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Grant Thornton Bharat Financial Services Dealtracker Q3 2025 report highlighting India’s financial sector deal trends
Thought leadership Financial Services Dealtracker: Q3 2025
The Q3 2025 edition of Grant Thornton Bharat’s Financial Services Dealtracker analyses key deal trends across M&A, PE, IPOs, and QIPs. It explores investor sentiment, fintech-led innovation, and regulatory signals influencing capital flows in banking, NBFCs, insurance, and asset management.
16 Oct 2025
Guardrails for responsible AI in India’s financial sector
Thought leadership Guardrails for responsible AI in India’s financial sector
India’s financial sector is entering a new phase of AI governance. With RBI’s FREE-AI framework and SEBI’s responsible AI approach, regulators are shaping a future where innovation meets accountability. This piece explores how policy, technology, and ethics are converging to create a responsible AI ecosystem across banking, capital markets, and insurance.
14 Oct 2025
Bill payments: Global trends, digital platforms and innovations
Thought leadership Bill payments: Global trends, digital platforms and innovations
In an era of rapid digital transformation, bill payments systems are emerging as critical infrastructure for inclusive financial ecosystems. India’s Bharat Connect—developed under NPCI’s guidance—exemplifies a secure, scalable, and interoperable solution that simplifies online bill payments and enhances consumer convenience.
28 Jul 2025
Financial Services Dealtracker: Q1 2025
Thought leadership Financial Services Dealtracker: Q1 2025
The financial services sector commenced the year with renewed momentum, reflecting a measured yet forward-looking investor sentiment amid macroeconomic uncertainties.
30 Apr 2025
Strengthening UPI compliance for secure and sustainable digital payments
Article Strengthening UPI compliance for secure and sustainable digital payments
UPI has redefined digital payments in India, becoming the backbone of the country's financial ecosystem. Launched in 2016, UPI was designed as a unified platform supporting peer-to-peer (P2P) and peer-to-merchant (P2M) transactions from the outset.
4 min read | 17 Apr 2025
Why a data segregation strategy for fintechs is non-negotiable
Article Why a data segregation strategy for fintechs is non-negotiable
India's fintech ecosystem has rapidly evolved into one of the world's most dynamic and innovative markets. India is home to over 10,000 fintech companies, making it the third-largest fintech ecosystem globally.
4 min read | 17 Apr 2025
India Payments Trends Report 2024
Newsletter India Payments Trends Report 2024
The India Payments Trends Report 2024 highlights the key trends in the domain of digital payments for the period January to December 2024
2 min read | 06 Mar 2025
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Article Why India’s financial inclusion journey needs to focus on equity and access to credit
Financial services have expanded over a decade, giving millions access to bank accounts and digital payments. But true empowerment needs to reach every corner of the country if growth is to be long-term and sustained
4 min read | 03 Mar 2025
Tech-driven pathways to women’s financial inclusion in India
Thought Leadership Tech-driven pathways to women’s financial inclusion in India
The report explores women's financial inclusion, identifies key barriers, and examines how fintech can promote equitable financial access.
10 Feb 2025
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Article Can ULI address the real-time micro-lending challenge of India?
India’s small businesses and women entrepreneurs have long been the backbone of the economy, contributing not only to GDP but also to the social fabric of the nation.
6 min read | 13 Nov 2024
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Article SROs and fintechs: The emerging plot to boost partnerships, shape ecosystem
A critical component of SRO-FT role will be to monitor unethical or dubious practices and take steps to address them
3 min read | 03 Nov 2024
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Article Improving credit penetration in Bihar
RBI’s priority sector lending guidelines have a key role to play in providing credit to small farmers, artisans and micro firms
3 min read | 21 Oct 2024
Financial Services Dealtracker: Q3 2024
Thought leadership Financial Services Dealtracker: Q3 2024
Explore Q3 2024 financial services deals and trends with Grant Thornton Bharat Dealtracker. Get insights into M&A, PE and venture capital activities.
1 min read | 10 Oct 2024
Regulations have helped fintechs in governance
Article Regulations have helped fintechs in governance
Fintechs in the country have grown in the last decade, both in the number of entities and scale. The key growth sectors have been payments, credit, insurance and wealth management, fuelled by angel investors, venture capital (VC) and private equity.
3 min read | 11 Aug 2024
BFSI & Fintech: Road ahead in the digital era
Thought leadership BFSI & Fintech: Road ahead in the digital era
As the BFSI (Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance) and Fintech sectors continue to evolve, 2024 is poised to be a transformative year.
2 min read | 31 Jul 2024
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Article Personalised services key to success of banks
With 43% of retail credit demand coming from 18-30 year age group, lenders need to set new benchmarks to cater to the needs of this cohort.
5 min read | 07 Jul 2024