Agenda 2025
08:30 to 09:00 | Masterclass
Masterclass of B2B payment
Vikrant Kulkarni
Director
The Digital Fifth
09:30 to 09:50 | Speaker Session
Invisible Payments, Infinite Possibilities: Payment Vision 2030
- Harmonizing innovation, regulation, and financial inclusion for a robust payment ecosystem.
- Ensure interoperability across payment platforms for universal access.
- Expanding UPI features like Autopay, Lite, and Cross-Border Payments to power frictionless transactions.
- Establishing India as the global leader in seamless, secure, and inclusive payment ecosystems for every citizen.
Vikrant Kulkarni
Director
The Digital Fifth
09:50 to 10:15 | FireSide Chat
Onboarding 2.0 - Navigating the AI-powered era
- Using AI to create seamless, tailored user experiences during onboarding
- Leveraging automation to reduce manual errors and speed up onboarding processes
- Employing AI for secure identity verification and fraud detection.
- Exploring how AI will redefine onboarding strategies across industries.
Reeju Datta
Co-Founder
Cashfree Payments
Vikrant Kulkarni
Director
The Digital Fifth
Moderator
10:15 to 10:35 | Report Launch
Crafting The Future of Real-Time payments: From Less Cash to Cash less
Satyajit Kanekar
Co-Founder
86400
Vikrant Kulkarni
Director
The Digital Fifth
Moderator
10:35 to 11:15 | Panel
Switching Gears: Designing Scalable & Resilient Payment Infrastructure for the Digital Age
- Transitioning from legacy to real-time, cloud-based switching platforms to handle growing transaction volumes.
- Expanding India’s payment infrastructure to support cross-border payments and international scalability.
- Strengthening system uptime, disaster recovery, and real-time monitoring to enhance reliability.
- Implementing next-gen switching protocols to ensure ultra-fast and low-latency transaction processing.
- Preparing infrastructure to accommodate CBDCs, UPI extensions, and embedded finance solutions.
Rajesh Choudhary
Chief Information Officer
CSB Bank Limited
Venkat Krishnan V
Technology Leader
Harvinder Singh
Chief Information Officer
Capital Small Finance Bank Limited
Tejas Baldev
Sales Director - APAC
Cockroach Labs
Satyajit Kanekar
Co-Founder
86400
Moderator
11:15 to 11:40 | Keynote
Democratizing Payments: BHIM’s Role in UPI-Driven Bharat Empowerment
- Ensuring secure, transparent, and frictionless transactions to build confidence in digital adoption.
- Empowering Everyday Transactions by simplifying recurring payments, microtransactions, and bill payments for seamless daily usage.
- Strengthening interoperability across platforms to support MSMEs, merchants, and everyday users.
- BHIM’s Vision: Empowering Bharat with secure, inclusive, and seamless UPI transactions.
Lalitha Nataraj
Chief Executive Officer
NPCI BHIM Services Limited
11:40 to 12:05 | Keynote
BaaS as a Growth Engine: Monetizing APIs and Driving Revenue for Banks
- How banks are leveraging APIs as a revenue-generating tool while strengthening relationships with fintechs and enterprises (across Retail, MSME and Corporate Business)
- Customers changing habits driving the trend to make banking all pervasive without getting intrusive
- Journey of transforming banks to become BaaS leader.
Abhijit Singh
Group Head - Banking as a Service(BaaS), International Banking and Digital Ecosystem Banking
HDFC Bank
12:05 to 12:25 | Product Launch
AI-Native KYC Stack for Bharat
Sagar Agarwal
Senior director - Product Management
Cashfree
12:25 to 12:35 | Demo
Transaction Banking Suite Demo by TransBnk
Vaibhav Tambe
Co-Founder & CEO
TransBnk
12:35 to 12:45 | Demo
Embracing AI to Empower Credit Underwriters by Perfios
Avinash Singh
Associate Director - Products
Perfios
12:45 to 13:25 | Panel
Global Insights, Local Impact: Lessons from the Payment Pioneers Shaping Tomorrow
- Leveraging global payment innovations to enhance local financial ecosystems.
- Adapting cross-border payment solutions to address regional challenges.
- Scaling payment systems with a balance of innovation and inclusion.
- Fostering collaborations to bridge local needs with global expertise.
Bhavik Koladiya
CEO
OTPless
Moderator
Ramesh Narasimhan
Chief Executive Officer
Worldline India
David Matthews
Head of Financial Services
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Ritesh Pai
CEO - International Payments
PhonePe
Arif Khan
Chief Innovation Officer
Razorpay
13:25 to 14:05 | Panel
UPI's Evolving Landscape: Credit, Lite Payments, Global and Risk Management
- Facilitating seamless credit access through UPI, enabling users instant and flexible financing options.
- Extending UPI's reach to international markets, promoting cross-border transactions and positioning UPI as a global payment standard.
- Exploring the integration of emerging technologies like AI to enhance security, efficiency, and user personalization within the UPI ecosystem.
- Strengthen security measures to protect users against fraud and ensure compliance with regulatory standards to maintain trust in the UPI system.
Vinit Soni
Business Head - Offline Payments Business
Jio Payment Solutions Ltd
Gopal Majumder
Chief Business Officer
RUGR
Aditya Joshi
Co-Founder
Pice
Mohit Bedi
CBO & Co-founder
Kiwi
Vikrant Kulkarni
Director
The Digital Fifth
Moderator
14:05 to 14:25 | Product launch
Product Launch by Suryoday Small Finance Bank
14:25 to 14:45 | Speaker Session
Next Decade of WealthTech: Trends and Technologies Shaping 2030
- Leveraging artificial intelligence to deliver hyper-personalized investment strategies and financial advice.
- Automating portfolio management with data-driven, real-time decision-making for diverse investor profiles.
- Driving the adoption of environmental, social, and governance-focused investment products through tech platforms.
- Rise of embedded wealth solutions by integrating wealth management into everyday platforms, such as e-commerce and digital wallets, for seamless financial engagement.
Sunil Rohokale
CEO & Managing Director
ASK Asset & Wealth Management
14:45 to 15:05 | Demo
HyperVerge on DeepFake
Kedar Kulkarni
Co-founder and CEO
HyperVerge
15:05 to 15:20 | Speaker Session
Coming Soon
15:20 to 15:40 | Speaker Session
AI-Driven Payments: The Zrika Revolution
Pramod Ganji
Chief Executive Officer
ZRIKA
15:40 to 16:00 | Speaker Session
Agentic AI - Easing AI adoption for the Enterprises
Naren Kachroo
Head, AI Services
Google Cloud, India
16:00 to 16:30 | Speaker Session
ISG’s Consumer Choice Payments App
Anil Jain
Chief Product & Delivery Office
iSG
