents a $1.5 Trillion Opportunity for Both Software and Services Firms
Services-as-Software Presents a $1.5 Trillion Opportunity for Both Software and Services FirmsBy Phil Fersht, CEO and Chief Analyst, HFS Research Saur...
Phil Fersht CEO and Chief Analyst, HFS Research
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How Agentic AI is Eliminating Customer Service Backlogs?
Picture this: A customer reaches out with an urgent issue and gets an immediate, personalized response—at 3 AM on a holiday weekend. Meanwhile...
Manish Jain VP – Head AI and Emerging Tech Architect, Firstsource
Debt Collection: AI, Compliance, and Empathy in an Era of Rising Delinquencies
Debt Collection: AI, Compliance, and Empathy in an Era of Rising DelinquenciesBy Arjun Mitra, Head of Collections, Firstsource Tony Balon, Vice Presid...
Arjun Mitra Head Collections, Firstsource
Tony Balon Vice President Operations, Firstsource
Keeping Humans in the Center of AI Transformation
Keeping Humans in the Center of AI TransformationBy Aniket Maindarkar, Chief Marketing Officer, FirstsourceThe most powerful AI implementations don't ...
Aniket Maindarkar Chief Marketing Officer, Firstsource