Fintech Fusion India

2nd Edition

THEME

Building India’s Financial Architecture for 2047

700+ attendees from 200+ companies

15+ High Impact Sessions

1 Powerful Ecosystem Connected

Where India's Fintech Ecosystem Moves From Vision to Execution

Fintech Fusion India 2026 is built around “Building India’s Financial Architecture for 2047” - the belief that the next wave of fintech growth will not come from isolated breakthroughs, but from connected ecosystems. It’s India’s most credible market access and intelligence platform on Financial Services.

It is a multi-city movement with a series of focused one-day leadership forums built for depth, relevance and outcome-driven engagement. Anchored in Bengaluru, the edition will bring together senior leaders across policy, banking, fintech, capital, technology and global financial innovation to shape conversations around India’s financial architecture for 2047.

Four Formats. One Ecosystem.

Business Stage

Global trends, strategic keynotes, panel discussions, and regulator firesides. The primary mainstage for India's fintech leadership conversations.

Pitcher & Pitches

Curated invite-only startup pitches in front of active investors, CXOs, and ecosystem builders. The room that launches companies.

VC Office Hours

Structured 1-on-1 meetings between VCs and founders. High-signal, low-noise engagement for startups seeking capital and validation.

Startup Clinic & Innovation Zone

A mentorship lounge for startups, paired with live product showcases by top fintechs in a curated innovation exhibition space.

Conference Agenda

Two stages, closed-door roundtables, and hands-on workshops across both days. Draft agenda subject to updates.

23 July

Session Format

Session Topic

09:30 – 09:40

KEYNOTE

Beyond Conferences: Where India's Financial Future Gets Built

Suman Bhowmick, Co-Founder & CEO, Idea Simplified, Fintech Fusion India

09:40 – 09:50

KEYNOTE

The Great Rewiring: India's Financial Architecture for 2047

Rajiv Gupta, President, PB Fintech

09:50 – 10:10

KEYNOTE

Rebooting Holistic Approach to MSME: Leveraging Cluster Architecture of Digital Public InfrastructureWho Wins When Nobody Trusts Anyone?

Shri R. Gandhi, ex-Deputy Governor, RBI

10:10 – 10:40

KEYNOTE

Capital for a $30 Trillion India: Building the Markets that Finance India’s Next Era

Shri Kamlesh Chandra Varshney, Whole Time Member, SEBI

10:40 - 11:00

KEYNOTE

Bengaluru : The Founder Factory

Debajyoti Ray Chaudhuri, MD & Director, National E-Governance Services Ltd;

11:00 – 12:00

PANEL

India Stack: The Battle for the Rails - Who Owns the Next Layer of Finance?

Prasanna Lohar, President, India Blockchain Forum

PANELIST: Vasanth Jeyapaul , CEO, CAMSPay | Abhisar Sharma, MD & CEO,NADL | Sundeep Mohindru, CEO, M1xchange | Abhishek Poddar, CPO, RBIH

12:00 - 12:15

KEYNOTE

Agentic AI: When AI Gets the Keys Can Banks Stay in Control?

Vishwanandh Akella, Founder and CEO, Simplyfi Tech

12:15 - 12:30

KEYNOTE

Finternet: Money Without Borders Is Finternet the Next Internet?

Sanmesh Kalyanpur, Director, Finternet

12:30 – 13:30

PANEL

Building AI for Impact and Scale: From Use Cases to Enterprise Transformation

Shrikant Patil, CEO & MD, Digially

PANELIST: Sanmesh Kalyanpur, Director, Finternet | Tanya Naik, Head Online & Omnichannel, Pine Labs | Eugene Choo, Regional BD Leader, Sumsub (Malaysia) | Dr Ritesh Jain, Chair- Payments, India Fintech Forum | Hitesh Sachdev, Head Startups and Investments, ICICI Bank | Soumyajit Ghosh, COO, True Balance

13:00 – 14:30

Working Lunch & Curated Meetings

14:30 - 15:30

PANEL

Clusters as Infrastructure: The Next Layer of MSME Lending Scale

Priyashmita G, CEO, MSME Catalyst

PANELIST: Kalpana Ajayan, Regional Head, South Asia, Women's World Banking | Ravi Nandan Sinha, Director, MSME Business Forum | Bijith Bhaskar, Partner, Financial Services, Premji Invest | Ram Gopal Subramani, Ex-COO, Perfios | Vipul Sekhsaria, Co-founder & COO, Kaleidofin

15:30 - 16:15

FIRESIDE

Who Owns Everything? The Tokenisation Playbook

Sharat Chandra, Founder, EmpowerEdge Ventures

PANELIST: Musheer Ahmed, Founder, Finstep Asia | Kamlesh Nagware, Co-founder & CTO, FSV Labs | Viswa Akella, Founder, Simplify | Mayank Kumar, Professor, IIM Bengaluru

16:15 - 17:00

PANEL

India as the Fintech Build Room: GCCs, Product IP and Financial Technology Exports

Premil Dennison, Managing Partner, Bridgepath Innovations, Ex-MD SVB India

PANELIST: Shalini Sankarshana, MD, Planview | Kiran K, Founder & CEO, Fintech School | Dr Sruthi Kannan, Head of Strategy & Innovation, Natwest | Gita Krishnankutty, Director, Inward Investment, Dept of BT, UK

17:00 - 17:45

PANEL

The Fintech Exit Window: IPOs, M&A and What Investors Will Back Next

Monica Jasuja, Chief Expansion Officer, EPAA

Panelist: Nikhil Chandana, Investment Director, Innoven Capital | Shivam Satija, Head Investment (India, SEA), Flourish Ventures | Sahil Makkar, Partner, India Quotient | Sharad Bansal, Founder & Managing Partner at Warmup ventures

18:00 - 20:00

INVITE ONLY

Fintech Fusion Leadrship Reception

Fintech Fusion Leadership Labs (closed-door Roundtables)

12:00 - 13:00

INVITE ONLY

The Global Finance Control Room:
How Today’s Finance Leaders Are Rethinking International Payments Infrastructure, FX Visibility and ComplianceCross border Roundtable sponsored by Xflow

Musheer Ahmed, Founder, Finstep Asia + Co-Host - Xflow

PANELIST: Prashanth Ramdas, Partner, Khaitan & Co.

14:30 - 15:30

INVITE ONLY

AI, Identity & Fraud Resilience Lab:
The Trust Stack Lab: Deepfakes, Mule Accounts and Continuous Identity in Financial Services

Shrikant Patil, CEO & MD, Digially, Hitesh Sachdev, Head Startups and Investments, ICICI Bank

PANELIST: Manoj Parmar, Founder/CEO, Sovereign AISecurity Labs | Rohit Kumar, Founder, O3 Security | Darren Yan, Partnerships Leader APAC, Sumsub (Malaysia) | Debarya Dutta, CAIO, True Balance | Gaurav Gadgil, CEO, InterviewPanel | Abhishek Sankritik, Director- Programs & Policy, Finternet

16:30 - 17:30

INVITE ONLY

MSME Credit Infrastructure Lab:
The MSME Credit Stack Lab: What Must Change for ULI, AA, GST and Cashflow Lending to Scale?

Anurag Saxena, VP Asia & Regional Office Head, Accion + Priyashmita G, CEO, MSME Catalyst

PANELIST: Abhijit Ray, Co-founder & MD, UC Inclusive Credit Pvt Ltd | Ravi Nandan Sinha, Director, MSME Business Forum | Chelladurai A, CBO, IIFL Samasta Finance Limited | Mandar Kagade, Founder/Principal, Black Dot Public Policy Advisors | Kaushik MK, CRIF

23 July

Session Format

Session Topic

09:30 – 09:40

KEYNOTE

Beyond Conferences: Where India's Financial Future Gets Built

Suman Bhowmick, Co-Founder & CEO, Idea Simplified, Fintech Fusion India

09:40 – 09:50

KEYNOTE

The Great Rewiring: India's Financial Architecture for 2047

Rajiv Gupta, President, PB Fintech

09:50 – 10:10

KEYNOTE

Rebooting Holistic Approach to MSME: Leveraging Cluster Architecture of Digital Public InfrastructureWho Wins When Nobody Trusts Anyone?

Shri R. Gandhi, ex-Deputy Governor, RBI

10:10 – 10:40

KEYNOTE

Capital for a $30 Trillion India: Building the Markets that Finance India’s Next Era

Shri Kamlesh Chandra Varshney, Whole Time Member, SEBI

10:40 - 11:00

KEYNOTE

Bengaluru : The Founder Factory

Debajyoti Ray Chaudhuri, MD & Director, National E-Governance Services Ltd;

11:00 – 12:00

PANEL

India Stack: The Battle for the Rails - Who Owns the Next Layer of Finance?

Prasanna Lohar, President, India Blockchain Forum

PANELIST: Vasanth Jeyapaul , CEO, CAMSPay | Abhisar Sharma, MD & CEO,NADL | Sundeep Mohindru, CEO, M1xchange | Abhishek Poddar, CPO, RBIH

12:00 - 12:15

KEYNOTE

Agentic AI: When AI Gets the Keys Can Banks Stay in Control?

Vishwanandh Akella, Founder and CEO, Simplyfi Tech

12:15 - 12:30

KEYNOTE

Finternet: Money Without Borders Is Finternet the Next Internet?

Sanmesh Kalyanpur, Director, Finternet

12:30 – 13:30

PANEL

Building AI for Impact and Scale: From Use Cases to Enterprise Transformation

Shrikant Patil, CEO & MD, Digially

PANELIST: Sanmesh Kalyanpur, Director, Finternet | Tanya Naik, Head Online & Omnichannel, Pine Labs | Eugene Choo, Regional BD Leader, Sumsub (Malaysia) | Dr Ritesh Jain, Chair- Payments, India Fintech Forum | Hitesh Sachdev, Head Startups and Investments, ICICI Bank | Soumyajit Ghosh, COO, True Balance

13:00 – 14:30

Working Lunch & Curated Meetings

14:30 - 15:30

PANEL

Clusters as Infrastructure: The Next Layer of MSME Lending Scale

Priyashmita G, CEO, MSME Catalyst

PANELIST: Kalpana Ajayan, Regional Head, South Asia, Women's World Banking | Ravi Nandan Sinha, Director, MSME Business Forum | Bijith Bhaskar, Partner, Financial Services, Premji Invest | Ram Gopal Subramani, Ex-COO, Perfios | Vipul Sekhsaria, Co-founder & COO, Kaleidofin

15:30 - 16:15

FIRESIDE

Who Owns Everything? The Tokenisation Playbook

Sharat Chandra, Founder, EmpowerEdge Ventures

PANELIST: Musheer Ahmed, Founder, Finstep Asia | Kamlesh Nagware, Co-founder & CTO, FSV Labs | Viswa Akella, Founder, Simplify | Mayank Kumar, Professor, IIM Bengaluru

16:15 - 17:00

PANEL

India as the Fintech Build Room: GCCs, Product IP and Financial Technology Exports

Premil Dennison, Managing Partner, Bridgepath Innovations, Ex-MD SVB India

PANELIST: Shalini Sankarshana, MD, Planview | Kiran K, Founder & CEO, Fintech School | Dr Sruthi Kannan, Head of Strategy & Innovation, Natwest | Gita Krishnankutty, Director, Inward Investment, Dept of BT, UK

17:00 - 17:45

PANEL

The Fintech Exit Window: IPOs, M&A and What Investors Will Back Next

Monica Jasuja, Chief Expansion Officer, EPAA

Panelist: Nikhil Chandana, Investment Director, Innoven Capital | Shivam Satija, Head Investment (India, SEA), Flourish Ventures | Sahil Makkar, Partner, India Quotient | Sharad Bansal, Founder & Managing Partner at Warmup ventures

18:00 - 20:00

INVITE ONLY

Fintech Fusion Leadrship Reception

Fintech Fusion Leadership Labs (closed-door Roundtables)

12:00 - 13:00

INVITE ONLY

The Global Finance Control Room:
How Today’s Finance Leaders Are Rethinking International Payments Infrastructure, FX Visibility and ComplianceCross border Roundtable sponsored by Xflow

Musheer Ahmed, Founder, Finstep Asia + Co-Host - Xflow

PANELIST: Prashanth Ramdas, Partner, Khaitan & Co.

14:30 - 15:30

INVITE ONLY

AI, Identity & Fraud Resilience Lab:
The Trust Stack Lab: Deepfakes, Mule Accounts and Continuous Identity in Financial Services

Shrikant Patil, CEO & MD, Digially, Hitesh Sachdev, Head Startups and Investments, ICICI Bank

PANELIST: Manoj Parmar, Founder/CEO, Sovereign AISecurity Labs | Rohit Kumar, Founder, O3 Security | Darren Yan, Partnerships Leader APAC, Sumsub (Malaysia) | Debarya Dutta, CAIO, True Balance | Gaurav Gadgil, CEO, InterviewPanel | Abhishek Sankritik, Director- Programs & Policy, Finternet

16:30 - 17:30

INVITE ONLY

MSME Credit Infrastructure Lab:
The MSME Credit Stack Lab: What Must Change for ULI, AA, GST and Cashflow Lending to Scale?

Anurag Saxena, VP Asia & Regional Office Head, Accion + Priyashmita G, CEO, MSME Catalyst

PANELIST: Abhijit Ray, Co-founder & MD, UC Inclusive Credit Pvt Ltd | Ravi Nandan Sinha, Director, MSME Business Forum | Chelladurai A, CBO, IIFL Samasta Finance Limited | Mandar Kagade, Founder/Principal, Black Dot Public Policy Advisors | Kaushik MK, CRIF

Moments from Fintech Fusion 2026

Keynotes, panel debates, and high-impact networking - captured in action.