Name: Global Fintech Fest 2026
Start: 2026-09-08T09:30:00.000+05:30
End: 2026-09-11T19:00:00.000+05:30
Location: Jio World Centre | Trident BKC, Mumbai

KPMG in India is knowledge partner for this event.

Agentic AI | Tokenisation | Quantum

The global financial landscape is at a turning point. While emerging technologies have redefined what is possible across credit, payments, wealth, and risk, the challenge is to scale their adoption and translate innovation into measurable outcomes amid economic fragmentation and systemic risk.

While Agentic AI, Tokenisation, and Quantum technologies each offer distinct potential, their broader impact may arise from their convergence. Combined, they could contribute to a new financial operating stack that is more intelligent, programmable, and secure, with the potential to support inclusion and resilience at scale.

Agentic AI

Agentic AI enables financial systems to sense, decide, and act in real time within strong governance frameworks. It orchestrates end-to-end workflows, strengthens regulatory oversight, enhances fraud prevention, and responsibly personalises financial services at scale while empowering human decision-making through explainable intelligence

Tokenisation

Tokenisation transforms assets into programmable digital units, enabling fractional ownership, instant settlement, and interoperable money. By unlocking liquidity and democratising access, it reshapes capital markets, payments, and participation across global financial systems

Quantum

Quantum technologies introduce a foundational shift in computation and security. From quantum-safe cryptography to advanced risk optimisation, they strengthen systemic resilience and ensure long-term trust in the financial infrastructure of tomorrow

Partner, Cyber Strategy & Govn

KPMG in India

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10 September 2026

Time: 12.15 p.m – 12.55 p.m IST
Venue: Lotus 1

Panel discussion

Market Data as Infrastructure: Data Governance, Ownership, Innovation and Oversight

Speaker

Kunal Pande

National Leader - Cyber, Risk and Compliance Services

KPMG in India

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10 September 2026

Time: 2.50 p.m – 3.00 p.m IST
Venue: Lotus 1

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Intelligent, Sovereign and Scalable - Architecting the future ready financial operating system

Speaker

Akhilesh Tuteja

Partner & National Leader - Clients and Markets and Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT)

KPMG in India

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11 September 2026

Time: 12.25 p.m – 12.55 p.m IST
Venue: The Grand Theatre

Fireside chat

Building the financial system of the future: Trusted, connected and resilient

Moderator

Manoj Kumar Vijai

Non-Executive Chairman

KPMG in India

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Intelligent, sovereign and scalable

Architecting the future ready financial operating system

Global Fintech Fest | Akhilesh Tuteja

How fintechs are disrupting lending through technology, highlighting the sector’s growing use of AI and expansion into global markets. Fintechs have given banks a bit of competition because they have found niche areas that banks were not covering or were covering with less convenience

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KPMG in India leaders on Global Fintech Fest 2026

Akhilesh Tuteja
Purushothaman KG
Kunal Pande
Vishnu Pillai

Akhilesh Tuteja

Partner & National Leader - Clients and Markets and Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT)

KPMG in India

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The tokenisation of financial assets is more than a technology shift. It is a strategic enabler that can enhance efficiency, liquidity, transparency and market access while unlocking automation, cost efficiencies and new revenue opportunities. For banks and asset managers, it offers the potential to transform operating models, broaden investor participation and create more dynamic and inclusive capital markets
The future of financial services will be defined by the convergence of AI, trusted data sharing and real time digital infrastructure. India starts from a position of strength, having built some of the world’s successful digital public platforms at scale. The next opportunity is to combine innovation with trust and resilience to create a financial ecosystem, that is intelligent, sovereign and globally relevant

Purushothaman KG

National AI Leader, and Head – Technology Transformation

KPMG in India

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Observability in financial journeys is no longer just an IT dashboard; it is about tying every AI decision and transaction directly to customer outcomes, trust, and business value.

As agents become more autonomous, our focus must shift from merely tracking system uptime to continuously evidencing compliance, auditability, and operational resilience across interconnected ecosystems.

Kunal Pande

National Leader - Cyber, Risk and Compliance Services

KPMG in India

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Market data is a critical infrastructure that require robust framework and systems to enable reasonable and non-discriminatory access embedded with right governance at design. Further, to enable innovation enabling mechanisms like common taxonomy, interoperability, supporting infrastructure (like innovation hubs) and scale based governance are crucial.

Vishnu Pillai

Financial Services Technology Leader, Office Managing Partner - Kochi

KPMG in India

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The shift from digital commerce to agentic commerce is significant: we are moving from consumers simply using technology to technology acting on their behalf. That makes trust, consent and governance more important than ever.