Monthly IBSi FinTech Journal India Edition

THE BIG INTERVIEW

• Vijay Simha, CEO, Credence Analytics

NEWS ANALYSIS

• Indiabulls Ventures to acquire 70% stake in Fintech Cloud
• Aljazira Bank partners Thunes to expand cross-border payments
• Marqeta and BVNK partners to enable stablecoin adoption

FINANCIAL INCLUSION IN INDIA

• Last-Mile Financial Inclusion: Transitioning from a Development Goal to a Survival Priority for MSMEs
• UPI Is the Interface. Could Blockchain Be the Next Payment Layer?

OPINION

• Intelligent banking starts with infrastructure, not AI

FINTECH LAB UPDATES

• The Hidden Bottleneck in Enterprise Banking AI

ENTERPRISE BANKING TRANSFORMATION PRIMARY | CORE + AI

• How AI is Transforming Core Banking Systems in India
• What It Takes to Make a Bank Agentic
• Why India’s Enterprise AI Layer Needs to Be Built for Regulatory Change, Not Around It

GLOBAL FINTECH FEST 2026

• GFF 2026: India’s FinTech Moment Is Becoming a Global Infrastructure Play

TECHNOLOGY SUPPLIER PROFILES

• KiyaAI
• Intellect Design Arena

CASE STUDIES

• Conversational Banking and Payments: Axis Bank and Hitachi Payment Services
• Building a Digital Bank: RBL Bank and Infosys Finacle

FINOVATEFALL 2026

• FinovateFall 2026: When AI Becomes the Front Door to Banking

REGULARS

• Editor’s note
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• IBSi Galaxy
• Who’s bought what
• Private Equity & Venture Capital
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• CIFTI 50
• On the move
• Month in numbers
• Backchat | Diary

• Core Banking
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• Wealth Management and Private Banking
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• RiskTech
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• Robotics Process Automation
• Artificial Intelligence/machine learning (AIML)
• Cloud/SaaS
• Big Data/Analytics
• Payments
• Blockchain/Cryptocurrency
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