Global Fintech Fest

What Global Fintech Fest does

Global Fintech Fest (GFF) is an annual fintech conference and exhibition founded in 2020 and organized by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) through two of its industry councils — the Payments Council of India (PCI) and the Fintech Convergence Council (FCC) — with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) as a key organizing partner. The event positions itself as the world's largest fintech festival, and has scaled from a 35,000+ attendee digital edition in 2021 to a projected 100,000+ footfall across 100+ countries for the seventh edition, scheduled for September 8–11, 2026 at Jio World Centre, Mumbai. The GFF 2024 edition featured 950+ speakers, 325+ sessions across 11 stages, 100+ product launches, hackathons, investment pitches, workshops, and the Global Fintech Awards (GFA), with addresses from VVIP dignitaries including PM Narendra Modi and the Finance Minister.

The underlying technology of GFF is a conference management and event registration platform delivered through the globalfintechfest.com website, with no documented AI/ML, API, or SDK capabilities. Revenue is generated through three primary streams: event registration fees (passes sold at various tiers with non-refundable, non-transferable terms), exhibition booth fees (non-refundable with a 30-day cancellation clause), and a tiered sponsorship/partnership program (Co-Powered, Diamond, Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze). The 2026 sponsor roster includes Google Pay and PhonePe as Co-Powered partners, HDFC Bank, SBI, PNB, Bank of Baroda, and Amazon Pay as "Brought To You By" partners, and global payments and consulting firms such as Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, Adyen, Meta, HSBC, Citi, PwC, BCG, EY, and KPMG across Diamond, Gold, and Silver tiers.

GFF serves a B2B audience of fintech companies and startups, banks and financial institutions, regulators and government bodies (RBI, SEBI, IFSCA, PFRDA), investors and funds, and payment service providers. Its go-to-market is event-driven, with delegate, speaker, exhibitor, and partner acquisition supported by a multi-channel presence across YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter/X, Instagram, and Facebook, plus the distribution leverage of IAMAI's, PCI's, and FCC's member networks. Pricing is not publicly disclosed, but registration requires full payment prior to the event and passes are non-transferable and non-refundable, indicating a cash-upfront, low-churn commercial model.

Name

Global Fintech Fest

Legal name

Internet and Mobile Association of India

Website

https://globalfintechfest.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Global Fintech Fest is an annual fintech conference organized by IAMAI through PCI and FCC, with NPCI, that convenes fintechs, banks, regulators, and investors for networking, product launches, and thought leadership. The 2026 edition expects 100,000+ footfall across 100+ countries at Jio World Centre, Mumbai.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fintech Conferences and Industry Events

NAICS

Convention and Trade Show Organizers (56192)

akta.pro primary industry

Finance & Investment Conferences (MPAGAGAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Technology & Innovation Expos Organizers (THAHABAE)

Keywords

• Fintech conference
• Industry events
• Trade exhibitions
• Hackathon events
• Fintech awards

Headquarters

HQ city

Mumbai

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Event Registration Fees: Passes to attend the Global Fintech Fest are sold at various tiers. All passes must be fully paid prior to the event. Registration is confirmed upon receipt of full payment.
2. Exhibition Booth Fees: Exhibitors pay fees for booth space at the event. Fees are non-refundable and subject to the exhibitor terms and conditions. Payment terms include retention of fees if cancelled within 30 days.
3. Sponsorship and Partnership: Multiple partnership tiers available including Co-Powered, Diamond, Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze partners. Partners include technology companies, banks, payment providers, and financial services firms.
4. Conference Sessions and Content: Event features 325+ conference sessions including keynotes, panel discussions, and fireside chats. Includes workshops, hackathons, and investment pitches.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Global Fintech Fest (GFF) is an annual premier fintech conference and exhibition held in Mumbai, India, bringing together fintech companies, banks, regulators, investors, and payment service providers. The event delivers 325+ conference sessions across 11 stages, an exhibition floor with booths, hackathons, investment pitches, workshops, and the Global Fintech Awards program. Attendees register as delegates, speakers, or exhibitors through tiered passes, while sponsors and partners acquire visibility via Co-Powered, Diamond, Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze tiers.

Product overview

Global Fintech Fest is an annual fintech conference and event platform, not a software product company. It does not offer a platform-plus-modules architecture or distinct software products. The organization hosts the world's largest fintech festival featuring conferencing sessions, exhibitions, hackathons, investment pitches, and awards. The event is organized by Payments Council of India (PCI), National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), and Fintech Convergence Council (FCC) of Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI). No distinct software products, sub-products, modules, or named technology offerings are described in the available sources.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Global Fintech Awards (GFA): Awards that recognize and celebrate exceptional initiatives in the fintech ecosystem by individuals and enterprises from across the world
• GFF Hackathons
• GFF Night Fest

Products and services

• Global Fintech Fest Annual Conference and Exhibition A four-day annual fintech conference and exhibition hosted in Mumbai, India, targeting fintech companies, banks, regulators, investors, and payment service providers. Includes 325+ conference sessions, exhibition booths, hackathons, workshops, and investment pitches across 11 stages, with expected footfall of 100,000+ delegates.
• Global Fintech Awards (GFA) An industry awards program recognizing and celebrating exceptional initiatives in the fintech ecosystem by individuals and enterprises from across the world, conducted as part of the Global Fintech Fest.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

36 partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and major.

• Payments Council of India (PCI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary co-organizer of Global Fintech Fest. PCI represents payment industry stakeholders and facilitates dialogue between payment service providers and regulators in India.
• Fintech Convergence Council (FCC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organizer of Global Fintech Fest under IAMAI. FCC brings together fintech companies to promote innovation and collaboration in India's financial technology ecosystem.
• Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent organization for GFF. IAMAI owns and operates the Global Fintech Fest platform and is the registered organization behind the event.
• National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKey organizing partner of Global Fintech Fest. NPCI operates India's retail payments and settlement systems and is instrumental in digital payments innovation.
• Google PayflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-Powered By partner for GFF 2026, providing support for the world's largest fintech festival focused on AI-powered financial innovation.
• PhonePeflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-Powered By partner for GFF 2026, one of India's leading digital payment platforms supporting the fintech festival.
• PerfioscoreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology Partner for GFF 2026, providing fintech infrastructure and data analytics solutions.
• HDFC BankflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerBrought To You By partner, India's largest private sector bank supporting the fintech festival.
• State Bank of India (SBI)flagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerBrought To You By partner, India's largest public sector bank supporting the fintech festival.
• Punjab National BankmajorGTM or Marketing PartnerBrought To You By partner, one of India's leading public sector banks.
• Bank of BarodamajorGTM or Marketing PartnerBrought To You By partner, one of India's largest public sector banks.
• Amazon PaymajorGTM or Marketing PartnerBrought To You By partner, digital payments platform by Amazon India.
• PaytmmajorGTM or Marketing PartnerAssociate Partner, India's leading digital payments and financial services company.
• VisamajorGTM or Marketing PartnerAssociate Partner, global payments technology company.
• ElevenLabscoreTechnology or IntegrationVoice AI Partner for GFF 2026, providing AI-powered voice technology.
• LyracoreTechnology or IntegrationPayment Enabler partner, providing payment infrastructure solutions.
• DiscovercoreGTM or Marketing PartnerGlobal Payments Partner for GFF 2026.
• TransUnion CIBILcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCredit Insights Partner, India's leading credit bureau.
• Pine LabscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerAgenda Partner, providing merchant commerce and payment solutions.
• KarixcoreTechnology or IntegrationDigital Engagement Partner, providing cloud communications platform.
• TruecallercoreTechnology or IntegrationRegistration Partner, providing caller identification and communication services.
• AdyenflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerGlobal Enterprise Payments Partner, providing payment processing platform.
• HSBCflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerInnovation Leadership Partner, global banking and financial services institution.
• PayUflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerPayments Orchestration Partner, providing online payment solutions.
• NABARDflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerDiamond Partner, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development.
• Meta (Facebook/WhatsApp)flagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerDiamond Partner, parent company of Facebook and WhatsApp.
• BharatPemajorGTM or Marketing PartnerDiamond Partner, Indian QR payments and UPI company.
• RazorpaycoreTechnology or IntegrationAI Powered Payments Partner, providing payment gateway and banking solutions.
• StripecoreTechnology or IntegrationGold Partner, global online payment processing platform.
• MastercardmajorGTM or Marketing PartnerSilver Partner, global payments technology company.
• CitiflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerBanking Innovation Partner, providing banking and financial services.
• Jio Financial ServicesflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerGold Partner, digital financial services by Reliance Jio.
• Reserve Bank of India (RBI)coreOthersRegulatory partner whose logo appears on the event materials. Governor Sanjay Malhotra is a featured speaker.
• Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)coreOthersRegulatory partner whose logo appears on the event materials. Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey is a featured speaker.
• International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA)coreOthersRegulatory partner whose logo appears on event materials. Chairperson Kalyanaraman Rajaraman is a featured speaker.
• Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA)coreOthersRegulatory partner whose logo appears on event materials. Chairperson Sivasubramanian Ramann is a featured speaker.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Money20/20: Money20/20 organizes large global fintech and payments events connecting financial institutions, technology providers, investors, and regulators. Its event-led, sponsorship, exhibition, and content model closely matches GFF's audience and monetization mix.
• Finovate: Finovate produces financial-technology conferences and showcases for banks, fintechs, and investors. Its focus on product demonstrations, financial innovation, and industry networking makes it a direct event-format peer.
• Sibos: Sibos is a major financial-services technology conference organized around payments, banking, and transaction infrastructure. It serves a more institutional audience but is comparable in scale, thought leadership, exhibitor monetization, and stakeholder breadth.
• Singapore FinTech Festival: Singapore FinTech Festival is an annual fintech conference and exhibition serving banks, fintechs, regulators, investors, and policymakers. It is a close category and audience analogue, with similar conference, exhibition, and ecosystem-networking formats.

Regional players

• Hong Kong FinTech Week: Hong Kong FinTech Week is a regional fintech conference and exhibition bringing together regulators, incumbents, startups, and investors. It overlaps strongly with GFF's audience and programming, while serving a different primary geography.
• GITEX Global: GITEX Global is a large technology and innovation exhibition and conference with enterprise, government, startup, and investor participation. It is comparable in event scale, sponsorship structure, and exhibition-led model, although it is broader than fintech.

Broad incumbents

• CES: CES is a large global technology and innovation exhibition with conference programming and broad sponsor and exhibitor monetization. It is not fintech-specific, but its innovation ecosystem, product-launch format, and enterprise audience are relevant to GFF's exhibition proposition.
• World Economic Forum: The World Economic Forum convenes global business, government, and policy leaders and produces high-level forums and thought leadership. It is a broad incumbent benchmark for GFF's policy-led positioning, but it does not operate the same commercial exhibition model.
• MWC Barcelona: MWC Barcelona is a large mobile and connectivity industry conference and exhibition with global sponsors, exhibitors, and policy stakeholders. It is a broad incumbent in adjacent technology events and competes for enterprise marketing budgets, though its core category is mobile connectivity.
• Web Summit: Web Summit is a global technology conference connecting startups, investors, enterprises, and policymakers through talks, exhibitions, and networking. It overlaps with GFF's B2B conference, startup, investor, and policy use cases, but is not fintech-specific.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• YouTubeyoutube.com/@GlobalFintechFest
• Facebookfacebook.com/globalfintechfest
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/globalfintechfest
• Instagraminstagram.com/globalfintechfest/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D

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