PM Modi to flag off FinTech Forum virtually on 3 Dec
Updated: Nov 30, 2021 07:39:55am
PM Modi to flag off FinTech Forum virtually on 3 Dec
New Delhi, 30 Nov (KNN) International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA), under the aegis of Government of India in collaboration with GIFT City and Bloomberg is hosting InFinity Forum, a thought leadership Forum on FinTech on 3rd and 4th December, 2021.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi the event on 3rd December at 10 am via video conferencing.
Indonesia, South Africa and the U.K. are partner countries in the first edition of the Forum.
The forum will bring together the leading minds of the world in policy, business, and technology to discuss and come up with actionable insight into how technology and innovation can be leveraged by the FinTech industry for inclusive growth and serving humanity at large, said the official release.
‘Beyond’ is the theme of the forum; with various sub themes including FinTech beyond boundaries, with governments and businesses focussing beyond the geographical boundaries in the development of global stack to promote financial inclusiveness; FinTech beyond Finance, by having convergence with emerging areas such as SpaceTech, GreenTech and AgriTech to drive sustainable development; and FinTech Beyond Next, with focus on how Quantum Computing could impact the nature of Fintech industry in the future and promote new opportunities.
The forum will witness participation from over 70 countries.
Key speakers at the Forum includes Finance Minister of Malaysia Tengku Zafrul Aziz, Finance Minister of Indonesia Mulyani Indrawati, Minister of Creative Economy Indonesia Sandiaga S Uno, Chairman and MD, Reliance Industries Mukesh Ambani, Chairman & CEO SoftBank Group Corp. Masayoshi Son, Chairman and CEO, IBM Corporation Arvind Krishna, MD and CEO Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited Uday Kotak, among others.
NITI Aayog, Invest India, FICCI and NASSCOM are some of the key partners to this year's Forum.