Payments, lending, insurance and banking, and the rules the companies building them work under.
His own account of what he asked for, which is the version worth keeping: around forty accounts reported this speech on Day 1 and almost all of them were restating this post.
Narendra Modi
Addressed the Global FinTech Fest 2026 in Mumbai.
Spoke about India’s remarkable FinTech journey and the success of UPI.
Called for:
Expanding UPI’s global footprint.
Taking FinTech beyond payments to credit, insurance, savings, investments and pensions.
Harnessing Agentic AI, Tokenisation and Quantum.
Top-notch cyber security and ethical data protection.
Stronger FinTech consumer protection index and greater innovation.
The instruction underneath the speech, and the one that matters most to anybody building here: stop competing on payments, go and do credit, savings, insurance and pensions.
Fortune India
Fintech companies should increasingly focus on non-payment financial services, including expanding access to credit, savings, insurance and pension products, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the Global Fintech Fest (GFF) 2026 in Mumbai.
(@chit_ranjan reports)
https://www.fortuneindia.com/economy/global-fintech-fest-pm-modi-pitches-for-fintech-consumer-protection-index/158142
The loudest non-political post of Day 1 by a wide margin, and it is an AI company rather than a payments one, which is roughly the point of this year's programme.
Sarvam
Sarvam will be at Global Fintech Fest 2026.
Across the week, we’ll have live demos and conversations on building AI that financial institutions can own, control and keep improving.
Venue: Booth E8-E15, Pavilion Hall
Dates: 8-11 September 2026
Here’s what we have lined up at
Everyone else in this part is announcing an event of their own. This is an attendee making the same claim with nothing to sell, on the day the main programme opened.
Meet
The real GFF isn't at Jio - it's the side events and lunches where people actually talk. everyone finally figured out the venue is the least valuable part of the ticket. 2 years late, but welcome.
Hindi, on Doordarshan's Uttar Pradesh feed: the Prime Minister walking the exhibition floor, and the only one of these to state the edition and the dates.
DD News UP
प्रधानमंत्री @narendramodi ने महाराष्ट्र के मुंबई में आयोजित Global Fintech Fest 2026 की प्रदर्शनी का अवलोकन किया।
Global Fintech Fest का 7वां संस्करण 8 से 11 सितंबर 2026 तक मुंबई में आयोजित हो रहा है।
@PMOIndia @GffFintechfest @GoI_MeitY
#GFF2026 #GlobalFintechFest
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We’re excited to share that our Founder & CEO, Raghav Malik, @rogue_hft will be speaking at Global Fintech Fest 2026! 🎤
Register now: https://www.globalfintechfest.com/
He’ll join fellow industry leaders for a panel discussion on “Data as the New Financial Infrastructure.”
Hear directly from industry experts on how data is shaping financial services and what it could mean for the future of trading and investing.
See you there!
#GlobalFintechFest #GFF2026 #AlgoTest
Agentic payments is one of the three things GFF is built around this year, and most of what carried the phrase on Day 1 was a banner or a panel slot. Sushant runs Prava, a payments API for AI agents backed by WTFund, and he is offering the demo instead: your own card, with the agent holding a token good only for the merchant and the price you approved, which he says is live in the US and APAC with Visa. Whether an agent can pay that way in India is what the protocol NPCI is reported to be preparing will decide.
Sushant
If you're at GFF and want to see real Agentic Payments- comment/dm here.
@pravapayments is payments stack for AI Agents & apps. Backed by WTFund of Nikhil Kamath.
You get to use your regular card, AI Agents gets a payment token for merchant & price you approved for.
Agent buys while you're on a run, within limits you've set. Live in US & APAC with @Visa & more to follow in coming weeks.
If you're an AI Agent startup, solving for shopping, travel or a Neobank, Issuer looking to build AI Concierge- happy to do a 1:1 demo.
