Guwahati News Desk: Prime Minister Narendra Modi plans to inaugurate a thought leadership forum on FinTech called
“InFinity Forum” on December 3 via video-conferencing.
As informed by the Prime Minister’s Office, the event will be hosted by the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) under the aegis of the Government of India in collaboration with GIFT City and Bloomberg on December 3 and 4.
In addition, the partner countries for the first edition of the forum will include of Indonesia, South Africa and the U.K.
Moreover, the forum aims to 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.
Regarding the agenda of the forum, it will focus on the theme of ‘Beyond’, 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.
In addition, it will also include FinTech Beyond Next, with focus on how quantum computing could impact the nature of Fintech industry in the future and promote new opportunities.
Furthermore, the forum will witness participation from over 70 countries, and as such the list of key speakers at the forum will include of Finance Ministers of Malaysia and Indonesia, Reliance Industries’ Chairman and MD Mukesh Ambani, SoftBank Group Chairman & CEO Masayoshi Son, IBM Corporation Chairman and CEO Arvind Krishna and Kotak Mahindra Bank’s MD and CEO Uday Kotak among others. In addition, NITI Aayog, Invest India, FICCI and NASSCOM will be some of the key partners of this year’s forum.
