There will be several top-notch speakers from the companies having a proven record in the digital payment space at the GFF26
FinTech BizNews Service
Mumbai, 8 September, 2026: Stalwarts of the global fintech ecosystem will converge at the Global Fintech Fest (GFF) 2026, scheduled to be held from 8th to 11th September 2026 at the Jio World Centre, and Trident, BKC, Mumbai. The theme of GFF 2026 is “Potential to Impact: Agentic AI | Tokenisation | Quantum: Trusted, Connected, Global Systems for Inclusive Finance.”
There will be several top-notch speakers from the companies having a proven record in the digital payment space at the GFF26. These representatives will provide insights on wide ranging aspects associated with the digital payment. Their speeches and participation will be of great value to those who are interested in learning trends and knowing outlook in the areas of digital payments.
Mr. Yuvraj Singh Shekhawat, Chief Business Officer, Merchant Business @ PhonePe
Here are the details of 23 sessions dedicated to digital payments, scheduled on 9th September 2026, Wednesday, wherein the expert panelists will touch upon different facets of digital payments:
1 Product Launch
Sep 9·10:30 AM - 10:55 AM Lotus 3
PhonePe X Visa Product Launch
Speakers
Ms. Arnika Dixit
Axis Bank
Mr. Deep Agrawal
PhonePe
Mr. Ramakrishnan Gopalan
Visa
Mr. Rishi Chhabra
Visa
Mr. Yuvraj Singh Shekhawat
PhonePe
2 Trialogue
Sep 9·11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Lotus 2
Built to Scale: Why Global Ambition Demands Modern Payments & Agentic AI Readiness
Moderator
Mr. Abhinav Bansal
Boston Consulting Group
Speakers
Mr. Ritesh Agarwal
PRISM (parent of OYO)
Mr. Roelant Prins
Adyen
3 Panel Discussion
Sep 9·11:00 AM - 11:40 AM
Lotus 3
India's Next-Gen Merchant Stack: Tokenisation Tap-to-Pay and Contextual Credit at the Point of Sale
Moderator
Mr. Ripunjai Gaur
Paytm
Speakers
Mr. Arif Khan
Razorpay
Mr. Kush Mehra
Pine Labs
Mr. Sandeep Indurkar
BharatPe
Mr. Yuvraj Singh Shekhawat
PhonePe
4 Panel Discussion
Sep 9·11:00 AM - 11:40 AM Hall 205 A&B
The Future of Bill Payments: Intelligent, Tokenised, and Always-On
Moderator
Mr. Nitish Asthana
Bajaj Finance
Speakers
Mr. Manoj Dugar
HSBC
Mr. Anjani Kumar Rathor
HDFC Bank
Mr. Deepak Mahaur
ICICI Bank
Mr. Manish Agrawal
Kotak 811
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The Future of PPIs: Regulation, Innovation & Emerging Use Cases
Mr. Ketan Doshi, Managing Director of PayPoint, will be speaking at Global Fintech Fest 2026! 🚀
Join him for an insightful panel discussion on "The Future of PPIs: Regulation, Innovation & Emerging Use Cases" as industry leaders unpack the next wave of fintech transformation.
🗓️ Date: 9th September 2026
⏰ Time: 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM
📍 Venue: Jio World Convention Centre, Mumbai | Hall No 205 A&B
Moderator
Mr. Abhishek Saxena
OmniCard
Speakers
Mr. Dilip Modi
Spice Money
Mr. Ketan Doshi
Pay Point India Network
Ms. Neha Gupta Mahatme
Amazon Pay India
Ms. Sonia Pankaj Asher
Paramotor Digital Technology
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5 Panel Discussion
Sep 9·11:45 AM - 12:25 PM
Hall 202
Seamless Urban Movement: Integrating Payments, Platforms & Infrastructure
Moderator
Mr. Denny V Thomas
NPCI International Payments (NIPL)
Speakers
Mr. Sudhir Chiplunkar
L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad
Dr. Amit Kumar Jain
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
Mr. Amit Lakhotia
Park Plus
Mr. Srikant Kurup
IDFC FIRST Bank
6 Panel Discussion
Sep 9·11:50 AM - 12:30 PM Hall 205 A&B
Reimagining Merchant Payments: From Acceptance to Intelligent Commerce Infrastructure
Moderator
Mr. Pratik Bhakta
The Arc
Speakers
Mr. Amir Valliani
PayPal
Mr. Anuj Khosla
Hitachi Payment Services
Mr. Gary Yang
Adyen
Mr. Sudhir Sehgal
Paytm Payments Services
7 Panel Discussion
Sep 9·12:30 PM - 01:05 PM Hall 204 A&B
Securing Global Payments: Preparing for the Quantum Era
Moderator
Mr. Leonardo Kurniawan
J.P Morgan Chase
Speakers
Mr. Pietro Tiberi
Banca d'Italia
Mr. Shergeran Roberto Naidoo
PayInc
Mr. Esam Alkheshnam
KNET
Mr. Arunava Dasgupta
Wing Bank
8 Panel Discussion
Sep 9·01:15 PM - 01:55 PM Hall 206 A&B
Programmable Money: When Payments Become Intelligent & Context Aware
Moderator
Mr. Sivaram Kowta
Zeta
Speakers
Mr. Deep Agrawal
PhonePe
Mr. Kashinath Hariharan P
Jio Payment Solutions
Ms. Shweta Bajpai
Meta
Mr. Vikash Jalan
Paytm
9 Panel Discussion
Ms. Katerina Zemskova, Chief Operating Officer & Chief Digital Asset Officer at Pay10 Global
Sep 9·01:30 PM - 02:10 PM
The Studio
Inside the Payments Engine Room: Scaling Speed, Reliability & Innovation
Moderator
Mr. Sourabh Tomar
National Payments Corporation of India
Speakers
Mr. Rakesh Purohit
J.P. Morgan
Ms. Katerina Zemskova
Pay10 Global
Mr. Manas Mishra
PayU Payments
Mr. Saurabh Drolia
10 Panel Discussion
Sep 9·01:30 PM - 02:10 PM Hall 205 A&B
Beyond Bill Payments: Building India's Digital Collection Ecosystem
Moderator
Mr. Akshat Birla
BharatNXT
Speakers
Mr. Pravin Kumar Sharma
Futuretek Commerce (GetePay)
Mr. Rohit Mahajan
Plutos ONE
Mr. Sainath Pillai
Sarvatra Technologies
Mr. Tejas Maniar
Fino Payments Bank
11 Panel Discussion
Marco use GFF Massarenti Adviser, European Central Bank
Sep 9·01:40 PM - 02:20 PM The Grand Theatre
Driving Sovereignty and Proliferation of New Payment Methods – A Central Bank Perspective
Moderator
Mr. G Padmanabhan
Reserve Bank of India
Speakers
Dr. Kisukyabo Simwaka
Reserve Bank of Malawi
Mr. Tom Mutton
Bank of England
Mr. Marco Massarenti
European Central Bank
Dr. Barendra Kumar Bhoi
Reserve Bank of India
Ms. Liz Beryl Julienne
Central Bank of Seychelles
12 Panel Discussion
Sep 9·01:55 PM - 02:35 PM Lotus 2
Connecting Economies through Digital Payments: India’s Global Opportunity
Moderator
Ms. Viral Maru
National Payments Corporation of India
Speakers
Dr. Sadre Alam
Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
Mr. Subhrajit Basu
Diners Club
Mr. Bikramjeet Singh Ghuman
SBI Card & Payment Services
13 Panel Discussion
Sep 9·01:55 PM - 02:35 PM
Hall 204 A&B
The Future of Cross-Border Treasury: Powering the Next Generation of Global Payments
Moderator
Mr. Vijay Ramakrishnaiyer Mani
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India
Speakers
Mr. Amit Talwar
Kanji Forex
Mr. Ashwin Bhatnagar
Xflow
Mr. Mohit Narula
Citibank
Ms. Nikita Tambday
J.P. Morgan
14 Masterclass
Sep 9·02:00 PM - 02:40 PM Hall 103
Sense and Early Warning System
Speakers
Mr. Ajay Kumar Mahto
National Payments Corporation of India
Mr. Dhananjay Singh
National Payments Corporation of India
Mr. Rugraj D. Singh Rajpurohit
National Payments Corporation of India
15 Panel Discussion
Mr. Arun Srinivas, Managing Director & Country Head- Meta India
Sep 9·02:40 PM - 03:20 PM
Lotus 2
AI-Powered Commerce: From Payments to Intelligent Financial Experiences
Moderator
Mr. Vishnu Pillai
KPMG
Speakers
Mr. Arun Srinivas
Meta India
Mr. Joe Emmanuel
Proximus Global
Mr. Ramakrishnan Gopalan
Visa
Mr. Sethupathy Ramanathan
Elevenlabs
16 Panel Discussion
Sep 9·03:00 PM - 03:40 PM Hall 203
From Local Rails to Global Reach: Building the Next Generation of Digital Payments
Moderator
Mr. Shrikant Patil
DigiAlly
Speakers
Mr. Kashif Ahmad Khan
Peko
Dr. Praveen Soni
European Pay
Mr. Sanjib Subba
Kathmandu FinteK
Dr. Yanan Wu
Surfin
17 Panel Discussion
Sep 9·03:10 PM - 03:50 PM Hall 205 A&B
Outward Remittances: Serving India's Global Citizens with Smarter Cross-Border Money Movement
Moderator
Mr. Sitashwa Srivastava
Borderless
Speakers
Dr. Atul Mehta
Pay10
Mr. Gaurav Shisodia
Payoneer
Mr. Mahesh Chandran Iyer
Thomas Cook (India)
Ms. Taneia Bhardwaj
Wise
18 Panel Discussion
Sep 9·03:20 PM - 03:50 PM Lotus 3
Navigating the Shift in Commerce Payments through Autonomous Net Banking
Moderator
Mr. Khilan Haria
Razorpay
Speakers
Mr. Reeju Datta
Cashfree Payments India
Mr. Srinivas Jain
SBI Funds Management
Mr. Joydeep Dutta Roy
Indian Overseas Bank
Mr. Sunil Kamath
Axis Bank
19 Panel Discussion
Sep 9·03:25 PM - 04:05 PM Hall 204 A&B
The Economics of the Next Payment Era
Moderator
Mr. Hrishi Shipurkar
HSBC
Speakers
Mr. Akhil Devmurari
J.P. Morgan Payments
Mr. Bizama Gabriel
University of Bern
Mr. Louis Liu
FOMO Pay
Mr. Rajan Ashok Uttamchandani
Esquire Financing, Inc.
Mr. Shrawan Kumar Saraogi
Wise
20 Panel Discussion
Invite Only
Sep 9·03:30 PM - 04:00 PM Cullinan - Trident
Improving STR Quality for Virtual Digital Asset Transactions
Moderator
Mr. Muthuswamy N Iyer
BitDelta India
Speakers
Mr. Ashwini Sharma
Coinbase India
Mr. Chirag Jitendrakumar Sachade
Angelic Infotech
Mr. Mohamad Asif
CoinSwitch
Mr. Sachin Chhabra
ZebPay
21 Closed Room Session
Invite Only
Sep 9·03:45 PM - 04:45 PM Hall 104 A&B
Advancing India’s Leadership in Trusted Cross-Border Payments
Speakers
Dr. Sadre Alam
Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
Mr. Kazim Rizvi
The Dialogue
22 Panel Discussion
Sep 9·04:00 PM - 04:40 PM Hall 205 A&B
From UPI to Global Commerce: Building Trusted Digital Payment Acceptance Across Borders
Moderator
Mr. Amit Jain
Price Waterhouse & Co
Speakers
Mr. Akshat Mathur
Unlimit
Mr. Amir Nagammy
Wizz Financial
Mr. Sanjay Tripathy
BRISKPE
Mr. Sujeet Tyagi
Montran India
