Foresight start-up ecosystem: Fintech conclave to be held at BSE from March 1 to 3

Chennai: There has been a lot of talk around fintech in the last few years. The demonetisation drive gave impetus to players in the banking and tech industry. In a bid to assess the ecosystem, talk about the future and look at the drivers of change in fintech, Zone Startups India is launching ‘ Fintegrate Zone – FinTech Thought-Leadership Conclave’. The event will be held at Bombay Stock Exchange from March 1 to 3.

Fintegrate combines conference tracks, workshops, hackathons, meetups, a CXO roundtable, startup exhibits, and a demo day.

For those seeking to learn about new technologies, three workshops are being facilitated on IndiaStack, BlockChain and API.

Fintegrate will comprise of six conference tracks on banking, insurance, financial services, financial markets, financial technologies and financial inclusion.

For startups in the fintech space, zone Startups India will launch F-100, an index of 100 change makers, impacting the fintech ecosystem in collaboration with ISB and PwC, as research and audit partners respectively. Nominations are being accepted till February 21, 2017.

“There has been a lot of noise around fintech in last 6-12 months. A lot of Indians go outside to attend conferences because there is a lot of appetite in the ecosystem. There are startups, banks, insurance companies, investors and policy makers and each looks for a different take-away. What is common to all of this is learning,” said Ajay Ramasubramanian, CEO, Zone Startups India.

Source: Times of India