While Global Fintech Fest took over Mumbai, Startup Policy Forum put together “Fintech Baatcheet,” away from the bustle, but close to the action.
In partnership with NDTV, the Startup Policy Forum brought five of India's sharpest fintech founders and leaders into a special set up at the grand NSE India atrium for our Fintech Baatcheet.
In-depth conversations with our anchor members covered the breadth of India's fintech ecosystem; from payments and cross-border ecosystem to lending and credit cards.
Harshil Mathur spoke about why Razorpay built its own AI model and the impact it is already creating for the fintech giant.
Miten Sampat of CRED walked us through why wealth is CRED's natural next move.
Ashwin Bhatnagar of Xflow delved into why cross-border payments are India's next big unsolved problem, and what it'll take to fix them.
Anurag Sinha of OneCard unpacked how agentic AI is about to change who gets access to credit in India's smaller towns.
And Bhavin Patel of LenDenClub and Vartis was refreshingly candid about the evolving lending landscape.
India's fintech innovation ecosystem is moving at breakneck speed. What came through in every conversation was how grounded the fundamentals still are trust, a serious bet on AI, consumer-first thinking, and a shared belief that none of this works without industry, government, and enablers pulling together.
And with MDR framework soon to be operational, the fintech industry is already getting back its mojo.
