India’s Global Fintech Fest 2026 to Highlight Quantum Technology, AI and Tokenization

Insider Brief

• India’s Global Fintech Fest 2026 is set to open in Mumbai on September 8, with quantum technology, agentic AI and tokenization among the main topics on the agenda.
• The four-day event will bring together regulators, financial institutions, technology companies, investors and academics to discuss emerging technologies and financial systems.
• Maharashtra officials are positioning Mumbai as a fintech hub, citing the state’s startup and investment activity, data-center capacity and fintech-specific policies.
• Photo from Unsplash by Rahul Sapra.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to open the seventh Global Fintech Fest (GFF) in Mumbai on Tuesday, kicking off a four-day programme running September 8 through 11 that brings together regulators, financial institutions, technology firms, investors, and academics, the Free Press Journal reported.

The event, which has run annually since 2020, carries the theme “Potential to Impact: Agentic AI, Tokenisation, Quantum – Trusted, Connected, Global Systems for Inclusive Finance.” Organizers said sessions will focus on how agentic AI, programmable finance, quantum technologies, and other emerging fields can produce measurable outcomes for citizens, enterprises, and economies globally, according to a government statement cited by the publication.