{"id":47174,"date":"2026-09-10T14:37:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T14:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=47174"},"modified":"2026-09-10T14:37:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T14:37:14","slug":"global-fintech-fest-2026-india-can-shape-future-global-finance-architecture-says-rbi-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=47174","title":{"rendered":"Global Fintech Fest 2026: India can shape future global finance architecture, says RBI governor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134010546,imgsize-83304,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/global-fintech-fest-2026-in-mumbai.jpg\" alt=\"Global Fintech Fest 2026: India can shape future global finance architecture, says RBI governor\" title=\"RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra said fintech's biggest promise lies in how widely its benefits can be felt across society\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra said fintech's biggest promise lies in how widely its benefits can be felt across society\">RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra said fintech&#8217;s biggest promise lies in how widely its benefits can be felt across society<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/reserve-bank-of-india\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Reserve Bank of India<\/a> Governor Sanjay Malhotra on Thursday said India has an opportunity to become a trusted partner in shaping the future architecture of global finance, while highlighting the country&#8217;s expanding fintech ecosystem and the role of digital public infrastructure in financial services.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Speaking at the Global FinTech Fest 2026 in Mumbai, Malhotra said the RBI was working on digital public infrastructure for next-generation financial services, including the Unified Lending Interface (ULI).<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>He also announced that the RBI, along with markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), would launch the tokenisation of corporate bonds later on Thursday.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>India&#8217;s fintech ecosystem ranks third globally and the country has 30 fintech unicorns, Malhotra said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>He also stressed the importance of trust and responsible data handling as technology becomes more deeply integrated into financial services. \u201cFintech should treat data as a fiduciary responsibility and not as business assets,\u201d he said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>Malhotra also said the RBI had approved the United Fintech Forum as the second self-regulatory organisation (SRO) for the financial sector. The Fintech Association for Consumer Empowerment (FACE) was earlier recognised as an SRO.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>The governor had earlier addressed the inaugural session of the Global FinTech Fest 2026 on September 8, where he highlighted how fintech had transformed India&#8217;s financial system by expanding access to payments, savings and credit.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>He said digital platforms such as UPI, Aadhaar-enabled payment systems and the Jan Dhan ecosystem had helped take banking from branches to the hands of citizens, while fintech-led tools such as cash-flow based lending, account aggregators and ULI were helping improve credit access for micro, small and medium enterprises.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>Malhotra also highlighted the RBI&#8217;s Regulatory Sandbox and Reserve Bank Innovation Hub, saying the central bank had sought to encourage innovation while maintaining trust and financial stability.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>He had said that the RBI would continue supporting responsible innovation while working towards a financial system that is \u201csafer, more trustworthy, inclusive, fair and efficient\u201d.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>The remarks came as policymakers, regulators, financial institutions and fintech companies gathered for the Global FinTech Fest 2026, which is focused on the evolving role of technology in finance.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/business\/india-business\/global-fintech-fest-2026-india-can-shape-future-global-finance-architecture-says-rbi-governor\/articleshow\/134008937.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra said fintech&#8217;s biggest promise lies in how widely its benefits can be felt across society NEW DELHI: Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra on Thursday said India has an opportunity to become a trusted partner in shaping the future architecture of global finance, while highlighting the country&#8217;s expanding fintech ecosystem&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47175,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/47175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}