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The Fintech railroads in India 💁🏻‍♂️

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Across the globe, fintech startups have emerged as the leaders in the startup ecosystem.
Be it the Ant Group in China, Stripe in the US, Paytm in India, or the Interswitch Group in Africa. Fintechs are the cherry on top of the cake (or more-or-less the cake itself?).
But now let's talk about India.
Over the last decade, fintech companies have penetrated the market deeper than ever. Even though there have been some key market-moving events such as demonetization, Covid-19, internet accessibility, etc. that have provided tailwinds, the railroads to go deeper in the market have been in the works for a while.

To discuss where these railroads are leading, and where the new and upcoming fintech startups find light at the end of the tunnel, we are hosting a round-table discussion with Ankit from iSpirt tomorrow at 1:30pm.
Since we plan on keeping this as a small and intimate discussion, please reply back to me with why you'd want to attend and I'll be happy to add you.

Also, given that we are on the topic of Fintech, I drafted a small presentation on whether Fintech companies will be able to do banking better than traditional banks.

Feel free to share your views on it

Gyaan

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