MUMBAI, India, Sept. 11 -- Reserve Bank of India issued the following speech:
Distinguished guests, fellow regulators and policymakers, leaders of financial institutions, members of the FinTech community, technology professionals, ladies and gentlemen. Namaskar and a very good afternoon to you all.
2. It gives me great pleasure to be with you at the Global FinTech Fest 2026. What began as a forum for an emerging industry - some 30,000 attendees in 2022 - now draws over 100,000 footfalls and more than 7,500 companies from over 100 countries. Increasingly, the conversations here are not merely about what technology can do, but about what it should do for finance and for society.
3. This year's theme - "Potential to Impact: Trusted, Connect...