Given here are details of 25 sessions, to be held on 9th Sept 2006 at the GFF26, focussed on the central theme of Financial Crime Prevention, fraud Prevention; intelligence and effective reporting; Next Era of Cyber Risk, safeguards and real-world execution; Supervisory Priorities for AML/CFT.
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Mumbai, 6 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.”
Following are details of 27 sessions, to be held on 9th Sept 2006 at the GFF26, focussed on the central theme of Financial Crime Prevention, fraud Prevention; intelligence and effective reporting; Next Era of Cyber Risk, safeguards and real-world execution; Supervisory Priorities for AML/CFT (Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism) Risk Management, and related aspects. Delegates can organise their visits to the respective sessions as per their preferences.
1 Keynote Address
Invite Only
Sep 9·10:30 AM - 10:50 AM
Golconda - Trident
Strengthening Public–Private Partnerships for a More Resilient Financial Crime Prevention Ecosystem
Speaker: Shri Satya Pal Kumar, Director Financial Intelligence Unit - India
Financial Crime
Partnerships
Risk
Session Description
The discussion will focus on practical implementation, industry collaboration and the safeguards needed to deliver trusted, scalable outcomes. The speaker perspectives will keep the conversation focused on real-world outcomes, implementation and market development.
2 Address
Invite Only
Sep 9·10:50 AM - 11:10 AM
Golconda – Trident, BKC
From Compliance to Effectiveness: RBI's Supervisory Priorities for AML/CFT (Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism) Risk Management
Speaker
Ms. Puspamitra Sahu
Chief General Manager, DoR
Reserve Bank of India
Compliance
Financial Crime
Session Description
This session will explore financial crime prevention, intelligence and effective reporting, together with effective compliance, reporting quality and implementation. The discussion will focus on practical implementation, industry collaboration and the safeguards needed to deliver trusted, scalable outcomes. Perspectives from RBI, alongside financial institutions, will connect policy intent with practical implementation and market outcomes.
3 Panel Discussion on “Beyond Transaction Monitoring: Hunting Mule Networks in Real Time”,
Sep 9·11:00 AM - 11:40 AM At The Studio.
Session Description
Exploring next-generation approaches to detecting organised financial crime through network analytics, AI, and cross-institution collaboration. With RBI Innovation Hub and financial institutions represented, the conversation will stay grounded in both safeguards and real-world execution.
Moderator
Mr. Kedar Kulkarni
Hyperverge
Speakers
Mr. Devraj Sanyal
Reserve Bank Innovation Hub
Mr. Ranjan Bhattacharya
HSBC
Mr. Shiladitya Mukhopadyaya
Truecaller
Mr. Surendra Kumar Vishwakarma
Punjab National Bank
4 Presentation
Invite Only
Sep 9·11:10 AM - 11:50 AM
Golconda - Trident
Cyber-Enabled Financial Crime and the Mule Account Ecosystem
Speaker Smt. Vasud Torsekar
Additional Director
Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C)
Cybersecurity
Financial Crime
Fraud
Session Description
This session will explore financial crime prevention, intelligence and effective reporting, together with cyber resilience, threat detection and secure financial systems. The discussion will focus on practical implementation, industry collaboration and the safeguards needed to deliver trusted, scalable outcomes. The discussion will connect strategic context with practical implementation and the conditions required for scale.
5 Address
Invite Only
Sep 9·11:50 AM - 12:05 PM
Golconda - Trident
Building Trust in a Digital Economy: Financial Integrity, Inclusion and the Evolving AML/CFT Landscape in India
Guest Speaker
Mr. Sanjeet Singh, Programme Director, Economics and Finance-II, Trade & Commerce, Disinvestment and International Cooperation
NITI Aayog
Session Description
A perspective on how India’s rapid digitalisation and financial inclusion are reshaping the AML/CFT landscape. The session will explore the need to balance innovation and access with stronger safeguards against illicit finance, while building a resilient and trusted financial ecosystem. It will also examine how technology, data and risk-based approaches can strengthen financial integrity as India’s digital economy continues to scale.
6 Panel Discussion
Invite Only
Sep 9·11:50 AM - 12:20 PM
Cullinan - Trident
Lending Fraud and Digital Lending Risks: Typologies and Red Flags
Moderator
Mr. Harpreet Chhabra
GM - Operations
TJSB Sahakari Bank
Speakers
Mr. Srinivasan Balachander
Group Chief Compliance Officer
SMFG India Credit
Mr. Nalin Agrawal
Co-founder and Director
Snapmint Financial Services
Mr. Akhil Garg
Chief Compliance Officer
Groww Creditserv (NBFC)
Mr. Bhavin Patel
Co-Founder & CEO
LenDenClub & VARTIS Platforms
Fintech
Fraud
Lending
Session Description
This session will explore credit access, underwriting and responsible lending, together with fraud prevention, early detection and customer protection. The discussion will focus on practical implementation, industry collaboration and the safeguards needed to deliver trusted, scalable outcomes. Financial-sector and technology leaders will focus on implementation choices, risk controls and the customer outcomes that matter at scale.
7 Panel Discussion
Sep 9·11:55 AM - 12:35 PM
Lotus 1
Quantum Threats & Market Infrastructure: Preparing for the Next Era of Cyber Risk
Moderator
Mr. Avneesh Pandey
Executive Director
Securities and Exchange Board of India
Speakers
Mr. Nilesh Dhande
Co-founder and CEO
Fortytwo42 Technology Innovations
Dr. Sithu D Sudarsan
Executive Director
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing
Dr. Rajkumar Upadhyay
Chief Executive Officer
Centre for Development of Telematics
Prof. Urbasi Sinha
Senior Professor
Raman Research Institute
Mr. Amit Mahajan
Executive Director
Central Depository Services (India)
Cybersecurity
Market Infrastructure
Quantum
Session Description
A forward-looking session on quantum computing’s impact on encryption, trading systems, and financial security. With SEBI and technology leaders represented, the conversation will stay grounded in both safeguards and real-world execution.
8 Presentation
Invite Only
Sep 9·12:05 PM - 12:40 PM
Golconda - Trident
More Details
AML at Network Scale: Strengthening, Monitoring and Intelligence Across the Payments Ecosystem
Speaker
Mr. Ganesh Iyer
National Payments corporation of India
Compliance
Financial Crime
Payments
9 Panel Discussion
Invite Only
Sep 9·12:20 PM - 12:50 PM
Cullinan - Trident
Beneficial Ownership in Practice: Bridging Regulatory Requirements, Data Quality and Access under FATF IO5
Moderator
Mr. Arpit Ratan
Co-Founder & CBO
Signzy
Speakers
Mr. Arun Shankar Chandrasekaran
Head - Risk & Compliance
Aditya Birla Capital Digital
Mr. NEELESH SARDA
Chief Compliance Officer
Bajaj Finance
Ms. Sarita Ganesh Kamath
Chief Legal & Compliance Officer and Company Secretary
Tata Capital
Mr. Aashish Pathak
Head Regulatory Compliance & Principal Officer
Piramal Finance
Compliance
Data
Financial Crime
Session Description
This session will explore financial crime prevention, intelligence and effective reporting, together with effective compliance, reporting quality and implementation. The discussion will focus on practical implementation, industry collaboration and the safeguards needed to deliver trusted, scalable outcomes. Financial-sector leaders will share operating perspectives on execution, risk, customer outcomes and the path to scale.
10 Panel Discussion
Sep 9·12:30 PM - 01:10 PM
Hall 202
Quantum Risk in BFSI: Securing Cryptography for a Post‑Quantum World
Moderator
Mr. Benjamin Joseph Ambrose
CISO
National Payments Corporation of India
Speakers
Ms. Akanksha Sadekar
Chief Information Security Officer
Amazon Pay India
Mr. Ashwini Pandey
General Manager Data Privacy and DPO
Punjab National Bank
Prof. G Sivakumar
Professor
IIT Bombay
Dr. Rajendran Narayanan
Executive Advisor
Nextent Labs
Quantum
Risk
Security
Session Description
Quantum computing poses a silent but existential threat to today’s financial cryptography, with the potential to break encryption securing payments, tokenized assets, and AI models. With NPCI and financial institutions represented, the conversation will stay grounded in both safeguards and real-world execution.
11 Keynote Address
Invite Only
Sep 9·12:40 PM - 12:50 PM
Golconda - Trident
From Detection to Disruption: Building an Intelligent Defence Against Mule Accounts
Speaker
Mr. Sahil Kini
Chief Executive Officer
Reserve Bank Innovation Hub
Fraud
Partnerships
Technology
Session Description
Mule accounts have emerged as a critical link in the chain of cyber fraud and financial crime, enabling illicit funds to move rapidly across institutions and payment channels. With RBI Innovation Hub and financial institutions represented, the conversation will stay grounded in both safeguards and real-world execution.
12 Panel Discussion
Invite Only
Sep 9·12:50 PM - 01:20 PM
Golconda - Trident
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Connected Crime, Disconnected Defence: Fixing the Asymmetry in Anti-Fraud
Moderator
Mr. Devraj Sanyal
Chief of AI & Data Science
Reserve Bank Innovation Hub
Speakers
Mr. Mujiruddin Shaikh
Chief Technology Officer
Reserve Bank Innovation Hub
Mr. Manoj Kumar Meena
Director
Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre
Mr. Manish Agrawal
Sr. Executive Vice President
HDFC Bank
Mr. Rajeev Srivastava
Chief General Manager
State Bank of India
Anti Fraud
Financial Crime
Fraud
Session Description
Fraudsters can operate across institutions, while the information needed to stop them often remains fragmented. This session explores how the financial ecosystem can close that gap by connecting intelligence, improving information-sharing, and building a more co-ordinated defence.
13 Keynote Address
Sep 9·01:05 PM - 01:35 PM
The Grand Theatre
The New Cybersecurity Imperative: Building Trust in an AI-Powered Economy
Speaker
Mr. Subra Kumaraswamy
Chief Information Security Officer
Visa
Fintech
Innovation
Technology
Session Description
The future of the digital economy will be shaped not only by advances in Artificial Intelligence, but by the trust that underpins its adoption. As Al accelerates innovation across financial services, commerce and digital infrastructure, it is also redefining the cyber threat landscape. In this keynote, Subra Kumaraswamy will share perspectives from safeguarding one of the world's most trusted payment networks and will discuss how leaders can strengthen resilience, foster innovation, and build enduring trust in an increasingly Al-powered world
14 Panel Discussion
Sep 9·12:40 PM - 01:20 P M
The Studio
Deepfake & Synthetic Identity Fraud: The New Frontier for BFSI
Moderator
Mr. Krishna Sastry Pendyala
Ex. Partner
EY
Speakers
Mr. Milan Janardan Naik
Founder
BOXX Insurance
Mr. Vinay Tiwari
Chief Information Security Officer
Axis Bank
Mr. Piyush Verma
CEO
Neural Defend
Mr. Manoj Kumar
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Government e Marketplace
Fintech
Fraud
Identity
Session Description
Deepfake KYC submissions, voice spoofing, and synthetic identities are testing the limits of traditional verification systems. This session examines how multimodal AI and risk-aware authentication are evolving to counter increasingly sophisticated identity attacks in financial services. The speaker mix will bring practical financial-sector experience on implementation, risk and customer outcomes.
15 Panel Discussion
Sep 9·01:15 PM - 01:55 PM
Hall 202
AI Guardrails: Building Safe Financial AI Systems
Moderator
Mr. Manish Mimani
Founder & CEO
Protectt.ai Labs
Speakers
Mr. Krishnakumar K T
Founder & CMD
Oleevia Grameen Credits
Mr. Sandeep Agarwal
CTO - Security, India and South Asia
Cisco
Mr. Rajasundaram Sudarshan
Co-founder & COO
CreditMantri
Mr. Vinay Kumar
Founder & CEO
Lexsi.ai & Arya.ai
AI
Governance
Trust
Session Description
As AI systems move into production across financial services, robust guardrails are essential to ensure safety, reliability and trust. This technical session will explore how institutions can manage hallucinations, enforce policies, prevent misuse and reduce operational, compliance and customer risks in AI-led workflows. Technology leaders will focus on practical implementation, system readiness and the controls required for trusted adoption.
16 Roundtable
Invite Only
Sep 9·01:30 PM - 03:30 PM
Hall 102
Frictionless Trust: Balancing Security, Compliance, and Customer Experience in India’s Digital Financial Ecosystem
Compliance
Customer Experience
Security
Session Description
As India’s BFSI ecosystem accelerates toward digital-first services, institutions face a dual challenge: enabling seamless customer onboarding while countering increasingly sophisticated fraud. With innovations like digital identity frameworks (Aadhaar, CKYC), silent verification technologies, and phone-based identity intelligence, the sector is entering a new era of secure yet frictionless transactions.
17 Special Address
Invite Only
Sep 9·02:10 PM - 02:25 PM
Golconda - Trident
Following the Money in the Digital Age: Tackling Cyber-Enabled Financial Crime Through Intelligence and Collaboration
Speaker
Mr. Brijesh Singh
Principal Secretary, Directorate of Information & Public Relations
Government of Maharashtra
Cybersecurity
Financial Crime
Session Description
As digital transactions scale rapidly, combating cyber-enabled financial crime requires real-time intelligence sharing and coordinated action across public and private sectors. This special address will examine how administrative leadership can strengthen intelligence-led frameworks to trace illicit flows and protect financial infrastructure. A public-sector perspective will outline policy priorities for cross-agency collaboration and cyber resilience.
18 Address
Invite Only
Sep 9·02:20 PM - 03:00 PM
Cullinan - Trident
Regulatory Landscape and Supervisory Expectations for VDA Service Providers
Speaker
Shri Honey Patodi
Deputy Director, Financial Intelligence Unit - India
Ministry of Finance, Government of India
Compliance
Digital Assets
Regulation
Session Description
As VDA transactions become increasingly cross-border, effective AML/CFT controls require stronger coordination across jurisdictions. This session will explore the practical implementation of the FATF Travel Rule, challenges in dealing with offshore and unregistered VDA service providers, and mechanisms for effective information-sharing between FIUs and VASPs. The discussion will also examine regulatory arbitrage, jurisdictional gaps and the need for interoperable compliance standards across the global VDA ecosystem.
19 Technology Showcase
Invite Only
Sep 9·02:25 PM - 02:40 PM
Golconda - Trident
Technology Showcase I - The Future of Financial Crime Detection
Speaker
Mr. Sagar Tanna
Founder & CEO
TrackWizz - TSS Consultancy
Financial Crime
Innovation
Technology
Session Description
A focused showcase of solutions and use cases linked to fraud prevention, financial-crime intelligence and stronger controls. The session will demonstrate how the approach works in practice, the problem it addresses and where it can create measurable value for financial institutions, businesses or customers.
20 Release of Report
Sep 9·02:30 PM - 02:50 PM
G8
Expo Pavilion
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Global Fraud Report 2026 - Launch and Findings
Session Description
How fraud actually operates across the global financial system today, drawn from the Bureau's annual study of the fraud economy. The session covers the scale of the problem, how organised and AI-assisted attacks now move across institutions, and what it means for banks, lenders, and fintechs. Attend the session to get your Free copy of the Global Fraud Report 2026
21 Panel Discussion
Invite Only
Sep 9· 03:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Cullinan - Trident
Beyond Compliance: Building a Resilient AML/CFT Framework for the Global VDA Ecosystem
Moderator
Mr. Rohan Naik
India Policy Manager
Coinbase
Speakers
Mr. Harish BV
Director, Co-Founder
Unocoin Technologies
Mr. Vikram Subburaj
Chief Executive Officer
Giottus Technologies
Mr. Vimal Sagar Tiwari
Co-founder
CoinSwitch & Lemonn
Mr. Umesh Kumar Prajapati
Managing Director & CEO
Angelic Infotech
Compliance
Digital Assets
Financial Crime
Session Description
As the global VDA ecosystem evolves, so do the complexities of ML/TF/PF risks across stablecoins, DeFi, P2P transactions, mixers and unhosted wallets. This session will explore the shift from checklist-based compliance to risk-based monitoring and proactive detection, including the role of blockchain analytics and AI in identifying suspicious patterns. The discussion will also examine how the industry can enable responsible innovation while safeguarding the integrity and resilience of the financial system.
22 Product Launch
Sep 9·03:00 PM - 03:30 PM
JZ10 Expo Jasmine
Device Shield by InsightAI
Session Description
Experience InsightAI’s Device Shield, an AI-powered Device Intelligence solution that identifies high-risk devices, suspicious user behaviour, account takeovers, bots, and coordinated fraud in real time. The demo will showcase how device fingerprinting, behavioural intelligence, and risk signals can help financial institutions detect fraud earlier while reducing friction for genuine users.
23 Panel Discussion
Sep 9·03:20 PM - 04:00 PM
Hall 206 A&B
AI for Fraud Detection and Financial Crime Intelligence
Moderator
Mr. Sandesh G S
CTPO
Bureau
Speakers
Mr. Sagar Tanna
Founder & CEO
TrackWizz - TSS Consultancy
Mr. Jason Chan
Government Relations Lead APAC
Sumsub
Mr. Sunil Batra
Chief Technology Officer
Multi Commodity Exchange of India
Mr. Vipin Surelia
Vice President & Head of Risk Services
Visa
AI
Financial Crime
Fraud
Session Description
AI is becoming central to detecting fraud and financial crime as threat patterns grow faster, more coordinated and more difficult to identify through rule-based monitoring alone. The discussion will examine data quality, model explainability, false-positive reduction, privacy-safe collaboration and governance frameworks required to build trusted financial crime intelligence systems. The speaker mix will bring a technology-led view of architecture, deployment and the path to scale.
24 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
Chief Compliance Officer
BitDelta India
Speakers
Mr. Ashwini Sharma
Principal Officer
Coinbase India
Mr. Chirag Jitendrakumar Sachade
Head of Compliance and Principal Officer
Angelic Infotech
Mr. Mohamad Asif
Head of Compliance
CoinSwitch
Mr. Sachin Chhabra
CCO & PO
ZebPay
Digital Assets
Financial Crime
Payments
Session Description
Timely, accurate suspicious transaction reporting is essential for maintaining institutional integrity, compliance for digital asset markets. This session examines practical approaches to improving report quality, monitoring transaction flows and strengthening risk detection. Compliance officers and money laundering reporting officers from digital asset platforms will discuss surveillance frameworks and regulatory alignment.
25 Roundtable
Invite Only
Sep 9·04:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Hall 102
Seeing the Unseen: Agentic Security & Observability
Hosted by CISCO
AI
Cybersecurity
Data
Session Description
This Cisco roundtable will explore how organisations can move beyond reactive monitoring towards resilience-oriented decisions on fraud, outage risk, third-party exposure, and AI governance. The conversation will also dive deep into how enterprises can balance innovation, governance, and operational efficiency while building secure, resilient technology ecosystems.
