Agenda

2026

Masterclass

Understanding MSME Value Chain for Better Lending

Green Spiral
Green Spiral
Shashank Shekhar, Co-founder and Head of Consulting, The Digital Fifth

Shashank Shekhar

Co-founder and Head of Consulting

The Digital Fifth

Lamplighting & Inauguration

Green Spiral
Green Spiral
Neelkanth Mishra

Shri Neelkanth Mishra

Chairman

Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)

Key Note

Aadhaar and the Future of Digital Identity – Strengthening the Rails of Financial Infrastructure

Green Spiral
Green Spiral
Neelkanth Mishra

Shri Neelkanth Mishra

Chairman

Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)

Key Note

Reimagining Digital Identity for Fintech: The Aadhaar App Advantage

Green Spiral
Green Spiral
Vivek Chandra Verma

Shri Vivek Chandra Verma

Deputy Director General

Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)

Key Note

The Growth Playbook for Digital Payments: Partnerships, Platforms, and Possibilities

Green Spiral
Green Spiral
Sohini Rajola

Sohini Rajola

Executive Director- Growth

NPCI

Key Note

The Future of Finance is Intelligent and Personal: Leading with Purpose, Data, and AI Design

Green Spiral
Green Spiral
Shanti Ekambaram

Shanti Ekambaram

Ex - DMD

Kotak Mahindra bank

Key Note

From Global Playbooks to India-First Thinking: The Rise of Homegrown Consulting Firms

Green Spiral
Green Spiral
Sameer Singh Jaini, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, The Digital Fifth

Sameer Singh Jaini

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

The Digital Fifth

Report Launch

Embedded Supply Chain Finance

Green Spiral
Green Spiral
Sriram Kanuri

Sriram Kanuri

Co-Founder & CEO

Arteria Technologies

Parag Jain

Parag Jain

Co-Founder & CTO

Arteria Technologies

Sameer Singh Jaini, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, The Digital Fifth

Sameer Singh Jaini

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

The Digital Fifth

Key Note

AI That Impacts Business: How Large NBFCs Are Using AI at Scale to Reduce Credit Risk, Improve Collections, and Drive Profitable Growth

Green Spiral
Green Spiral
Sudipta Roy, L&T Finance

Sudipta Roy

Managing Director & CEO

L&T Finance

Key Note

Optionality as a Leadership Strategy: Designing Physical, Phygital, and Digital Banks for Resilience, Scale, and Uncertainty

Green Spiral
Green Spiral
Baskar Babu Ramachandran, Co-Founder & CEO, Suryoday Small Finance Bank | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Baskar Babu Ramachandran

MD & CEO

Suryoday Small Finance Bank Limited

Panel Discussion

Embedded Supply Chain Finance: Powering India’s Growth Through Frictionless MSME Credit

Green Spiral
Green Spiral
Ajit Trimbakkar

Ajit Trimbakkar

Head – Treasury & Financial Services

Saint Gobain India Region

Annapoorna Venkataraman

Annapoorna Venkataramanan

Chief Treasury, Capex Inv, Risk & Insurance

ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India

Amit Goyal

Amit Goyal

Head - Supply Chain & Structured Trade Finance

ICICI Bank

Ravi Kumar

Ravi Kumar

Chief Digital & Information Officer

Exide Industries Limited

Sriram Kanuri

Sriram Kanuri

CEO & Director

Arteria Technologies
Moderator

Key Note

From Digitisation to Decision Infrastructure:The Growth Story of India’s Lending Tech Market

Green Spiral
Green Spiral
Sameer Singh Jaini, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, The Digital Fifth

Sameer Singh Jaini

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

The Digital Fifth

Key Note

Building the Future of Home Finance: Growth, Risk, and Digital Discipline

Green Spiral
Green Spiral
Laks Duraiswamy, Managing Director, Sundaram Home Finance | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Laks Duraiswamy

Managing Director

Sundaram Home Finance

Key Note

Financing Aspirations: The Next Chapter in Affordable Housing

Green Spiral
Green Spiral
Manish Sheth

Manish Sheth

MD & CEO

JM Financial Home Loan

Key Note

From Payments Rails to Financial Infrastructure: Reimagining Merchant Acquiring

Green Spiral
Green Spiral
Sameer Singh Jaini, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, The Digital Fifth

Sameer Singh Jaini

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

The Digital Fifth

Panel Discussion

Aadhaar : Fuelling Fintech Innovation

Green Spiral
Green Spiral
Tanusree Deb Barma IAS

Smt. Tanusree Deb Barma IAS

Deputy Director General

UIDAI

Sanket Nayak

Sanket Nayak

CoFounder

Digio

Ramkumar Thirumurthi

Ramkumar Thirumurthi

Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)

Setu

Manish Kumar Gupta, Senior VP & GM, Glance TV | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Manish Kumar Gupta

Chief Executive - Urban Unsecured Business

L&T Finance

Vinay Kesari

Vinay Kesari

Independent Director

Capital Mutual Fund
Moderator

Key Note

Modernising Collections with Account Aggregator and AI

Green Spiral
Green Spiral
Nirav Prajapati

Nirav Prajapati

Co-founder & CEO

IGNOSIS

Panel Discussion

The New Playbook for Merchant Acquiring in a UPI-Led Market: From Pricing Transactions to Enabling Merchants

Green Spiral
Green Spiral
Anand , Paysprint

Anand Seenivasagan

Founder & CEO

PaySprint

Arif Khan, Chief Information Officer, Razorpay | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Arif Khan

Chief Innovation Officer

Razorpay

Indraneel Pandit, Chief Digital Officer, Federal Bank | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Indraneel Pandit

Chief Digital Officer

Federal Bank

Sameer Singh Jaini, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, The Digital Fifth

Sameer Singh Jaini

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

The Digital Fifth
Moderator

Fireside Chat

From First Customer to Becoming Industry Backbone: Lessons from Scaling Perfios

Green Spiral
Green Spiral
V.R. Govindarajan

V.R. Govindarajan

Co-founder & Executive Chairman

Perfios Software Solutions

Rahul Mehta

Rahul Mehta

Director, Co-lead, Financial Services

Kedaara Capital

Demo

Decisioning, Reimagined Powered by Agentic AI

Green Spiral
Green Spiral
Dr. Mohit Shah, Chief Executive Officer, Glib | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Mohit Shah

Chief Executive Officer

Glib

Panel Discussion

From Technology Projects to Institutional Decisions: Why Every Tech Choice Now Matters

Green Spiral
Green Spiral
Rohit Kilam, Chief Technology Office, HDFC Life | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Rohit Kilam

Chief Technology Officer

HDFC Life

Ajay Thomas John, Group Chief Digital Officer, Shriram Capital | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Ajay Thomas John

Group Chief Digital Officer (CDO)

Shriram Capital

Ramesh Narayanaswamy, Chief Technology Officer, Aditya Birla Capital | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Ramesh Narayanaswamy

Chief Technology Officer

Aditya Birla Capital

Kushal Rastogi

Kushal Rastogi

Founder & CEO

Knight Fintech

Sameer Singh Jaini, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, The Digital Fifth

Sameer Singh Jaini

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

The Digital Fifth
Moderator

Masterclass

Key Note

From Complexity to Opportunity: Unpacking the B2B Payment Landscape

Green Spiral
Green Spiral
Vikrant Kulkarni, Principal Consultant, The Digital Fifth | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Vikrant Kulkarni

Director

The Digital Fifth

Lamplighting & Inauguration

Green Spiral
Green Spiral
Neelkanth Mishra

Shri Neelkanth Mishra

Chairman

Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)

Key Note

Aadhaar and the Future of Digital Identity – Strengthening the Rails of Financial Infrastructure

Green Spiral
Green Spiral
Neelkanth Mishra

Shri Neelkanth Mishra

Chairman

Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)

Key Note

Payments Vision 2030: When Scale Is No Longer Success

Green Spiral
Green Spiral
Vikrant Kulkarni, Principal Consultant, The Digital Fifth | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Vikrant Kulkarni

Director

The Digital Fifth

Demo

From Non‑Performing to Non‑Problematic: how strategic portfolio sales improve balance health

Green Spiral
Green Spiral
Bhupesh Dhawan

Bhupesh Dhawan

Director & CEO

R2P Capital

Panel Discussion

From Volume to Value: The Future of Payments Monetisation

Rohan Agrawal

Rohan Agrawal

Product Manager

86400

Ashok Selva Ganesan

Ashok Selva Ganesan

COO

Zoho Payment Technologies

Munya Chiura, Head of Growth EMEA, dLocal | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Munya Chiura

Executive, International Markets

CBZ Holdings Limited

Vikrant Kulkarni, Principal Consultant, The Digital Fifth | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Vikrant Kulkarni

Director

The Digital Fifth
Moderator

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Demo

SprintContractX: Contract management with Visibility, Control & Compliance

Prateek Gautam

Prateek Gautam

Director of Sales

PaySprint

Rahul Kumar Jha

Rahul Kumar Jha

Product Manager

PaySprint

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Panel Discussion

UPI Beyond Payments: Credit, Intelligence, and India’s Next Growth Engine

Satyajit Kanekar, Co-Founder, Mobileware Technologies | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Satyajit Kanekar

Co-Founder

86400

Lalit Chowdhary

Lalit Chowdhary

Senior Vice President – Implementation & Delivery

Mindgate Solutions

Vijayendra Sharma, Head of Digital Banking (Retail) & Marketing, CSB Bank Limited | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Vijayendra Sharma

Digital Banking (Retail)

TASC & Government Banking CSB Bank

Vikrant Kulkarni, Principal Consultant, The Digital Fifth | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Vikrant Kulkarni

Director

The Digital Fifth
Moderator

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Key Note

Open Finance in India: UPI for Credit, AA 2.0. and Beyond

Vikrant Kulkarni, Principal Consultant, The Digital Fifth | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Vikrant Kulkarni

Director

The Digital Fifth

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Panel Discussion

Liquidity Unlocked: Rethinking Cash Management in a Real-Time, Digital-First Economy

Vivek Venugopalan

Vivek Venugopalan

Director and Product Head - Global Payment Solutions, India

HSBC

Mahima Garg

Mahima Garg

Head- Payments & Liquidity Management Services, Indian Subcontinent

Citi

Aman Dalal

Aman Dalal

Head - Transaction Banking

IDFC FIRST Bank

Vaibhav Tambe, Co-Founder & CEO, TransBnk | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Vaibhav Tambe

Co-Founder & CEO

TransBnk
Moderator

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Fireside Chat

Governance as a Growth Engine: Driving Trust and Scalable Growth in a Highly Regulated Digital Era

Saurabh Mathur

Saurabh Mathur

Chief Operation Officer

Credit Saison

Kapil dev

Kapil Dev

Chief Operating Officer

Progcap

Govind Dichwalkar, Chief Operating Officer, TransBnk | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Govind Dichwalkar

Chief Operating Officer

TransBnk
Moderator

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Panel Discussion

Seed to Series A in Fintech: Capital, Compliance, and the Path to Scale

Anup Kumar Agarwal, South Asia Fintech Lead, International Finance Corporation | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Anup Kumar Agarwal

Founder & CEO

noBias Investing

Mehekka Oberoi,Director, IIFL Open Neo Bank & Fund Manager | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Mehekka Oberoi

Fund manager

IIFL Fintech fund

Anurag Ashok Begwani

Anurag Ashok Begwani

Vice President - India

Bessemer Venutre Partners

Harsh Gupta, Principal, Flourish Ventures | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Harsh Gupta

Principal

Flourish Ventures

Vikram Chachra, Founding partner, 8i ventures | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Vikram Chachra

Founding Partner

8i Ventures
Moderator

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Speaker Session

Strategic Capital in Fintech: How Growth and Institutional Investors Assess Scale, Synergy, and Risk

Deepak Sharma, Digital Leader | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Deepak Sharma

Digital Leader

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Demo

Launching India’s first ever integrated Sales Performance Management (SPM) platform for BFSI

Green Spiral
Green Spiral
Pankaj Gupta

Pankaj Gupta

Founder & CEO

ACT21 Software

Panel Discussion

Scaling Fintech Platforms: Enterprise Revenue, Consumer Reach, and Capital Discipline

Green Spiral
Green Spiral
Varun Telaprolu

Varun Telaprolu

Principal

Warbug Pincus

Anand Prasanna, Managing Partner, Iron Pillar | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Anand Prasanna

Managing Partner

Iron Pillar

Gaurav Sekhri

Gaurav Sekhri

Head - Private Equity

Hero Enterprise

Hero Choudhary, Managing Partner of BEENEXT, Speaker at the Bharat Fintech Summit (BFS)

Hero Choudhary

Managing Partner

BEENEXT

Ajay Ramasubramaniam, Founder & CEO, Startup Réseau | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Ajay Ramasubramaniam

Founder & CEO

Startup Réseau
Moderator

Lamplighting & Inauguration

Green Spiral
Green Spiral
Neelkanth Mishra

Shri Neelkanth Mishra

Chairman

Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)

Key Note

Aadhaar and the Future of Digital Identity – Strengthening the Rails of Financial Infrastructure

Green Spiral
Green Spiral
Neelkanth Mishra

Shri Neelkanth Mishra

Chairman

Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)

Key Note

Bharat Credit 2030: The Tech Architecture for Scalable, Sustainable, and Low-Cost Lending

Shashank Shekhar, Co-founder and Head of Consulting, The Digital Fifth

Shashank Shekhar

Co-founder and Head of Consulting

The Digital Fifth

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Key Note

The Future of Lending: Building Scale, Speed & Soul in a Digital Economy

Shekhar Bhandari

Shekhar Bhandari

President - Small and Medium Enterprises

Kotak Mahindra Bank

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Panel Discussion

The MSME Lending Playbook 2030: Where’s the Business & How to Win It

Aditya B Chatterjee, Managing Director, Equifax India | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Aditya B Chatterjee

Managing Director

Equifax

Ashish Mehrotra, MD & CEO, Northern Arc Capital | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Ashish Mehrotra

MD & CEO

Northern Arc Capital

Hemant Shah

Hemant Shah

Executive Director

Suryoday Small Finance Bank Ltd

Venkatesh Kap

Venkatesh Kap

Founder and CEO

Ebitaus

Rahul Mallick, Director, Flamingo BPO Technology Solutions Ltd. | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Rahul Mallick

Director

Flamingo Infinite
Moderator



Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Demo

Building intelligent AI-powered decisioning for digital credit

Sanoop Sashindran, Product Lead, FinBox | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Sanoop Sashindran

Product Head

FinBox

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Panel Discussion

Instant Credit Nation: How India Is Redefining Borrowing at the Speed of Data

Sameer Gupta

Sameer Gupta

Head Product - Unsecured Business Loans

Hero FinCorp

Sachin Seth, Regional Managing Director, India and South Asia, CRIF | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Sachin Seth

Regional MD

CRIF India & South Asia

Aman Goel

Aman Goel

Co-founder & CEO

GreyLabs AI

Manish Kumar Gupta, Senior VP & GM, Glance TV | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Manish Kumar Gupta

Chief Executive - Urban Unsecured Business

L&T Finance

Shashank Shekhar, Co-founder and Head of Consulting, The Digital Fifth

Shashank Shekhar

Co-founder and Head of Consulting

The Digital Fifth
Moderator

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Demo

Straight Through Processing for MSME Loan by OPL Innovate

Gaurav Vipani

Gaurav Vipani

Associate Vice President

OPLinnovate

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Panel Discussion

Building the Credit Engine of the Future: Tech, Trust, and Transformation for NBFCs

Ramaswamy Subramanian, Chief Product Officer, Karnataka Bank | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Ramaswamy Subramanian

Deputy Chief Executive Officer

Dvara KGFS

Jagdish Narayan - Equifax India

Jagdish Narayanan

Chief Technology Officer

Equifax India

Sanjay Hinduja

Sanjay Hinduja

Managing Director & CEO

Shapoorji Pallonji Finance

Ashish Gupta

Ashish Gupta

Chief Transformation & Analytics Officer

Auxilo Finserve

Srijan Nagar, Co-Founder, FinBox | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Srijan Nagar

Co-Founder

FinBox
Moderator

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Masterclass

Building Modern Digital Journey

Shashank Shekhar, Co-founder and Head of Consulting, The Digital Fifth

Shashank Shekhar

Co-founder and Head of Consulting

The Digital Fifth

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Trialogue

Financing Infrastructure: The New Blueprint for CV & CE Lending

Vinod Kumar

Vinod Kumar

Chief Digital Officer (CDO)

Shriram Finance Limited

Debnil Chakravarty, Chief Executive Officer, IKF Finance Limited | Bharat Fintech Summit Speaker 2026

Debnil Chakravarty

Chief Executive Officer

IKF Finance Limited

Paritosh Vatsal Tripathi

Paritosh Vatsal Tripathi

Founding Member

Signzy
Moderator

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Panel Discussion

Next-Gen Home Finance: Driving Prime & Affordable Lending with Intelligence and Design

Vivek Agarwal

Vivek Agarwal

Co-Founder & CTO

Square Yards

Narendranath Mishra, Head - Agri & Inclusive Banking, DCB Bank | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Narendranath Mishra

Head Retail & Agri Loans

DCB Bank

Amol Joshi

Amol Joshi

Chief Financial Officer

TransUnion CIBIL

Priyam Alok, Chief Business officer, Saraswat Bank | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Priyam Alok

Deputy Managing Director

Saraswat Bank

Shashank Shekhar, Co-founder and Head of Consulting, The Digital Fifth

Shashank Shekhar

Co-founder and Head of Consulting

The Digital Fifth
Moderator

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Demo

FinessArt Platform Demo

Sriram Kanuri

Sriram Kanuri

Co-Founder & CEO

Arteria Technologies

Parag Jain

Parag Jain

Co-Founder & CTO

Arteria Technologies

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Panel Discussion

The Great Integration: How Embedded Finance Is Rewiring Credit, Payments & Commerce

Rakesh Bhatt

Rakesh Bhatt

Founder & CEO

Rahi Platform Technologies

Ashish Goyal, Co-founder & CFO, Fibe | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Ashish Goyal

Co-Founder and Whole-Time Director

Fibe

Lavin Kotian, Co-Founder & CTO, TransBnk | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Lavin Kotian

Co-Founder & CTO

TransBnk - Transaction Banking Platform

Sumoth C, Head-Fintech Partnerships, Federal Bank | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Sumoth C

Head-Fintech Partnerships

Federal Bank

Sayali Karanjkar, Chief Business Officer, ElasticRun | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Sayali Karanjkar

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Lenskart
Moderator

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Fireside Chat

MSME financing - Is it a problem or an Excuse ?

Ramgopal Subramani

Ramgopal Subramani

Industry Leader

Vaibhav Tambe, Co-Founder & CEO, TransBnk | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Vaibhav Tambe

Co-Founder & CEO

TransBnk
Moderator

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Panel Discussion

Inclusion by Design: Building Financial Products That Reach Everyone

Mayur Modi, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, MONEYBOXX FINANCE | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summi

Mayur Modi

Co-Founder & Co-CEO

Moneyboxx Finance Limited

Kartik Mehta, Co-founder & Managing Director, Pahal Financial Services Pvt. Ltd. | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Kartik Mehta

Co-founder and Managing Director

Pahal Financial Services Pvt. Ltd

Pawan Bakhshi, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Pawan Bakhshi

India Lead, Inclusive Financial Systems

Gates Foundation

Thomas Muthoot John, Executive Director of Muthoot Microfin, Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit (BFS)

Thomas Muthoot John

Executive Director

Muthoot Microfin

Clemenston Varghese

Clemenston Varghese

Co-Founder

Dvara Money
Moderator

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Masterclass

From Paper to Platform: Business Case for Transforming HL/LAP Through Digital

Green Spiral
Green Spiral
Sameer Singh Jaini, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, The Digital Fifth

Sameer Singh Jaini

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

The Digital Fifth

Trialogue

From Mobile First to AI First: The Next Frontier of Digital Banking

Green Spiral
Green Spiral
Anjani Rathor, Chief Digital Officer at HDFC Bank | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit (BFS)

Anjani Rathor

Chief Digital Officer

HDFC Bank

Mahesh Ramamoorthy, Chief Information Officer, Yes Bank | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Mahesh Ramamoorthy

Chief Information Officer

Yes Bank

Sameer Singh Jaini, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, The Digital Fifth

Sameer Singh Jaini

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

The Digital Fifth
Moderator

Trialogue

India’s Financial Pulse: Banking, Credit, and Growth in a Changing Economy

Green Spiral
Green Spiral
Nagaraj Garla, Executive Director, IDBI Bank | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Nagaraj Garla

Executive Director

IDBI Bank

Rajeev Ahuja, Executive Director, RBL Bank | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Rajeev Ahuja

Executive Director

RBL Bank

Sameer Singh Jaini, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, The Digital Fifth

Sameer Singh Jaini

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

The Digital Fifth
Moderator

Key Note

Building DPI for Credit: Technology, Trust, and the Promise of ULI

Sahil Kini

Shri Sahil Kini

CEO

Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH)

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Key Note

Banking and Fintech collaboration in Eastern Africa: Innovation, Systems, and Infrastructure for Financial Inclusion

Jimmie Mwangi

Jimmie Mwangi

Group Chief Information and Digital Officer (CIDO)

Diamond Trust Bank

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Fireside Chat

Building Financial Market Infrastructure for Trust, Scale, and Resilience: Leadership lessons from building systems that markets depend on

Green Spiral
Green Spiral
Praveena Rai, Chief Operating Officer, National Payments Corporation Of India (NPCI) | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Praveena Rai

Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer

Multi Commodity Exchange of India

Sameer Singh Jaini, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, The Digital Fifth

Sameer Singh Jaini

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

The Digital Fifth
Moderator

Partnership announcement and Product Demo

Beyond Conversations: Transforming Customer Experience with AI-Driven CRM Solutions

Green Spiral
Green Spiral
Sameer Singh Jaini, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, The Digital Fifth

Sameer Singh Jaini

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

The Digital Fifth

Sanchit Sood

Sanchit Sood

Chief AI Officer

Kapture CX

Trialogue

The Reinvention Agenda: Scaling Purpose, Technology, and Trust in Modern Banking

Green Spiral
Green Spiral
George John, Executive Director, ESAF Small Finance Bank | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

George John

Executive Director

ESAF Small Finance Bank

Anshul Swami, MD and CEO, Shivalik Small Finance Bank | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Anshul Swami

MD & CEO

Shivalik Small Finance Bank

Sameer Singh Jaini, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, The Digital Fifth

Sameer Singh Jaini

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

The Digital Fifth
Moderator

Fireside Chat

Beyond Digital: Building Intelligent, Resilient, and Human-Centered Banks

Sabyasachi Goswami, Chief Executive Officer Perfios | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Sabyasachi Goswami

Chief Executive Officer

Perfios Software Solutions

Mansi Verma

Mansi Verma

Senior Correspondent

Mint
Moderator

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Key Note

The Financial OS of the Future: Modular, Open, and Intelligent

Ramesh Lakshminarayanan, CIO, CIO , Group Head -Tech & Digital, HDFC Bank | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Ramesh Lakshminarayanan

CIO, Group Head -Tech & Digital

HDFC Bank

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Trialogue

Transforming Banking in Eastern Africa through Innovation, Infrastructure, and New Collaboration Pathways

Jimmie Mwangi

Jimmie Mwangi

Group Chief Information and Digital Officer (CIDO)

Diamond Trust Bank

David Gonahasa, Ministry of Science Technology and Innovation Government of Uganda | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

David Gonahasa

Ministry of Science Technology and Innovation

Government of Uganda

Ajay Ramasubramaniam, Founder & CEO, Startup Réseau | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Ajay Ramasubramaniam

Founder & CEO

Startup Réseau
Moderator

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Key Note

From Compliance Cost to Compliance Infrastructure: How RegTech Is Powering India’s Next Financial Scale

Sameer Singh Jaini, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, The Digital Fifth

Sameer Singh Jaini

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

The Digital Fifth

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Panel Discussion

The Connected Growth Economy: Redefining Banking, Business, and Technology for India’s MSMEs

Green Spiral
Green Spiral
Manish Kothari | Bharat Fintech Summit Speaker 2026

Manish Kothari

Group President & Head, Commercial Banking

Kotak Mahindra Bank

Sanjiv Bhatia, President & Head - New Economy Group, Financial Sponsors & Multinationals Coverage, Axis Bank | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Sanjiv Bhatia

President & Head - New Economy Group, Financial Sponsors & Multinationals Coverage

Axis Bank

Divyesh Dalal, India Head - GTS and ME, IL & FIG, DBS Bank – Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit 2026 (BFS26)

Divyesh Dalal

India Head - GTS and SME, IL & FIG

DBS Bank India

Saikrishnan Srinivasan

Saikrishnan Srinivasan

Managing Director

Experian Credit Information Company

Sameer Singh Jaini, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, The Digital Fifth

Sameer Singh Jaini

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

The Digital Fifth
Moderator

Panel Discussion

When Capital Isn’t Enough: The PE Playbook for Institutional Strength

Green Spiral
Green Spiral
Suhas Devaraju

Suhas Devaraju

Portfolio - CTO

Warburg Pincus

Mahesh Parasuraman, Co-Founder & Partner, Amicus Capital Partners | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Mahesh Parasuraman

Co-Founder & Partner

Amicus Capital Partners

Mani Mulki

Mani Mulki

Managing Director

Kedaara Capital

Sameer Singh Jaini, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, The Digital Fifth

Sameer Singh Jaini

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

The Digital Fifth
Moderator

Key Note

Bridging Legacy and Disruption: Building the Next-Gen Financial Ecosystem through Startup Collaboration

Hitesh Sachdev, Head - Startup Engagement Innovation & Investments, ICICI Bank | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Hitesh Sachdev

Head - Startup Engagement, Innovation & Investments

ICICI Bank

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Key Note

Intelligent Investing: How AI is Shaping the Next Era of Wealth Creation

Vasant Kamath

Vasanth Kamath

Founder & CEO

smallcase

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Key Note

Future of Supply Chain Finance

Sameer Singh Jaini, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, The Digital Fifth

Sameer Singh Jaini

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

The Digital Fifth

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Panel Discussion

Digital by Design: Creating Resilient Banks for the Next Decade

Green Spiral
Green Spiral
Murali Manduva, Chief Technology Officer, DCB Bank | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Murali Manduva

Chief Technology Officer

DCB Bank

Venkat Krishnan V, Chief Information Officer, Karnataka Bank | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Venkat Krishnan V

Technology Leader

Sony A, SGM, CIO, South Indian Bank | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Sony A

Senior General Manager & CIO, Digital - Technology-Alliances-Marketing

South Indian Bank

Lalit Mehta

Lalit Mehta

Co-Founder and CEO

Decimal Technologies

Sameer Singh Jaini, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, The Digital Fifth

Sameer Singh Jaini

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

The Digital Fifth
Moderator

Panel Discussion

AI in Action: Redefining Performance, Personalization, and Purpose in Banking

Green Spiral
Green Spiral
Jinand Shah

Jinand Shah

Chief Innovation Officer and Managing Director

OPL Innovate

Abhijeet Bhattacharjee

Abhijeet Bhattacharjee

Chief Information Officer

Utkarsh Small Finance Bank

Sameer Singh Jaini, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, The Digital Fifth

Sameer Singh Jaini

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

The Digital Fifth
Moderator

Fintech & Digital Excellence Awards 2026

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Key Note

Evolution of Pa-P(POS) Ecosystem in india

Vikrant Kulkarni, Principal Consultant, The Digital Fifth | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Vikrant Kulkarni

Director

The Digital Fifth

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Green Spiral

Trialogue

From Acceptance to Experience: Stepping up the Merchant Acquiring Technology Stack

Pushpendra Singh

Pushpendra Sharma

Co-founder

Ndia5

Mahesh Patel

Mahesh Patel

Director

Hitachi Payment Services

Vikrant Kulkarni, Principal Consultant, The Digital Fifth | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Vikrant Kulkarni

Director

The Digital Fifth
Moderator

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Demo

86400

Lovedeep Das

Lovedeep Das

Product Manager - Digital Products

86400

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Speaker Session

Deepening the Democratization of Payments: Enabling Trust, Everyday Digital Usage at Scale

Green Spiral
Green Spiral
Lalitha Nataraj, CEO, NPCI BHIM Services Limited | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Lalitha Nataraj

Chief Executive Officer

NPCI BHIM Services Limited

Panel Discussion

AI in Payments: Powering Decisions, Managing Risk, Ensuring Accountability

Trideep Banerjee

Trideep Banerjee

Vice President - India

Winjit Technologies

Tejas Baldev, Sales Director - APAC, Cockroach Labs | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Tejas Baldev

Sales Director - APAC

Cockroach Labs

Amit Kumar

Amit Kumar

CTO & Co-Founder

Easebuzz

Keshav Mishra

Keshav Mishra

Co-Founder & CEO

8byte
Moderator

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Speaker Session

Turn AI into Action

Deepak Bhatia

Deepak Bhatia

Regional Sales Director

BMC Software

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Panel Discussion

From India to the World: Scaling Indian Payment Platforms into the Middle East & Africa

Anuradha Ramachandran, Managing Partner, Prana Ventures | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit (BFS)

Anuradha Ramachandran

Managing Partner

Prana Ventures

akshay grover

Akshay Grover

Founder, Amadi
MD - Africa, Ebury

Abhishek Arun

Abhishek Arun

President - Platform Strategy & Business

M2P Fintech

Varun Malhotra

Varun Malhotra

Partner

Quona Capital
Moderator

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Key Note

An Investor’s guide to Technology Platform Diagnostic

Vikrant Kulkarni, Principal Consultant, The Digital Fifth | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Vikrant Kulkarni

Director

The Digital Fifth

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Panel Discussion

Credit Cards Reloaded: Designing Trust, Experience & Stickiness

Avinash Godkhindi, MD & CEO, Zaggle | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Avinash Godkhindi

MD & CEO

Zaggle

Deeksha Kaushal

Deeksha Kaushal

VP, Head - Strategy & Business Transformation, India & South Asia

Visa

Aditya Harkauli, Head of Digital Banking, Unity Small Finance Bank | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit (BFS)

Aditya Harkauli

Chief Business Officer: Head of Digital Banking

Unity Small Finance Bank

Vikrant Kulkarni, Principal Consultant, The Digital Fifth | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Vikrant Kulkarni

Director

The Digital Fifth
Moderator

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

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Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Trialogue

Beyond Transaction Security: Building Systemic Trust in India’s Digital Payments

Vipin Sureliya

Vipin Surelia

Vice President and Head of Risk Services

Visa

Ketan Patel, Co Founder and CEO, Mswipe | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Ketan Patel

Co Founder and CEO

Mswipe Technologies

Vikrant Kulkarni, Principal Consultant, The Digital Fifth | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Vikrant Kulkarni

Director

The Digital Fifth
Moderator

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Trialogue

Corporate Banking - UPI moment of Digitization

Rahul Arora

Rahul Arora

Ex - Managing Director

Citibank N.A - Global Markets

Kashinath Hariharan, Head - Strategy, Jio Financial Services | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Kashinath Hariharan

MD & CEO

Jio Payment Solutions Ltd

Vaibhav Tambe, Co-Founder & CEO, TransBnk | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Vaibhav Tambe

Co-Founder & CEO

TransBnk
Moderator

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Fireside Chat

Unlocking MSME Lending Growth: Intelligence, Inclusion and Responsible Finance

Paritosh Vatsal Tripathi

Paritosh Vatsal Tripathi

Founding Member

Signzy

Vikas Arora

Vikas Arora

President & Business Head

Shriram Finance Limited

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Fintech & Digital Excellence Awards 2026

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Masterclass

Driving Successful Bank-Fintech Collaborations Through Effective Governance Framework

Shashank Shekhar, Co-founder and Head of Consulting, The Digital Fifth

Shashank Shekhar

Co-founder and Head of Consulting

The Digital Fifth

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Key Note

DPDPA Readiness: Balancing act between Friction & Compliance Across Journeys and Ecosystems

Shashank Shekhar, Co-founder and Head of Consulting, The Digital Fifth

Shashank Shekhar

Co-founder and Head of Consulting

The Digital Fifth

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Panel Discussion

From Fragmented Controls to Integrated Risk & Compliance Tech Stacks for competitive advantage

Kunal Kathpal

Kunal Kathpal

Chief Risk Officer

Hinduja Leyland Finance

Dinesh Kamble

Dinesh Kamble

CISO & Head Infosec

RBL Bank

Prashant N Deshpande , CISO & CDO, Shriram Finance Limited | Bharat Fintech Summit Speaker 2026

Prashant N Deshpande

CISO

Shriram Finance Limited

Shashank Shekhar, Co-founder and Head of Consulting, The Digital Fifth

Shashank Shekhar

Co-founder and Head of Consulting

The Digital Fifth
Moderator

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Panel Discussion

Risk, Reward, and AI: Building Smarter Systems for Sustainable Growth

Sasidhar Vavilala, EVP Analytics, Suryoday Small Finance Bank Ltd | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Sasidhar Vavilala

EVP, Analytics, Microbanking Products

Suryoday Small Finance Bank Ltd

Rajat Bindlish

Rajat Bindlish

Chief Technology Officer

CERSAI India

Amit Mittal

Amit Mittal

Co-Founder

Surepass

Malcolm Dmello

Malcolm Dmello

Head - IT Data Engineering

Aditya Birla Capital NBFC

Shashank Shekhar, Co-founder and Head of Consulting, The Digital Fifth

Shashank Shekhar

Co-founder and Head of Consulting

The Digital Fifth
Moderator

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Trialogue

DPDPA in Action: Engineering Trust at Scale in Indian Financial Services

Kiran Belsekar

Kiran Belsekar

Executive VP - CISO, DPO & IT Governance

Bandhan Life

Vikas Deshmukh

Vikas Deshmukh

Chief Technology Officer

Suryoday Small Finance Bank

Amit Das

Amit Das

Founder & CEO

Think360
Moderator

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Panel Discussion

Agentic AI in Credit: From Automation to Autonomy

Nischal Tanna

Nischal Tanna

Group CEO

TransformHub

Sanjay Shamnani

Sanjay Shamnani

Chief Liabilities Officer

Kissht

Mathew Panat, Chief Technology Officer, HDB Financial Services – Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit 2026 (BFS26)

Mathew Panat

Chief Technology Officer

HDB Financial Services

Sudheer Warrier, Executive Director | Chief Technology and Digital, Sundaram Finance | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Sudheer Warrier

Executive Director

Sundaram Finance Limited

Srijan Nagar, Co-Founder, FinBox | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Srijan Nagar

Co-Founder

FinBox

Shobhita Agarwal

Shobhita Agarwal

Chief Executive Officer

CraftAI
Moderator

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Key Note

Agentic AI in Financial Services: The Next Evolution in Automation

Shashank Shekhar, Co-founder and Head of Consulting, The Digital Fifth

Shashank Shekhar

Co-founder and Head of Consulting

The Digital Fifth

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Key Note

Engineering Digital Business at Scale: The CIO’s Balancing Act Across Growth

Vishal Singh, Chief Information Officer, Suryoday Small Finance Bank | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Vishal Singh

Chief Information Officer & Head Digital Banking

Suryoday Small Finance Bank

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Panel Discussion

Collections as a Competitive Advantage: Intelligent, Humane & AI-Powered

Gokul Rajan

Gokul Rajan

Chief Digital Officer

Hinduja Leyland Finance

Anand Bhatia

Anand Bhatia

Chief Data Officer and Analytics

HDB Financial Services

Nimish Gandhi

Nimesh Gandhi

Director – Fintech & Telecom

TransUnion CIBIL

Lizzie Chapman, baysys

Lizzie Chapman

Co-founder & Chief Commercial Officer

baysys
Moderator

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Report Launch

State of Digital Lending 2026

Rajat Deshpande, Co-founder & CEO, Finbox | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Rajat Deshpande

Co-founder & CEO

Finbox

Mayank Jain

Mayank Jain

Head - Marketing and Content

Finbox

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Panel Discussion

Managing Model Risk, Bias & Regulatory Expectations in AI-Driven Lending

Majid Asadullah

Majid Asadullah

Head of Products

Experian India

Shashwat Kumar

Shashwat Kumar

Head BIU & Analytics

DCB Bank

Sushant Guha Roy

Sushant Guha Roy

Head of Sales

GLIB

Pankaj Rathi

Pankaj Rathi

Director Strategy, New Markets & AI Transformation

ACT21 Software

Shashank Shekhar, Co-founder and Head of Consulting, The Digital Fifth

Shashank Shekhar

Co-founder and Head of Consulting

The Digital Fifth
Moderator

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Trialogue

From Lending Systems to Lending Intelligence Platforms

Johnson K Jose

Johnson K Jose

Group President - Chief Technology Officer & Controller Fedserv

The Federal Bank Limited

Abhijeet Bhattacharjee

Abhijeet Bhattacharjee

Chief Information Officer

Utkarsh Small Finance Bank

Ankit Ratan

Ankit Ratan

CO- founder & CEO

Signzy
Moderator

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Demo

Introducing FinBox Journey Studio: Launching scalable multi-channel journeys instantly

Karshit Takhtani

Karshit Takhtani

Product Lead

FinBox

Aditya Shrivastava

Aditya Shrivastava

Engineering Lead

FinBox

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Key Note

India’s Financial Gateway: GIFT City’s Blueprint for Global Capital and Innovation

Ashutosh Sharma, Chief General Manager - Development, IFSCA | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Ashutosh Sharma

Chief General Manager - Development

IFSCA

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Panel Discussion

Trade Finance Unbound: Building the Digital Arteries of Global Commerce

Ketan Gaikwad, MD & CEO, Receivables Exchange of India Limited | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Ketan Gaikwad

MD & CEO

Receivables Exchange of India Limited (RXIL)

Purav Parekh

Purav Parekh

Co-Founder

GLIB

Sanket Pradhan, Executive Vice President, HDFC Bank | Speaker at Bharat Fintech Summit

Sanket Pradhan

EVP and Head Tech Digital

HDFC Bank

Vikas Arora

Vikas Arora

President & Business Head

Shriram Finance Limited

Shashank Shekhar, Co-founder and Head of Consulting, The Digital Fifth

Shashank Shekhar

Co-founder and Head of Consulting

The Digital Fifth
Moderator

Green Spiral
Green Spiral

Fintech & Digital Excellence Awards 2026

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