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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.
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.
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.
The financial services sector commenced the year with renewed momentum, reflecting a measured yet forward-looking investor sentiment amid macroeconomic uncertainties.
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.
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.
The India Payments Trends Report 2024 highlights the key trends in the domain of digital payments for the period January to December 2024
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
The report explores women's financial inclusion, identifies key barriers, and examines how fintech can promote equitable financial access.
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.
A critical component of SRO-FT role will be to monitor unethical or dubious practices and take steps to address them
RBI’s priority sector lending guidelines have a key role to play in providing credit to small farmers, artisans and micro firms
Explore Q3 2024 financial services deals and trends with Grant Thornton Bharat Dealtracker. Get insights into M&A, PE and venture capital activities.
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.
As the BFSI (Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance) and Fintech sectors continue to evolve, 2024 is poised to be a transformative year.
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.