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Conference Overview
NBFC & Fintech Summit & Awards 2026

Conference Overview

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India is one of the fastest-growing FinTech markets globally, with the industry's market size expanding from $50 billion in 2021 to an estimated $150 billion by 2026, and further projected to reach $400 billion by 2030. With an impressive 87% FinTech adoption rate — far exceeding the global average of 64% — India continues to set new benchmarks in digital finance and financial inclusion.

Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) have emerged as key financial intermediaries, complementing traditional banks by ensuring seamless access to financial resources for individuals and businesses. Their growing role in digital lending, credit expansion, and financial innovation makes them pivotal in India's economic trajectory.

The Bharat NBFC & Fintech Summit 2026 serves as a premier platform, bringing together industry leaders, policymakers, regulators, and innovators to explore the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities shaping the NBFC and FinTech sectors. The summit fosters in-depth discussions on regulatory frameworks, technological advancements, risk management strategies, and future growth prospects in the evolving financial ecosystem. With thought-provoking keynote sessions, expert-led panel discussions, and high-impact networking opportunities, the summit is designed to drive innovation, collaboration, and the sustained growth of India's NBFC and FinTech landscape.

Conference Overview
NBFC & Fintech Summit & Awards 2026

Our Partners

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NBFC & Fintech Summit & Awards 2026

Key Themes to be Addressed

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Game-Changing Technologies Reshaping the Future of NBFCs & FinTechs
NBFC-FinTech Synergy: The Power of Partnerships
CX Transformation: Elevating Customer Experience in FinTech & NBFCs
Cloud Contact Centers: Enabling Business Continuity for FinTechs
Digital Lending in India: Key Drivers of Exponential Growth
Regulatory Roadmap: The Evolving Compliance Landscape for NBFCs & FinTechs
Strengthening NBFC Resilience: Risk Management, Governance & Compliance
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Who should attend?

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NBFC
Fintech
Housing Finance Companies
Micro Finance Institutions
Neo Banks
LendTechs
Government & Semi Government Bodies
NBFCs & MFIs Councils/Associations
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Functions

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Digital Banking & Payments
Lending & Credit
Customer Experience (CX) & Engagement
AI, Data Science & Analytics
Technology
Tech Innovators & Product Heads
Cybersecurity & Fraud Prevention Experts
Digital Transformation
Venture Capitalists & Private Equity Investors
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Why Sponsor

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Unparalleled Networking – Engage with CXOs, regulators, and top executives driving financial innovation.
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Powerful Collaborations – Forge strategic alliances and unlock new business opportunities.
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Market Intelligence – Gain exclusive insights into emerging trends, challenges, and industry demands.
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Showcase Innovation – Position your brand as a leader by demonstrating cutting-edge solutions to a highly targeted audience.
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High-Impact Lead Generation – 1-day of business matchmaking, live pitches, and networking to accelerate deal closures.
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Our Speakers

Guest of Honor
Guest of Honor
Shri Satish Marathe
CoFounder, Sahakar Bharati Director, Central Board, RBI Director NABARD
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Guest Speaker
Raman Aggarwal
Raman Aggarwal
CEO
FIDC
Sabyasachi Rath
Co-Founder and CEO
Purple Finance Ltd
D.P. Singh
Deputy Managing Director
SBI Mutual Fund
Pooja Bharwani
President - Investment Banking and Head - BFSI and Tech Investment Banking
Elara Capital
Jinesh Shah
CEO : Urban Finance
L&T Finance
Amit Khanzode
Sales Head-India
SimpleWorks
Jatinder Handoo
CEO
Unified Fintech Forum (Formerly, DLAI)
Tripti Navani
Chief Operating Officer
Shapoorji Pallonji Finance Private Limited
Nikesh Gupta
Chief Operating Officer
Aditya Birla Capital Ltd
Abhijeet Kamble
Chief Technology Officer
Moneyboxx Finance Limited
Vivek Katyayan
Chief Operating Officer
Kissht
Anand Bhatia
Chief Data Officer and Analytics
HDB Financial Services Ltd.
Krishanu R
Chief Digital Officer (CDO)
IndoStar Home Finance Private Limited
Vinamra Vikram Vishen
Chief Data Officer
Kotak Mutual Fund
Prateek Gupta
Chief Strategy Officer
SMFG India Credit Co. Ltd
CA Sajal Mishra
Chief Risk Officer
Anand Rathi Global Finance Limited
Mauli Agarwal
Chief Compliance Officer
Axio
Tulika Sonthalia
Chief Product and Strategy Officer
Hero Housing Finance
Meenu Rahul Gupta
Chief Compliance Officer
Hiranandani Financial Services
Navratan Bohra
Vice President Digital Initiatives (Business Operation & IT)
Anand Rathi Shares and Stock Brokers Ltd
Omkar Sawant
Vice President Information Technology
Axis Mutual Fund
Ram Kishan Kolli
Executive Vice President Head Business
Credit Saison India
Dr. Hemant Kumar
Senior Executive Group Vice President and Head
Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd.
Narasimha Murthy
Head - Retail Credit
John Deere Financial India
Manju Dalvi
Head Digital & Data
HDB Financial Services Ltd
Preethi Nair
Corporate Vice President Customer Experience
Credit Saison India
Rajib Sen
Head of Digital
Hero FinCorp
Sunny Vazirani
Business Head - Digital Lending, Co-Lending & Consumer Partnerships
Incred Financial Services
Suvayu K Chakraborty
National Head - Business Transformation Strategy (AI and Digital)
Tata Capital
Harshit Rathi
Head - Risk Analytics and Modelling
Northern Arc Capital
Sudeep PS
National Credit Head
Arka Fincap Limited
Nishant Agarwal
Head - Digital Business
Kotak Securities
Er. Akash Gajre
Head of Department IS Audit
Mahindra Finance
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Award Categories

Recognition & Excellence

Individual Awards

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NBFC Leader of the Year

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FinTech Visionary of the Year

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CEO of the Year Financial Services

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Emerging Leade of the Year (Under 40)

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Woman Leader of the Year NBFC & FinTech

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Boardroom Strategist of the Year

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Chief Digital Officer of the Year

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AI & Data Science Leader of the Year

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Technology Innovator of the Year

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Digital Transformation Leader of the Year

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Product Leader of the Year FinTech

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Chief Risk Officer of the Year

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Compliance Leader of the Year

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RegTech Champion of the Yeas

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Cybersecurity Leader of the Year

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Customer Experience (CX) Leade of the Year

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Lending Innovation Leader of the Year

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Collections & Recovery Leader of the Year

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Growth Catalyst of the Year

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Capital & Investment Leader of the Year

Recognition & Excellence

FINTECH LEADER OF THE YEAR

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CEO of the Year NBFC/ FinTech

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CIO of the Year NBFC/ FinTech

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CTO of the Year NBFC/ FinTech

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COO of the Year NBFC/ FinTech

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Young FinTech Innovator of the Year

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Most Influential Woman in FinTech/NBFC

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AI & Data Analytics Leader in Financial Services

Recognition & Excellence

CORPORATE AWARDS

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Best NBFC FinTech Partnership of the Year

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Co-Lending Excellence Award

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Embedded Finance Innovation Award

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CX-Led FinTech of the Year

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Excellence in Digital Collections & Recovery

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Financial Inclusion Champion Award

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MSME Lending Leader of the Year

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Compliance-First FinTech of the Year

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Best Fraud Prevention Initiative

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Governance Excellence Award Financial Services

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Customer-Centric NBFC of the Year

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Best Use of Data & Analytics in Financial Services

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Technology-Led NBFC of the Year

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RegTech Solution Provider of the Year

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Excellence in Risk Management NBFC

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Emerging NBFC of the Year

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Breakthrough FinTech Startup of the Year

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Digital Lending Platform of the Year

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AI-Driven FinTech Solution of the Year

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NBFC of the Year

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FinTech Company of the Year

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Fastest Growing NBFC

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High-Impact FinTech of the Year

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NBFC & Fintech Summit & Awards 2026

Our Partners

Presenting Partner
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Vih Metaverse

VIH Metaverse is a forward-thinking technology organization solving the challenge of fragmented business communication through ViH Messenger — a powerful, all-in-one communication hub built for the modern enterprise. ViH Messenger brings together AI-driven capabilities including an AI Voice Bot for 24/7 customer assistance, Agentic AI that autonomously manages multi-step customer journeys across chat, voice, and app interfaces, and Analytics AI that extracts deep insights from every interaction — from sentiment analysis to operational intelligence. Complementing this is Vayu, our meeting intelligence platform, rounding out a robust AI ecosystem designed to transform how businesses communicate, engage, and operate. As the presenting partner of the CX Leadership Event, VIH Metaverse is here to reimagine the future of customer experience — intelligently.

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Agentic AI Partner
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botminds.ai

Headquartered in Seattle, Botminds AI is the AI Operating System for Enterprises, helping organizations take Generative AI from pilot to production by embedding AI directly into the workflows that run the business. Botminds is built as a full-stack platform for agentic execution across complex, multi-system processes. It starts with intelligent understanding of enterprise content, including emails, documents, tickets, calls, and knowledge bases. It then progresses to agents that orchestrate actions across tools and teams, with human-in-the-loop approvals, auditability, and control. As organizations scale, these capabilities come together as integrated, multi-persona solutions that connect insight to execution across departments. With native capabilities across data extraction, orchestration, conversational experiences, analytics, and compliance, Botminds accelerates enterprise deployment in regulated and operationally intensive industries such as Banking and Financial Services, Pharma and Life Sciences, Manufacturing, and Legal and Compliance. The focus is measurable outcomes, including faster time-to-value, high accuracy, and production-grade scalability.

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Silver Partner
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ESDS

ESDS began its operations from Nashik (India) in 2005 and offer our products across diversified industries that include government ministries & companies and corporate entities across sectors such as BFSI, manufacturing, IT and ITES, telecom, real estate, pharmaceuticals, retail and education and in several countries across the APAC region, Europe, Middle East, the Americas and Africa. Our business offerings provide a comprehensive range of solutions, which we believe provide a “one-stop- shop” for our customer’s Cloud, IT Security & Managed service needs, and is an important factor in customer acquisition, retention and sets us apart from our competitors.

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Agentic CX Partner
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Infobip

Infobip is a global cloud communications platform that enables businesses to build connected experiences across all stages of the customer journey. Accessed through a single platform, Infobip’s omnichannel engagement, identity, user authentication and contact centre solutions help businesses and partners overcome the complexity of consumer communications to grow business and increase loyalty. It offers natively built technology with the capacity to reach over seven billion mobile devices and ‘things’ in 6 continents connected to over 9,700+ connections of which 800+ are direct operator connections. Infobip was established in 2006 and is led by its co-founders, CEO Silvio Kutić, Roberto Kutić and Izabel Jelenić.

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Silver Partner
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ScoreMe Solutions

ScoreMe Solutions is a Gurugram-based SaaS fintech company transforming digital lending in India. Founded in 2017, it offers a unified, end-to-end platform that enables banks, NBFCs, and fintechs to deliver fully digital, paperless credit journeys. The platform combines advanced data analytics with loan origination, underwriting, and disbursement, helping institutions improve speed, accuracy, and compliance. ScoreMe’s suite includes AI-powered analyzers for bank statements, ITR, GST, financials, bureau data, and legal records, along with real-time KYC and compliance verification. Its no-code business rules engine and composable architecture allow seamless integration with legacy systems and flexible credit policy configuration. With over 200 clients, ₹65 lakh crore+ AUM managed, and more than 90% straight-through processing, ScoreMe enables lenders to reduce risk, cut operational costs, and enhance borrower experience. Backed by deep BFSI expertise, ScoreMe is driving the next phase of scalable, data-driven lending infrastructure in India.

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Digital Lending Partner
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Unified Fintech Forum

The Unified Fintech Forum (formerly, DLAI) is a national level, non-profit industry association, established in 2016, functioning as a unified voice of diverse stakeholders like fintech companies, end customers (client protection), aiding the regulatory environment, fostering best practices, and driving financial inclusion. The forum facilitates collaboration among startups, financial institutions, and technology providers. policymakers. Today, UFF represents over 200 members, including Digital Financial Service Providers, NBFCs engaged in digital lending, Account Aggregators, Payment Service Providers, RegTech and WealthTech firms, and emerging technology players.

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SRO-FT Partner
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FACE

Fintech Association for Consumer Empowerment (FACE) is an RBI-recognized Self-regulatory Organization in the FinTech Sector (SRO-FT). FinTech companies of all kinds come together at FACE to build an industry that enables customer-centric financial services that are safe, suitable, and transparent, delivering positive impacts on society and the economy. The FinTech community (providers, enablers, stakeholders, and others) unite at FACE to develop a nurturing ecosystem where companies and consumers responsibly participate and thrive in the digital economy.

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Simple Work

SimpleWorks is a specialized technology provider offering a “Regulator-Ready” CRM and Agentic AI platform designed for NBFCs, Banks, Financial Services, Insurance, and Healthcare organizations. With a strong presence across India, Southeast Asia, and MENA, SimpleWorks supports leading institutions such as Prudential, Karnataka Bank, and Muthoot FinCorp in scaling operations while ensuring regulatory compliance. Our low-code platform delivers a unified “Customer, Agent, and Branch 360” view, enabling end-to-end lifecycle management—from lead generation and digital KYC onboarding to collections and customer servicing. Key modules include Marketing Automation, Digital Onboarding, Contact Center CRM, Service Management, Collections, and Field Sales Mobility. At the core is R-YaBot, our Agentic AI engine powered by Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), which acts as an AI co-pilot for sales, support, and operations. With a compliance-first architecture, including on-premise and sovereign cloud deployment options, SimpleWorks enables secure and scalable AI adoption for regulated environments.

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IXSIGHT AI

Ixsight: Open your door to the world of data, i.e. information available to organizations in their businesses and help them in maximizing it for achieving better business performance through data analysis, Relationship Discovery, AML Software, Fraud & Risk Analysis, reporting and visualization capabilities. Data is the oxygen of every enterprise, which enables it to be in a position to give optimum value to its customers.

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Global Leaders Insights

Global Leaders Insights magazine is your go-to, unbiased platform dedicated to commemorating and empowering leaders, entrepreneurs, and achievers who are breaking barriers and forging their own paths in setting leadership benchmarks. Our mission is to amplify the voices of leaders, be it from the realm of business, social, technology or education fronts, by sharing inspiring stories of success, perseverance, and innovation. We truly believe in the power of storytelling to make a meaningful impact by highlighting achievements of those who are not only excelling in their fields but also reshaping the overall leadership vigor.

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News Patrolling

NewsPatrolling.com is a dynamic and diversified news platform that brings readers the latest and most relevant updates from across India and around the world. Covering a wide range of categories including politics, business, lifestyle, health, technology, sports, and entertainment, the portal caters to a broad audience with varied interests. In addition to timely news coverage, the platform also features thought-provoking opinion pieces, expert insights, and in-depth articles that provide a deeper understanding of current affairs. What sets NewsPatrolling.com apart is its commitment to providing a voice to emerging talent and ideas. The platform welcomes guest posts, startup stories, and press releases, offering opportunities for individuals, entrepreneurs, and organizations to reach a wider audience. With a user-friendly interface and a focus on quality content, NewsPatrolling.com has become a trusted source for information and a space for meaningful engagement in India's ever-evolving digital media landscape.

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Asia Business Outlook

Asia Business Outlook is a business magazine providing a comprehensive outlook on Asia's industrial landscape. With a constant focus on the region's thriving business environment, the magazine caters to C-level executives across diverse sectors who seek valuable insights to navigate the dynamic Asian market. Asia Business Outlook stands out from other business magazines through its in-depth coverage of the challenges and opportunities faced by businesses in Asia. Asia Business Outlook enables business executives to make informed decisions and stay ahead of the competition. Its readers get first hand insights on emerging market trends, disruptive technologies, regulatory developments, and investment opportunities across Asia. The magazine also presents success stories of leading businesses in the region, showcasing their journeys. It also features exclusive interviews with business leaders, offering a panoramic view of the strategies employed by them in their respective sectors. Today, Asia Business Outlook has become the go-to business magazine for C-level executives from varied sectors across Asia. It has achieved this feat by offering a plethora of expert analysis, enabling readers to make informed decisions, capitalize on opportunities, and thrive in the ever-evolving Asian market.

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