- Bharat Fintech Summit 2026
Agenda
2026
- 10-11th Feb, 2026
- JW Marriott, Sahar, Mumbai
- 08:30 AM to 09:30 AM
Masterclass
- Track 1 | 10th Feb 2026
Understanding MSME Value Chain for Better Lending
- Speaker
Shashank Shekhar
Co-founder and Head of Consulting
The Digital Fifth
- 09:30 AM to 09:40 AM
- Track 1 | 10th Feb 2026
Lamplighting & Inauguration
- Speaker
Shri Neelkanth Mishra
Chairman
Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)
- 09:40 AM to 09:50 AM
Key Note
- Track 1 | 10th Feb 2026
Aadhaar and the Future of Digital Identity – Strengthening the Rails of Financial Infrastructure
- Aadhaar as a DPI Backbone for Financial Services: driving the next chapter of growth through secure and verifiable digital id as an enabler.
- Staying Ahead of Tech Shifts: Leveraging AI, mobile-first design, and privacy tech for secure financial access.
- Accelerating Innovation Through Ecosystem Collaboration: Partnering with banks, fintechs, and startups to unlock new Aadhaar-powered financial use cases.
- Speaker
Shri Neelkanth Mishra
Chairman
Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)
- 09:50 AM to 10:10 AM
Key Note
- Track 1 | 10th Feb 2026
Reimagining Digital Identity for Fintech: The Aadhaar App Advantage
- Aadhaar app benefits for ANH and ecosystem
- Integrated App | Face Verification | Verifiable Credential
- Registration Process for Offline Verification Seeking Entity (OVSE)
- Speaker
Shri Vivek Chandra Verma
Deputy Director General
Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)
- 10:10 AM to 10:30 AM
Key Note
- Track 1 | 10th Feb 2026
The Growth Playbook for Digital Payments: Partnerships, Platforms, and Possibilities
- Designing partnership-first growth models for digital payments.
- Expanding the payments value chain beyond transactions - loyalty, credit, and insights.
- Using data, AI, and digital identity to personalize consumer payment experiences.
- Making growth inclusive and sustainable through trust and innovation.
- Speaker
Sohini Rajola
Executive Director- Growth
NPCI
- 10:30 AM to 10:50 AM
Key Note
- Track 1 | 10th Feb 2026
The Future of Finance is Intelligent and Personal: Leading with Purpose, Data, and AI Design
- Making high-stakes decisions in a fast-changing digital environment
- From personalization to prediction — how AI is helping banks & fintechs anticipate customer needs, not just react to them.
- Using generative AI and data responsibly to create deeper, more human connections in digital banking.
- Building emotionally intelligent banks that understand evolving customer behavior.
- Speakers
Shanti Ekambaram
Ex - DMD
Kotak Mahindra bank
- 10:50 AM to 11:20 AM
Key Note
- Track 1 | 10th Feb 2026
From Global Playbooks to India-First Thinking: The Rise of Homegrown Consulting Firms
- How the PMO’s focus on building domestic advisory capability is shaping India’s approach to digital public infrastructure and institution building
- Why India’s DPI-led economy requires consulting models deeply grounded in local scale, regulation, and execution realities
- How firms like The Digital Fifth are evolving consulting from project delivery to long-term institution and ecosystem building
- How homegrown consulting institutions can work alongside global firms while advancing India’s national priorities and global relevance
- Speaker
Sameer Singh Jaini
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
The Digital Fifth
- 11:20 AM to 11:50 AM
Report Launch
- Track 1 | 10th Feb 2026
Embedded Supply Chain Finance
- Explores Embedded Supply Chain Finance (ESCF) as an evolving approach to MSME credit in India, alongside existing lending and supply chain finance models.
- Examines how liquidity outcomes can improve when credit and payments are aligned more closely with real trade activity - such as purchase orders, inventory movement, invoicing, and settlement - while continuing to coexist with traditional balance-sheet-based lending.
- Analyses working-capital dynamics across multi-tier supply chains, focusing on how payment behaviour, transaction flows, and commercial structures influence MSME cash-flow resilience.
- Highlights operational and structural factors that can limit the scalability of certain lending models, particularly in fragmented or multi-tier supply chains, without attributing these challenges to any single participant.
- Speakers
Sriram Kanuri
Co-Founder & CEO
Arteria Technologies
Parag Jain
Co-Founder & CTO
Arteria Technologies
Sameer Singh Jaini
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
The Digital Fifth
- 11:50 AM to 12:10 PM
Key Note
- Track 1 | 10th Feb 2026
AI That Impacts Business: How Large NBFCs Are Using AI at Scale to Reduce Credit Risk, Improve Collections, and Drive Profitable Growth
- Moving AI from pilots to enterprise-scale deployment
- Using AI-driven credit and risk models to consistently reduce portfolio losses.
- Applying AI in collections to improve recovery rates and lower operating costs.
- Expanding intelligence through alternative data while maintaining strong governance.
- Scaling AI responsibly with explainability, bias control, and human oversight.
- Speaker
Sudipta Roy
Managing Director & CEO
L&T Finance
- 12:10 PM to 12:30 PM
Key Note
- Track 1 | 10th Feb 2026
Optionality as a Leadership Strategy: Designing Physical, Phygital, and Digital Banks for Resilience, Scale, and Uncertainty
- From single-model banks to optionality-first operating models
- Designing physical, phygital, and digital as deliberate leadership choices
- Phygital as a permanent layer of trust, not a transition phase
- Capital, talent, and organization design across three operating modes
- Building resilience by avoiding single-channel dependency
- Speaker
Baskar Babu Ramachandran
MD & CEO
Suryoday Small Finance Bank Limited
- 12:30 PM to 01:10 PM
Panel Discussion
- Track 1 | 10th Feb 2026
Embedded Supply Chain Finance: Powering India’s Growth Through Frictionless MSME Credit
- Unlocking low-cost, real-time credit for MSMEs through data-driven supply chains.
- Turning invoices, payments, and trade data into instant liquidity.
- Building connected ecosystems where anchors, suppliers, distributors and lenders fuel inclusive growth.
- Creating cheaper, faster, and more secure access to working capital for Bharat’s businesses.
- Speakers
Ajit Trimbakkar
Head – Treasury & Financial Services
Saint Gobain India Region
Annapoorna Venkataramanan
Chief Treasury, Capex Inv, Risk & Insurance
ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India
Amit Goyal
Head - Supply Chain & Structured Trade Finance
ICICI Bank
Ravi Kumar
Chief Digital & Information Officer
Exide Industries Limited
Sriram Kanuri
CEO & Director
Arteria Technologies
Moderator
- 01:30 PM to 02:00 PM
Key Note
- Track 1 | 10th Feb 2026
From Digitisation to Decision Infrastructure:The Growth Story of India’s Lending Tech Market
- Credit access is scaled; credit quality is now the priority.
- Lending tech has become the backbone of credit decisioning.
- Risk models are shifting from static scores to dynamic data and AI.
- Embedded credit is adding guardrails to prevent hidden risk.
- Future lending will be value-led, compliant, and trust-driven.
- Speaker
Sameer Singh Jaini
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
The Digital Fifth
- 02:00 PM to 02:20 PM
Key Note
- Track 1 | 10th Feb 2026
Building the Future of Home Finance: Growth, Risk, and Digital Discipline
- Navigating the transformation from traditional lending to digital-first housing finance.
- Managing credit quality and risk in a high-growth, high-volatility environment.
- Building sustainable balance sheets with technology-enabled underwriting.
- Leveraging data and automation for faster, fairer credit decisions.
- The role of trust and prudence in scaling financial inclusion through home loans.
- Speaker
Laks Duraiswamy
Managing Director
Sundaram Home Finance
- 02:20 PM to 02:35 PM
Key Note
- Track 1 | 10th Feb 2026
Financing Aspirations: The Next Chapter in Affordable Housing
- Building sustainable business models for affordable home finance in India.
- Leveraging data, partnerships, and digital processes to simplify credit access.
- Balancing affordability with profitability and risk management.
- The evolving role of lenders in enabling financial security and social mobility.
- Collaborating across ecosystem players to scale inclusive home ownership.
- Speaker
Manish Sheth
MD & CEO
JM Financial Home Loan
- 02:35 PM to 02:55 PM
Key Note
- Track 1 | 10th Feb 2026
From Payments Rails to Financial Infrastructure: Reimagining Merchant Acquiring
- Merchant acquiring has reached massive scale across India.
- Growth is shifting from onboarding to monetization.
- Payments are becoming a gateway to merchant services.
- Transaction data is emerging as a core advantage.
- The next phase will be driven by profitability and depth.
- Speakers
Sameer Singh Jaini
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
The Digital Fifth
- 02:55 PM to 03:35 PM
Panel Discussion
- Track 1 | 10th Feb 2026
Aadhaar : Fuelling Fintech Innovation
- Exploration of how mobile based identity verification is emerging as the default verification method across fintech, banking, government, and private sector services.
- Discussion on the shift from document centric KYC to app based and wallet based identity verification models powered by Aadhaar.
- Insights into how fintech platforms can embed identity technology as a product feature, enabling bundled offerings such as onboarding, authentication, consent based data sharing, and fraud prevention.
- Examination of Aadhaar enabled verification as an infrastructure layer that reduces cost, improves user experience, and accelerates product innovation for fintechs.
- Analysis of the role of India’s DPDP framework in shaping the future of identity verification, with a focus on consent, data minimisation, and user control.
- Speaker
Smt. Tanusree Deb Barma IAS
Deputy Director General
UIDAI
Sanket Nayak
CoFounder
Digio
Ramkumar Thirumurthi
Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)
Setu
Manish Kumar Gupta
Chief Executive - Urban Unsecured Business
L&T Finance
Vinay Kesari
Independent Director
Capital Mutual Fund
Moderator
- 03:35 PM to 03:55 PM
Key Note
- Track 1 | 10th Feb 2026
Modernising Collections with Account Aggregator and AI
- Why Bharat needed new financial infrastructure.
- Creating intelligent, invisible, and inclusive credit experiences.
- The role of fintech infrastructure in India’s growth story.
- Collaboration as the future of financial innovation.
- Reflections on the next decade of fintech entrepreneurship.
- Speaker
Nirav Prajapati
Co-founder & CEO
IGNOSIS
- 03:55 PM to 04:35 PM
Panel Discussion
- Track 1 | 10th Feb 2026
The New Playbook for Merchant Acquiring in a UPI-Led Market: From Pricing Transactions to Enabling Merchants
- Transitioning from MDR-led pricing to bundled, value-added merchant services
- Role of QR, soundboxes, and SoftPOS in accelerating merchant adoption & engagement
- Acquiring platforms as distribution rails for credit, data insights, and compliance services
- Designing sustainable merchant economics beyond pure transaction revenue
- Speakers
Anand Seenivasagan
Founder & CEO
PaySprint
Arif Khan
Chief Innovation Officer
Razorpay
Indraneel Pandit
Chief Digital Officer
Federal Bank
Sameer Singh Jaini
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
The Digital Fifth
Moderator
- 04:35 PM to 04:55 PM
Fireside Chat
- Track 1 | 10th Feb 2026
From First Customer to Becoming Industry Backbone: Lessons from Scaling Perfios
- Speakers
V.R. Govindarajan
Co-founder & Executive Chairman
Perfios Software Solutions
Rahul Mehta
Director, Co-lead, Financial Services
Kedaara Capital
- 04:55 PM to 05:10 PM
Demo
- Track 1 | 10th Feb 2026
Decisioning, Reimagined Powered by Agentic AI
- Speakers
Mohit Shah
Chief Executive Officer
Glib
- 05:10 PM to 05:50 PM
Panel Discussion
- Track 1 | 10th Feb 2026
From Technology Projects to Institutional Decisions: Why Every Tech Choice Now Matters
- From delivery milestones to balance-sheet and P&L impact
- Architecture as a determinant of compliance cost and operational leverage
- Technology choices that define cost-to-serve across physical, phygital, and digital models
- Designing for growth without regulatory or operational drag
- CTO / CDO accountability for productivity, partnerships, and performance not just platforms
- Speakers
Rohit Kilam
Chief Technology Officer
HDFC Life
Ajay Thomas John
Group Chief Digital Officer (CDO)
Shriram Capital
Ramesh Narayanaswamy
Chief Technology Officer
Aditya Birla Capital
Kushal Rastogi
Founder & CEO
Knight Fintech
Sameer Singh Jaini
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
The Digital Fifth
Moderator
- 08:30 AM to 09:30 AM
Masterclass
Key Note
- Track 2 | 10 Feb 2026
From Complexity to Opportunity: Unpacking the B2B Payment Landscape
- Speaker
Vikrant Kulkarni
Director
The Digital Fifth
- 09:30 AM to 09:40 AM
- Track 2 | 10th Feb 2026
Lamplighting & Inauguration
- Speaker
Shri Neelkanth Mishra
Chairman
Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)
- 09:40 AM to 09:50 AM
Key Note
- Track 2 | 10th Feb 2026
Aadhaar and the Future of Digital Identity – Strengthening the Rails of Financial Infrastructure
- Aadhaar as a DPI Backbone for Financial Services: driving the next chapter of growth through secure and verifiable digital id as an enabler.
- Staying Ahead of Tech Shifts: Leveraging AI, mobile-first design, and privacy tech for secure financial access.
- Accelerating Innovation Through Ecosystem Collaboration: Partnering with banks, fintechs, and startups to unlock new Aadhaar-powered financial use cases.
- Speaker
Shri Neelkanth Mishra
Chairman
Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)
- 11:00 AM to 11:20 AM
Key Note
- Track 2 | 10 Feb 2026
Payments Vision 2030: When Scale Is No Longer Success
- Why Value and Volume are no longer meaningful measures of success
- Measuring real impact: inclusion, resilience, trust, and economic outcomes
- Payments as mission-critical national infrastructure, not just industry rails
- Designing payment systems for resilience, trust, and crisis readiness
- India’s opportunity to define global benchmarks for the future of payments
- Speaker
Vikrant Kulkarni
Director
The Digital Fifth
- 11:20 AM to 11:40 AM
Demo
- Track 2 | 10 Feb 2026
From Non‑Performing to Non‑Problematic: how strategic portfolio sales improve balance health
- Speaker
Bhupesh Dhawan
Director & CEO
R2P Capital
- 11:40 AM to 12:20 PM
Panel Discussion
- Track 2 | 10 Feb 2026
From Volume to Value: The Future of Payments Monetisation
- Monetising payments beyond MDR - credit, collections, data, and services
- Enterprise and cross-border payments as the next revenue frontier
- Turning trust, risk management, and compliance into monetisable capabilities
- Aligning incentives across banks, fintechs, and platforms for long-term value creation
- Speakers
Rohan Agrawal
Product Manager
86400
Ashok Selva Ganesan
COO
Zoho Payment Technologies
Munya Chiura
Executive, International Markets
CBZ Holdings Limited
Vikrant Kulkarni
Director
The Digital Fifth
Moderator
- 12:20 PM to 12:35 PM
Demo
- Track 2 | 10 Feb 2026
SprintContractX: Contract management with Visibility, Control & Compliance
- Speakers
Prateek Gautam
Director of Sales
PaySprint
Rahul Kumar Jha
Product Manager
PaySprint
- 12:35 PM to 01:15 PM
Panel Discussion
- Track 2 | 10 Feb 2026
UPI Beyond Payments: Credit, Intelligence, and India’s Next Growth Engine
- UPI as a credit distribution rail - embedding instant, contextual financing into everyday payments
- UPI Lite and low-friction payments unlocking high-frequency, small-ticket commerce
- Cross-border UPI - expanding India’s real-time payments model to global corridors
- AI and intelligence layers for fraud prevention, smart routing, and personalisation
- UPI for enterprises - recurring collections, mandates, and cash-flow efficiency at scale
- Speakers
Satyajit Kanekar
Co-Founder
86400
Lalit Chowdhary
Senior Vice President – Implementation & Delivery
Mindgate Solutions
Vijayendra Sharma
Digital Banking (Retail)
TASC & Government Banking CSB Bank
Vikrant Kulkarni
Director
The Digital Fifth
Moderator
- 01:45 PM to 02:00 PM
Key Note
- Track 2 | 10 Feb 2026
Open Finance in India: UPI for Credit, AA 2.0. and Beyond
- Speaker
Vikrant Kulkarni
Director
The Digital Fifth
- 02:00 PM to 02:40 PM
Panel Discussion
- Track 2 | 10 Feb 2026
Liquidity Unlocked: Rethinking Cash Management in a Real-Time, Digital-First Economy
- How real-time payments and collections led by UPI, Bharat Connect are reshaping enterprise liquidity cycles
- From fragmented inflows to unified collections-driven liquidity visibility
- Impact of instant settlement on intraday liquidity, float, and funding strategies
- Embedding payments and collections into treasury and finance decision-making
- Securing liquidity flows across payments, collections, and settlements at scale
- Speakers
Vivek Venugopalan
Director and Product Head - Global Payment Solutions, India
HSBC
Mahima Garg
Head- Payments & Liquidity Management Services, Indian Subcontinent
Citi
Aman Dalal
Head - Transaction Banking
IDFC FIRST Bank
Vaibhav Tambe
Co-Founder & CEO
TransBnk
Moderator
- 02:40 PM to 02:55 PM
Fireside Chat
- Track 2 | 10 Feb 2026
Governance as a Growth Engine: Driving Trust and Scalable Growth in a Highly Regulated Digital Era
- Speakers
Saurabh Mathur
Chief Operation Officer
Credit Saison
Kapil Dev
Chief Operating Officer
Progcap
Govind Dichwalkar
Chief Operating Officer
TransBnk
Moderator
- 02:55 PM to 03:35 PM
Panel Discussion
- Track 2 | 10 Feb 2026
Seed to Series A in Fintech: Capital, Compliance, and the Path to Scale
- How capital expectations evolve from seed to Series A
- Role of compliance and regulatory readiness in early scale
- Transition from product–market fit to sustainable business models
- Governance and institutional readiness for Series A funding
- Building scalable fintech companies in a regulated market
- Speakers
Anup Kumar Agarwal
Founder & CEO
noBias Investing
Mehekka Oberoi
Fund manager
IIFL Fintech fund
Anurag Ashok Begwani
Vice President - India
Bessemer Venutre Partners
Harsh Gupta
Principal
Flourish Ventures
Vikram Chachra
Founding Partner
8i Ventures
Moderator
- 03:35 PM to 03:55 PM
Speaker Session
- Track 2 | 10 Feb 2026
Strategic Capital in Fintech: How Growth and Institutional Investors Assess Scale, Synergy, and Risk
- How strategic and institutional capital differs from venture capital in fintech
- Assessing scale readiness: metrics beyond topline growth
- Evaluating strategic fit and ecosystem synergies
- Governance, compliance, and risk management expectations
- Long-term value creation versus short-term growth priorities
- Speaker
Deepak Sharma
Digital Leader
- 03:55 PM to 04:10 PM
Demo
- Track 2 | 10 Feb 2026
Launching India’s first ever integrated Sales Performance Management (SPM) platform for BFSI
- Speaker
Pankaj Gupta
Founder & CEO
ACT21 Software
- 04:10 PM to 04:50 PM
Panel Discussion
- Track 2 | 10 Feb 2026
Scaling Fintech Platforms: Enterprise Revenue, Consumer Reach, and Capital Discipline
- How enterprise and consumer fintech models differ in growth velocity, predictability, and scalability.
- The importance of revenue visibility, margins, and unit economics as platforms mature.
- Where and how growth capital is deployed across product development, sales, compliance, and expansion.
- The role of regulatory readiness, security, and trust in enabling sustainable platform scale.
- How late-stage investors assess valuation, profitability timelines, and exit readiness.
- Speakers
Varun Telaprolu
Principal
Warbug Pincus
Anand Prasanna
Managing Partner
Iron Pillar
Gaurav Sekhri
Head - Private Equity
Hero Enterprise
Hero Choudhary
Managing Partner
BEENEXT
Ajay Ramasubramaniam
Founder & CEO
Startup Réseau
Moderator
- 09:30 AM to 09:40 AM
- Track 3 | 10th Feb 2026
Lamplighting & Inauguration
- Speaker
Shri Neelkanth Mishra
Chairman
Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)
- 09:40 AM to 09:50 AM
Key Note
- Track 3 | 10th Feb 2026
Aadhaar and the Future of Digital Identity – Strengthening the Rails of Financial Infrastructure
- Aadhaar as a DPI Backbone for Financial Services: driving the next chapter of growth through secure and verifiable digital id as an enabler.
- Staying Ahead of Tech Shifts: Leveraging AI, mobile-first design, and privacy tech for secure financial access.
- Accelerating Innovation Through Ecosystem Collaboration: Partnering with banks, fintechs, and startups to unlock new Aadhaar-powered financial use cases.
- Speaker
Shri Neelkanth Mishra
Chairman
Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)
- 10:10 AM to 10:30 AM
Key Note
- Track 3 | 10th Feb 2026
Bharat Credit 2030: The Tech Architecture for Scalable, Sustainable, and Low-Cost Lending
- Building modular, API-driven lending stacks that cut intermediation costs and enable real-time credit delivery.
- Leveraging AI, analytics, and automation to streamline origination, underwriting, and servicing at scale.
- Integrating Supply Chain Finance (SCF), Account Aggregator (AA), and ULI frameworks for seamless credit flow across ecosystems.
- Creating a sustainable growth model - efficient, interoperable, and resilient to regulatory and market shifts.
- Speaker
Shashank Shekhar
Co-founder and Head of Consulting
The Digital Fifth
- 10:30 AM to 10:50 AM
Key Note
- Track 3 | 10th Feb 2026
The Future of Lending: Building Scale, Speed & Soul in a Digital Economy
- AI that augments human judgment and empathy - enhancing customer experience without losing trust.
- Using AI to scale lending intelligently while improving unit economics and long-term profitability.
- Moving from one-time credit decisions to AI-driven, lifelong financial relationships and personalization.
- Leading with responsible AI: smarter risk, real-time decisions, and continuous transformation at scale.
- Speaker
Shekhar Bhandari
President - Small and Medium Enterprises
Kotak Mahindra Bank
- 10:50 AM to 11:30 AM
Panel Discussion
- Track 3 | 10th Feb 2026
The MSME Lending Playbook 2030: Where’s the Business & How to Win It
- Identifying high-growth MSME clusters - manufacturing, logistics, agri, retail, and services driving the next credit boom.
- Using data, AI, and open networks (OCEN, AA, UPI) to unlock visibility and credit access at scale.
- Building low-cost, high-yield portfolios through embedded, anchor-led, and co-lending models.
- Winning the MSME market with speed, intelligence, and scalable risk frameworks that balance growth and control.
- Speakers
Aditya B Chatterjee
Managing Director
Equifax
Ashish Mehrotra
MD & CEO
Northern Arc Capital
Hemant Shah
Executive Director
Suryoday Small Finance Bank Ltd
Venkatesh Kap
Founder and CEO
Ebitaus
Rahul Mallick
Director
Flamingo Infinite
Moderator
- 11:30 AM to 11:45 AM
Demo
- Track 3 | 10th Feb 2026
Building intelligent AI-powered decisioning for digital credit
- Speaker
Sanoop Sashindran
Product Head
FinBox
- 11:45 AM to 12:25 PM
Panel Discussion
- Track 3 | 10th Feb 2026
Instant Credit Nation: How India Is Redefining Borrowing at the Speed of Data
- How fintechs and NBFCs are scaling unsecured credit responsibly through AI and data diversification.
- The rise of personalized, use-case-based credit — from BNPL to micro-consumption loans.
- Balancing speed with sanity — what regulators, investors, and customers expect next.
- Building sustainable growth through data-backed portfolio discipline.
- Speakers
Sameer Gupta
Head Product - Unsecured Business Loans
Hero FinCorp
Sachin Seth
Regional MD
CRIF India & South Asia
Aman Goel
Co-founder & CEO
GreyLabs AI
Manish Kumar Gupta
Chief Executive - Urban Unsecured Business
L&T Finance
Shashank Shekhar
Co-founder and Head of Consulting
The Digital Fifth
Moderator
- 12:25 PM to 12:40 PM
Demo
- Track 3 | 10th Feb 2026
Straight Through Processing for MSME Loan by OPL Innovate
- Speaker
Gaurav Vipani
Associate Vice President
OPLinnovate
- 12:40 PM to 01:20 PM
Panel Discussion
- Track 3 | 10th Feb 2026
Building the Credit Engine of the Future: Tech, Trust, and Transformation for NBFCs
- From siloed systems to unified lending ecosystems.
- Using AI and analytics to underwrite smarter and faster.
- Digitizing operations without losing the human element in credit.
- Making compliance and governance native to the tech stack.
- How India’s NBFCs can power the next trillion in credit growth.
- Speakers
Ramaswamy Subramanian
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Dvara KGFS
Jagdish Narayanan
Chief Technology Officer
Equifax India
Sanjay Hinduja
Managing Director & CEO
Shapoorji Pallonji Finance
Ashish Gupta
Chief Transformation & Analytics Officer
Auxilo Finserve
Srijan Nagar
Co-Founder
FinBox
Moderator
- 01:30 PM to 02:00 PM
Masterclass
- Track 3 | 10th Feb 2026
Building Modern Digital Journey
- Speaker
Shashank Shekhar
Co-founder and Head of Consulting
The Digital Fifth
- 02:00 PM to 02:30 PM
Trialogue
- Track 3 | 10th Feb 2026
Financing Infrastructure: The New Blueprint for CV & CE Lending
- Digitizing value chains for truckers, fleet owners, and contractors.
- AI-driven scoring that blends business cash flow with asset performance.
- Flexible repayment and usage-linked EMI models improving credit health.
- Collaboration between financiers, OEMs, and digital marketplaces unlocking new growth corridors.
- Speakers
Vinod Kumar
Chief Digital Officer (CDO)
Shriram Finance Limited
Debnil Chakravarty
Chief Executive Officer
IKF Finance Limited
Paritosh Vatsal Tripathi
Founding Member
Signzy
Moderator
- 02:30 PM to 03:10 PM
Panel Discussion
- Track 3 | 10th Feb 2026
Next-Gen Home Finance: Driving Prime & Affordable Lending with Intelligence and Design
- Leveraging data intelligence and automation to optimize products across prime and affordable segments.
- Using AI-driven pricing, underwriting, and experience design to expand reach and profitability.
- Building collaborative ecosystems between banks, HFCs, PropTechs, and fintechs to scale efficiently.
- Delivering faster approvals, lower costs, and inclusive access through design-led digital journeys.
- Speakers
Vivek Agarwal
Co-Founder & CTO
Square Yards
Narendranath Mishra
Head Retail & Agri Loans
DCB Bank
Amol Joshi
Chief Financial Officer
TransUnion CIBIL
Priyam Alok
Deputy Managing Director
Saraswat Bank
Shashank Shekhar
Co-founder and Head of Consulting
The Digital Fifth
Moderator
- 03:10 PM to 03:25 PM
Demo
- Track 3 | 10th Feb 2026
FinessArt Platform Demo
- A walkthrough of the Finessart platform demonstrating how embedded supply chain finance integrates credit, payments, and trade execution within a single operational framework across multi-tier supply chains.
- Speakers
Sriram Kanuri
Co-Founder & CEO
Arteria Technologies
Parag Jain
Co-Founder & CTO
Arteria Technologies
- 03:25 PM to 04:05 PM
Panel Discussion
- Track 3 | 10th Feb 2026
The Great Integration: How Embedded Finance Is Rewiring Credit, Payments & Commerce
- Breaking boundaries between banks, fintechs, and marketplaces through API-led ecosystems.
- How embedded credit is transforming MSME, B2B, and consumer finance.
- The future of co-branded finance — partnerships between anchors, merchants, and lenders.
- Making embedded finance compliant, profitable, and scalable across sectors.
- Speakers
Rakesh Bhatt
Founder & CEO
Rahi Platform Technologies
Ashish Goyal
Co-Founder and Whole-Time Director
Fibe
Lavin Kotian
Co-Founder & CTO
TransBnk - Transaction Banking Platform
Sumoth C
Head-Fintech Partnerships
Federal Bank
Sayali Karanjkar
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Lenskart
Moderator
- 04:05 PM to 04:20 PM
Fireside Chat
- Track 3 | 10th Feb 2026
MSME financing - Is it a problem or an Excuse ?
- Speakers
Ramgopal Subramani
Industry Leader
Vaibhav Tambe
Co-Founder & CEO
TransBnk
Moderator
- 04:20 PM to 05:00 PM
Panel Discussion
- Track 3 | 10th Feb 2026
Inclusion by Design: Building Financial Products That Reach Everyone
- How human-centered design and data can make finance accessible.
- Stories of successful inclusion from MFIs, digital NBFCs and ecosystem enablers.
- Partnerships between banks, fintechs, and policymakers for equitable access.
- Speakers
Mayur Modi
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
Moneyboxx Finance Limited
Kartik Mehta
Co-founder and Managing Director
Pahal Financial Services Pvt. Ltd
Pawan Bakhshi
India Lead, Inclusive Financial Systems
Gates Foundation
Thomas Muthoot John
Executive Director
Muthoot Microfin
Clemenston Varghese
Co-Founder
Dvara Money
Moderator
- 08:30 AM to 09:30 AM
Masterclass
- Track 1 | 11th Feb 2026
From Paper to Platform: Business Case for Transforming HL/LAP Through Digital
- Speaker
Sameer Singh Jaini
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
The Digital Fifth
- 09:30 AM to 10:00 AM
Trialogue
- Track 1 | 11th Feb 2026
From Mobile First to AI First: The Next Frontier of Digital Banking
- How AI is reimagining mobile platforms into dynamic, learning ecosystems.
- Orchestrating hyper-personalized journeys through AI, data, and design.
- Real-time intelligence: moving from reactive apps to proactive digital companions.
- Challenges of integrating generative AI into regulated banking environments.
- The roadmap for future-ready banks agile, predictive, and customer-obsessed.
- Speakers
Anjani Rathor
Chief Digital Officer
HDFC Bank
Mahesh Ramamoorthy
Chief Information Officer
Yes Bank
Sameer Singh Jaini
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
The Digital Fifth
Moderator
- 10:00 AM to 10:30 AM
Trialogue
- Track 1 | 11th Feb 2026
India’s Financial Pulse: Banking, Credit, and Growth in a Changing Economy
- The evolving interplay between credit expansion and economic momentum.
- How banks are shaping India’s consumption and investment story.
- The role of digital ecosystems in sustaining long-term economic growth.
- Emerging risks - inflation, rate volatility, and global contagion.
- The outlook for 2026: financial stability and the future of banking strategy.
- Speakers
Nagaraj Garla
Executive Director
IDBI Bank
Rajeev Ahuja
Executive Director
RBL Bank
Sameer Singh Jaini
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
The Digital Fifth
Moderator
- 10:30 AM to 10:50 AM
Key Note
- Track 1 | 11th Feb 2026
Building DPI for Credit: Technology, Trust, and the Promise of ULI
- Rethinking credit delivery through platformization and open APIs.
- Embedding trust and consent into every layer of digital credit.
- Integrating AI-driven risk, alternate data, and real-time decisioning.
- From lending silos to a unified digital credit fabric.
- Building public-good infrastructure for responsible, scalable credit access.
- Speaker
Shri Sahil Kini
CEO
Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH)
- 10:50 AM to 11:10 AM
Key Note
- Track 1 | 11th Feb 2026
Banking and Fintech collaboration in Eastern Africa: Innovation, Systems, and Infrastructure for Financial Inclusion
- Rethinking credit delivery through platformization and open APIs.
- Embedding trust and consent into every layer of digital credit.
- Integrating AI-driven risk, alternate data, and real-time decisioning.
- From lending silos to a unified digital credit fabric.
- Building public-good infrastructure for responsible, scalable credit access.
- Speaker
Jimmie Mwangi
Group Chief Information and Digital Officer (CIDO)
Diamond Trust Bank
- 11:10 AM to 11:30 AM
Fireside Chat
- Track 1 | 11th Feb 2026
Building Financial Market Infrastructure for Trust, Scale, and Resilience: Leadership lessons from building systems that markets depend on
- From platforms to institutions: the leadership shift infrastructure demands
- Engineering trust and compliance into systems before scale tests their limits
- Why governance determines success at national scale
- Leading mission-critical infrastructure across regulatory, market, and leadership cycles
- Building institutions that endure crises, scrutiny, and succession
- Speakers
Praveena Rai
Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer
Multi Commodity Exchange of India
Sameer Singh Jaini
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
The Digital Fifth
Moderator
- 11:30 AM to 11:45 AM
Partnership announcement and Product Demo
- Track 1 | 11th Feb 2026
Beyond Conversations: Transforming Customer Experience with AI-Driven CRM Solutions
- Speaker
Sameer Singh Jaini
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
The Digital Fifth
Sanchit Sood
Chief AI Officer
Kapture CX
- 11:45 AM to 12:15 PM
Trialogue
- Track 1 | 11th Feb 2026
The Reinvention Agenda: Scaling Purpose, Technology, and Trust in Modern Banking
- Redefining success in the era of sustainable and responsible growth.
- Building digital frameworks that strengthen customer and community trust.
- Merging technology, human insight, and agility for next-gen banking models.
- Lessons from the frontlines of transformation - where purpose meets performance.
- Creating enduring value through innovation that matters.
- Speakers
George John
Executive Director
ESAF Small Finance Bank
Anshul Swami
MD & CEO
Shivalik Small Finance Bank
Sameer Singh Jaini
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
The Digital Fifth
Moderator
- 12:15 PM to 12:35 PM
Fireside Chat
- Track 1 | 11th Feb 2026
Beyond Digital: Building Intelligent, Resilient, and Human-Centered Banks
- How banks can evolve from digital adoption to intelligent transformation - powered by AI, data, and design thinking.
- Redefining customer trust and engagement in a hyper-automated, always-on world.
- Balancing innovation speed with operational resilience and governance.
- The new leadership mindset - blending agility with accountability.
- Collaboration between fintechs and traditional banks: from competition to co-creation.
- Speaker
Sabyasachi Goswami
Chief Executive Officer
Perfios Software Solutions
Mansi Verma
Senior Correspondent
Mint
Moderator
- 12:35 PM to 12:55 PM
Key Note
- Track 1 | 11th Feb 2026
The Financial OS of the Future: Modular, Open, and Intelligent
- From monolithic cores to API-first, composable financial architectures
- Embedding AI into every layer - from risk to customer experience
- Open banking evolving into open everything
- Building self-updating, interoperable systems for borderless finance
- Speaker
Ramesh Lakshminarayanan
CIO, Group Head -Tech & Digital
HDFC Bank
- 12:55 PM to 01:25 PM
Trialogue
- Track 1 | 11th Feb 2026
Transforming Banking in Eastern Africa through Innovation, Infrastructure, and New Collaboration Pathways
- The evolving role of technology leadership in reshaping banking across Eastern Africa
- Building digital-first financial infrastructure and interoperable platforms
- How embedded finance is unlocking new pathways for inclusion and enterprise expansion
- What it takes to build trust, interoperability, and resilience in emerging-market financial ecosystems
- Opportunities for deeper India–Eastern Africa fintech collaboration
- Speakers
Jimmie Mwangi
Group Chief Information and Digital Officer (CIDO)
Diamond Trust Bank
David Gonahasa
Ministry of Science Technology and Innovation
Government of Uganda
Ajay Ramasubramaniam
Founder & CEO
Startup Réseau
Moderator
- 01:30 PM to 02:00 PM
Key Note
- Track 1 | 11th Feb 2026
From Compliance Cost to Compliance Infrastructure: How RegTech Is Powering India’s Next Financial Scale
- India’s financial scale has made manual, periodic compliance unviable.
- Compliance is evolving from a cost center to core financial infrastructure.
- RegTech is moving from point solutions to unified, end-to-end platforms.
- Regulation now requires compliance to be embedded into product architecture.
- Continuous, AI-led compliance enables scalable, trusted financial growth.
- Speaker
Sameer Singh Jaini
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
The Digital Fifth
- 02:00 PM to 02:40 PM
Panel Discussion
- Track 1 | 11th Feb 2026
The Connected Growth Economy: Redefining Banking, Business, and Technology for India’s MSMEs
- The rise of connected platforms for MSME management and finance.
- How transaction banking is evolving to serve digital-first enterprises.
- Real-time data, embedded finance, and open banking as enablers.
- Collaboration over competition — why banks and tech players must co-create.
- Making digital adoption frictionless for small businesses.
- Speakers
Manish Kothari
Group President & Head, Commercial Banking
Kotak Mahindra Bank
Sanjiv Bhatia
President & Head - New Economy Group, Financial Sponsors & Multinationals Coverage
Axis Bank
Divyesh Dalal
India Head - GTS and SME, IL & FIG
DBS Bank India
Saikrishnan Srinivasan
Managing Director
Experian Credit Information Company
Sameer Singh Jaini
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
The Digital Fifth
Moderator
- 02:40 PM to 03:20 PM
Panel Discussion
- Track 1 | 11th Feb 2026
When Capital Isn’t Enough: The PE Playbook for Institutional Strength
- What PEs underwrite today beyond growth and valuation multiples
- Leadership depth, governance quality, and execution discipline as value drivers
- How PEs shape technology, risk, and operating models post-investment
- Capital efficiency, profitability, and resilience across cycles
- What separates scalable institutions from fragile growth stories
- Speakers
Suhas Devaraju
Portfolio - CTO
Warburg Pincus
Mahesh Parasuraman
Co-Founder & Partner
Amicus Capital Partners
Mani Mulki
Managing Director
Kedaara Capital
Sameer Singh Jaini
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
The Digital Fifth
Moderator
- 03:20 PM to 03:40 PM
Key Note
- Track 1 | 11th Feb 2026
Bridging Legacy and Disruption: Building the Next-Gen Financial Ecosystem through Startup Collaboration
- Navigating the balance between regulatory discipline and startup agility.
- How banks can integrate startup-driven tech into legacy systems effectively.
- Scaling innovation from pilots to enterprise-grade deployment.
- Future-forward banking — where data, tech, and partnerships converge.
- Speaker
Hitesh Sachdev
Head - Startup Engagement, Innovation & Investments
ICICI Bank
- 03:40 PM to 04:00 PM
Key Note
- Track 1 | 11th Feb 2026
Intelligent Investing: How AI is Shaping the Next Era of Wealth Creation
- Moving beyond data - building context-aware, AI-powered investing ecosystems.
- How AI is democratizing portfolio insights and decision-making for retail investors.
- The rise of personalized investing journeys - from mass advice to precision finance.
- Redefining trust, transparency, and investor engagement in the AI age.
- Speaker
Vasanth Kamath
Founder & CEO
smallcase
- 04:00 PM to 04:15 PM
Key Note
- Track 1 | 11th Feb 2026
Future of Supply Chain Finance
- Moving beyond data - building context-aware, AI-powered investing ecosystems.
- How AI is democratizing portfolio insights and decision-making for retail investors.
- The rise of personalized investing journeys - from mass advice to precision finance.
- Redefining trust, transparency, and investor engagement in the AI age.
- Speaker
Sameer Singh Jaini
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
The Digital Fifth
- 04:15 PM to 04:55 PM
Panel Discussion
- Track 1 | 11th Feb 2026
Digital by Design: Creating Resilient Banks for the Next Decade
- Architecting systems that are agile, secure, and ready for future disruptions.
- Making digital the default - from product design to delivery.
- The interplay between cloud, data, and AI in creating smarter financial services.
- How CIOs can align technology strategy with business scalability and inclusion.
- Building digital-first cultures that adapt faster than technology itself.
- Speakers
Murali Manduva
Chief Technology Officer
DCB Bank
Venkat Krishnan V
Technology Leader
Sony A
Senior General Manager & CIO, Digital - Technology-Alliances-Marketing
South Indian Bank
Lalit Mehta
Co-Founder and CEO
Decimal Technologies
Sameer Singh Jaini
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
The Digital Fifth
Moderator
- 04:55 PM to 05:35 PM
Panel Discussion
- Track 1 | 11th Feb 2026
AI in Action: Redefining Performance, Personalization, and Purpose in Banking
- How AI is driving operational excellence and predictive decisioning.
- Reimagining personalization through conversational and generative AI.
- Balancing automation with empathy in digital banking experiences.
- The responsible use of AI - ensuring fairness, transparency, and inclusion.
- Creating value beyond profit: AI for sustainable and purpose-driven banking.
- Speakers
Jinand Shah
Chief Innovation Officer and Managing Director
OPL Innovate
Abhijeet Bhattacharjee
Chief Information Officer
Utkarsh Small Finance Bank
Sameer Singh Jaini
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
The Digital Fifth
Moderator
- 05:35 PM
- Track 1 | 11th Feb 2026
Fintech & Digital Excellence Awards 2026
- 09:40 AM to 10:00 AM
Key Note
- Track 2 | 11th Feb 2026
Evolution of Pa-P(POS) Ecosystem in india
- End-to-end architecture of modern merchant acquiring platforms
- Integration challenges across PG, QR, SoftPOS, soundboxes, and devices
- Powering Diverse customer set - MSMEs to Enterprises
- Settlement, reconciliation, reporting, and exception management at scale
- Securing and scaling merchant technology platforms sustainably
- Speaker
Vikrant Kulkarni
Director
The Digital Fifth
- 10:00 AM to 10:40 AM
Trialogue
- Track 2 | 11th Feb 2026
From Acceptance to Experience: Stepping up the Merchant Acquiring Technology Stack
- End-to-end architecture of modern merchant acquiring platforms
- Integration challenges across PG, QR, SoftPOS, soundboxes, and devices
- Powering Diverse customer set - MSMEs to Enterprises
- Settlement, reconciliation, reporting, and exception management at scale
- Securing and scaling merchant technology platforms sustainably
- Speakers
Pushpendra Sharma
Co-founder
Ndia5
Mahesh Patel
Director
Hitachi Payment Services
Vikrant Kulkarni
Director
The Digital Fifth
Moderator
- 10:40 AM to 10:55 AM
Demo
- Track 2 | 11th Feb 2026
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Lovedeep Das
Product Manager - Digital Products
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- 10:55 AM to 11:15 AM
Speaker Session
- Track 2 | 11th Feb 2026
Deepening the Democratization of Payments: Enabling Trust, Everyday Digital Usage at Scale
- Shifting digital payments from access-led adoption to confident, habitual usage embedded in everyday life.
- Advancing the democratization of payments by enabling intuitive, predictable, and universally accessible small-value, high-frequency transactions.
- Strengthening trust through secure, transparent, and reliable payment experiences at population scale.
- Enabling small banks to deploy acquirer stacks, widening merchant acceptance and decentralizing the acquiring ecosystem.
- Sustaining inclusive growth as digital payments mature into resilient, long-term national infrastructure.
- Speaker
Lalitha Nataraj
Chief Executive Officer
NPCI BHIM Services Limited
- 11:15 AM to 11:55 AM
Panel Discussion
- Track 2 | 11th Feb 2026
AI in Payments: Powering Decisions, Managing Risk, Ensuring Accountability
- Deployment of AI across fraud detection, routing, and compliance functions
- Managing risk and bias in high-volume, real-time transaction environments
- Balancing automation with human oversight in regulated payment systems
- Governance, validation, and lifecycle management of AI models
- Accountability, auditability, and regulatory readiness in AI-driven payments
- Speakers
Trideep Banerjee
Vice President - India
Winjit Technologies
Tejas Baldev
Sales Director - APAC
Cockroach Labs
Amit Kumar
CTO & Co-Founder
Easebuzz
Keshav Mishra
Co-Founder & CEO
8byte
Moderator
- 11:55 AM to 12:15 PM
Speaker Session
- Track 2 | 11th Feb 2026
Turn AI into Action
- Move from reactive IT to autonomous, AI-driven operations
- Reduce outages and accelerate incident resolution
- Achieve 2–4× productivity improvements
- Unlock tangible IT cost optimization
- Leverage AI agents, automation, and real-time insights for smarter decisions
- Reset the economics of enterprise IT with scalable AI adoption
- Speaker
Deepak Bhatia
Regional Sales Director
BMC Software
- 12:15 PM to 12:55 PM
Panel Discussion
- Track 2 | 11th Feb 2026
From India to the World: Scaling Indian Payment Platforms into the Middle East & Africa
- Why Middle East and Africa are natural next markets for India-built payment platforms
- What travels from India’s payments success—and what must be rebuilt locally
- Navigating regulation, licensing, and bank partnerships across diverse markets
- Monetisation, pricing power, and unit economics outside India
- Building local teams, trust, and long-term presence beyond the home market
- Speakers
Anuradha Ramachandran
Managing Partner
Prana Ventures
Akshay Grover
Founder, Amadi
MD - Africa, Ebury
Abhishek Arun
President - Platform Strategy & Business
M2P Fintech
Varun Malhotra
Partner
Quona Capital
Moderator
- 01:30 PM to 02:00 PM
Key Note
- Track 2 | 11th Feb 2026
An Investor’s guide to Technology Platform Diagnostic
- Speaker
Vikrant Kulkarni
Director
The Digital Fifth
- 02:00 PM to 02:40 PM
Panel Discussion
- Track 2 | 11th Feb 2026
Credit Cards Reloaded: Designing Trust, Experience & Stickiness
- Redefining customer value — from cashback to contextual benefits.
- How design, UX, and data personalization build emotional loyalty.
- Collaboration between banks, networks, and fintechs to elevate experience.
- Speakers
Avinash Godkhindi
MD & CEO
Zaggle
Deeksha Kaushal
VP, Head - Strategy & Business Transformation, India & South Asia
Visa
Aditya Harkauli
Chief Business Officer: Head of Digital Banking
Unity Small Finance Bank
Vikrant Kulkarni
Director
The Digital Fifth
Moderator
- 02:40 PM to 02:55 PM
- Track 2 | 11th Feb 2026
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- Redefining customer value — from cashback to contextual benefits.
- How design, UX, and data personalization build emotional loyalty.
- Collaboration between banks, networks, and fintechs to elevate experience.•
- 02:55 PM to 03:35 PM
Trialogue
- Track 2 | 11th Feb 2026
Beyond Transaction Security: Building Systemic Trust in India’s Digital Payments
- Fraud as an ecosystem-wide challenge, not a transaction-level failure
- Role of national payment rails in embedding trust by design
- Shared accountability across banks, fintechs, platforms, and networks
- Balancing speed, friction, and user experience in real-time payments
- Strengthening prevention, dispute resolution, and trust recovery mechanisms
- Speakers
Vipin Surelia
Vice President and Head of Risk Services
Visa
Ketan Patel
Co Founder and CEO
Mswipe Technologies
Vikrant Kulkarni
Director
The Digital Fifth
Moderator
- 03:35 PM to 04:05 PM
Trialogue
- Track 2 | 11th Feb 2026
Corporate Banking - UPI moment of Digitization
- Fraud as an ecosystem-wide challenge, not a transaction-level failure
- Role of national payment rails in embedding trust by design
- Shared accountability across banks, fintechs, platforms, and networks
- Balancing speed, friction, and user experience in real-time payments
- Strengthening prevention, dispute resolution, and trust recovery mechanisms
- Speakers
Rahul Arora
Ex - Managing Director
Citibank N.A - Global Markets
Kashinath Hariharan
MD & CEO
Jio Payment Solutions Ltd
Vaibhav Tambe
Co-Founder & CEO
TransBnk
Moderator
- 04:05 PM to 04:40 PM
Fireside Chat
- Track 2 | 11th Feb 2026
Unlocking MSME Lending Growth: Intelligence, Inclusion and Responsible Finance
- Speakers
Paritosh Vatsal Tripathi
Founding Member
Signzy
Vikas Arora
President & Business Head
Shriram Finance Limited
- 05:35 PM
- Track 2 | 11th Feb 2026
Fintech & Digital Excellence Awards 2026
- 08:30 AM to 10:00 AM
Masterclass
- Track 3 | 11th Feb 2026
Driving Successful Bank-Fintech Collaborations Through Effective Governance Framework
- End-to-end consent orchestration across journeys and data lifecycles
- Standard consent artefacts for interoperability and reuse across platforms
- Purpose-led consent design to reduce friction and consent fatigue
- Consent lifecycle governance with revocation, auditability, and propagation
- Transparent consent experiences to build trust through clear communication
- Speaker
Shashank Shekhar
Co-founder and Head of Consulting
The Digital Fifth
- 10:00 AM to 10:30 AM
Key Note
- Track 3 | 11th Feb 2026
DPDPA Readiness: Balancing act between Friction & Compliance Across Journeys and Ecosystems
- End-to-end consent orchestration across journeys and data lifecycles
- Standard consent artefacts for interoperability and reuse across platforms
- Purpose-led consent design to reduce friction and consent fatigue
- Consent lifecycle governance with revocation, auditability, and propagation
- Transparent consent experiences to build trust through clear communication
- Speaker
Shashank Shekhar
Co-founder and Head of Consulting
The Digital Fifth
- 10:30 AM to 11:10 AM
Panel Discussion
- Track 3 | 11th Feb 2026
From Fragmented Controls to Integrated Risk & Compliance Tech Stacks for competitive advantage
- Convergence of risk, compliance, cybersecurity, and data governance platforms
- Integration of controls across business, IT, and third-party ecosystems
- Reduction of manual compliance through workflow-driven automation
- Real-time monitoring, dashboards, and regulatory reporting readiness
- Alignment of tech architecture with regulatory scalability and future-proofing
- Speaker
Kunal Kathpal
Chief Risk Officer
Hinduja Leyland Finance
Dinesh Kamble
CISO & Head Infosec
RBL Bank
Prashant N Deshpande
CISO
Shriram Finance Limited
Shashank Shekhar
Co-founder and Head of Consulting
The Digital Fifth
Moderator
- 11:10 AM to 11:50 AM
Panel Discussion
- Track 3 | 11th Feb 2026
Risk, Reward, and AI: Building Smarter Systems for Sustainable Growth
- How AI-driven insights can redefine risk assessment and portfolio quality.
- Using data to balance expansion with resilience in emerging markets.
- Turning compliance into a competitive advantage through analytics.
- Enabling responsible innovation across lending, operations, and customer experience.
- The future of financial institutions: intelligent, adaptive, and accountable.
- Speaker
Sasidhar Vavilala
EVP, Analytics, Microbanking Products
Suryoday Small Finance Bank Ltd
Rajat Bindlish
Chief Technology Officer
CERSAI India
Amit Mittal
Co-Founder
Surepass
Malcolm Dmello
Head - IT Data Engineering
Aditya Birla Capital NBFC
Shashank Shekhar
Co-founder and Head of Consulting
The Digital Fifth
Moderator
- 11:50 AM to 12:20 PM
Trialogue
- Track 3 | 11th Feb 2026
DPDPA in Action: Engineering Trust at Scale in Indian Financial Services
- Translating DPDPA from regulation to Technology & Data Architecture
- Defining clear ownership and accountability for DPDPA compliance
- Operational challenges in aligning Data Fiduciary Responsibilities and supporting Data Principal Rights at scale
- Moving Beyond Compliance: Using DPDPA to build trust and enable growth
- Speakers
Kiran Belsekar
Executive VP - CISO, DPO & IT Governance
Bandhan Life
Vikas Deshmukh
Chief Technology Officer
Suryoday Small Finance Bank
Amit Das
Founder & CEO
Think360
Moderator
- 12:20 PM to 01:00 PM
Panel Discussion
- Track 3 | 11th Feb 2026
Agentic AI in Credit: From Automation to Autonomy
- Moving from process automation to autonomous decision-making systems in BFSI.
- How AI copilots are reshaping underwriting, collections, and compliance.
- Designing accountable and explainable AI frameworks for regulated industries.
- The human–machine handshake: empowering employees with AI augmentation.
- Speakers
Nischal Tanna
Group CEO
TransformHub
Sanjay Shamnani
Chief Liabilities Officer
Kissht
Mathew Panat
Chief Technology Officer
HDB Financial Services
Sudheer Warrier
Executive Director
Sundaram Finance Limited
Srijan Nagar
Co-Founder
FinBox
Shobhita Agarwal
Chief Executive Officer
CraftAI
Moderator
- 01:15 PM to 01:45 PM
Key Note
- Track 3 | 11th Feb 2026
Agentic AI in Financial Services: The Next Evolution in Automation
- Moving from process automation to autonomous decision-making systems in BFSI.
- How AI copilots are reshaping underwriting, collections, and compliance.
- Designing accountable and explainable AI frameworks for regulated industries.
- The human–machine handshake: empowering employees with AI augmentation.
- Speaker
Shashank Shekhar
Co-founder and Head of Consulting
The Digital Fifth
- 01:45 PM to 02:00 PM
Key Note
- Track 3 | 11th Feb 2026
Engineering Digital Business at Scale: The CIO’s Balancing Act Across Growth
- How CIOs enable new revenue streams through digital platforms
- Moving from IT delivery to business value creation
- Technology decisions that directly impact customer acquisition and growth
- Lessons from scaling digital initiatives that actually moved the needle
- Speaker
Vishal Singh
Chief Information Officer & Head Digital Banking
Suryoday Small Finance Bank
- 02:00 PM to 02:40 PM
Panel Discussion
- Track 3 | 11th Feb 2026
Collections as a Competitive Advantage: Intelligent, Humane & AI-Powered
- Building data-driven, trust-first frameworks where repayment feels safe and transparent.
- Using AI copilots and predictive models to detect delinquency early and personalize outreach.
- Humanizing automation through empathetic voice, tone, and journey design that protects brand equity.
- Turning collections from a cost center into a strategic growth lever that lowers NPAs and raises customer loyalty.
- Speakers
Gokul Rajan
Chief Digital Officer
Hinduja Leyland Finance
Anand Bhatia
Chief Data Officer and Analytics
HDB Financial Services
Nimesh Gandhi
Director – Fintech & Telecom
TransUnion CIBIL
Lizzie Chapman
Co-founder & Chief Commercial Officer
baysys
Moderator
- 02:40 PM to 02:55 PM
Report Launch
- Track 3 | 11th Feb 2026
State of Digital Lending 2026
- Speakers
Rajat Deshpande
Co-founder & CEO
Finbox
Mayank Jain
Head - Marketing and Content
Finbox
- 02:55 PM to 03:35 PM
Panel Discussion
- Track 3 | 11th Feb 2026
Managing Model Risk, Bias & Regulatory Expectations in AI-Driven Lending
- Rewriting model risk management for machine-learning–driven lending
- Turning responsible AI from a compliance burden into a growth enabler
- Designing bias-aware credit models that expand access without raising risk
- Preparing institutions for tighter AI oversight and supervisory scrutiny
- The next generation of accountable, adaptive, and regulator-ready AI systems
- Speakers
Majid Asadullah
Head of Products
Experian India
Shashwat Kumar
Head BIU & Analytics
DCB Bank
Sushant Guha Roy
Head of Sales
GLIB
Pankaj Rathi
Director Strategy, New Markets & AI Transformation
ACT21 Software
Shashank Shekhar
Co-founder and Head of Consulting
The Digital Fifth
Moderator
- 03:35 PM to 04:05 PM
Trialogue
- Track 3 | 11th Feb 2026
From Lending Systems to Lending Intelligence Platforms
- Shift from process-driven systems to intelligence-led lending stacks
- Real-time adaptability in underwriting, pricing, and servicing
- Moving from static rules to dynamic, data-driven workflows
- What “intelligent lending platforms” look like in practice
- Speakers
Johnson K Jose
Group President - Chief Technology Officer & Controller Fedserv
The Federal Bank Limited
Abhijeet Bhattacharjee
Chief Information Officer
Utkarsh Small Finance Bank
Ankit Ratan
CO- founder & CEO
Signzy
Moderator
- 04:05 PM to 04:20 PM
Demo
- Track 3 | 11th Feb 2026
Introducing FinBox Journey Studio: Launching scalable multi-channel journeys instantly
- From commerce to credit - how ONDC and ULI converge to make lending contextual and inclusive.
- Leveraging open APIs to embed lending at every stage of the digital value chain.
- The next leap - interoperable risk and transaction data powering instant, responsible lending.
- What this means for banks, NBFCs, fintechs, and MSME platforms.
- Speakers
Karshit Takhtani
Product Lead
FinBox
Aditya Shrivastava
Engineering Lead
FinBox
- 04:20 PM to 04:40 PM
Key Note
- Track 3 | 11th Feb 2026
India’s Financial Gateway: GIFT City’s Blueprint for Global Capital and Innovation
- How regulatory evolution is enabling capital flows and fund structures of the future.
- The rise of GIFT IFSC as a hub for asset management, insurance, and fintech.
- Creating a unified, tech-led regulatory ecosystem for global competitiveness.
- Aligning GIFT City’s growth with India’s global economic ambitions.
- Speaker
Ashutosh Sharma
Chief General Manager - Development
IFSCA
- 04:40 PM to 05:20 PM
Panel Discussion
- Track 3 | 11th Feb 2026
Trade Finance Unbound: Building the Digital Arteries of Global Commerce
- Digitizing every node of trade - from purchase orders to settlement - to cut cost and friction.
- Making trade credit accessible to SMEs and exporters through open networks and real-time risk scoring.
- Using AI-based risk prediction and alternative data to fund global supply chains faster.
- Embedded trade finance within ERP, logistics, and e-commerce platforms.
- Speakers
Ketan Gaikwad
MD & CEO
Receivables Exchange of India Limited (RXIL)
Purav Parekh
Co-Founder
GLIB
Sanket Pradhan
EVP and Head Tech Digital
HDFC Bank
Vikas Arora
President & Business Head
Shriram Finance Limited
Shashank Shekhar
Co-founder and Head of Consulting
The Digital Fifth
Moderator
- 05:35 PM
- Track 3 | 11th Feb 2026