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Finance leaders want to focus on strategy, but day-to-day demands still take up much of their time.

Finance leaders want to focus on strategy, but day-to-day demands still take up much of their time.

The India Finance Leaders Barometer 2026 by Grant Thornton Bharat captures the priorities, pressures and opportunities shaping the finance function. Drawing on perspectives from CFOs and senior finance leaders across industries and organisation sizes, it examines how the role is evolving and what finance functions must do to create greater value for the business.

Analyse M&A and investment activity in India’s financial services sector for Q1 2026, with insights on banking, fintech, deal trends and evolving market dynamics.

India’s financial services sector witnessed stable deal activity during Q2 2026 as investors prioritised quality, scale, profitability and regulatory resilience amid continuing global uncertainty and selective capital allocation.

India’s digital finance revolution—powered by fintech innovation, digital public infrastructure and data-driven credit ecosystems—is expanding financial inclusion and enabling broader economic participation.

Union Budget 2026 positions finance as the strategic lever for resilient growth, rebuilding India’s financial architecture by strengthening risk sharing, capital markets, NBFCs, banking reform and structured credit flows to support long-term investment and stability.

Economic Survey 2025-26 highlights technology as a core pillar of India’s growth strategy ahead of Union Budget 2026. It positions digital infrastructure, AI, data centres and applied innovation as essential economic capital, reshaping productivity, resilience and state capacity while redefining policy expectations for the technology industry.

The Economic Survey 2025-26 places the financial services sector at the centre of India’s growth–resilience trade-off, positioning it not merely as an intermediary of capital but as a strategic shock absorber in an increasingly volatile global environment. The survey’s core message is that India must “run a marathon and sprint at the same time” and has direct and layered implications for banks, NBFCs, insurers, asset managers, and capital market institutions.

Discover how evolving regulations, risk-based supervision and RegTech are shaping compliance, innovation and resilience in India’s financial sector.

India’s financial system shows that governance—not just capital or liquidity—defines true stability. Regulators like RBI, SEBI, and IRDAI are embedding accountability, transparency, and board oversight at the core of financial resilience.

The Q3 2025 edition of the Technology Dealtracker outlines this directional change, highlighting strategic movements across private equity and M&A, especially in mid-market and outbound segments.

The real estate sector demonstrated renewed momentum in Q3 2025, with notable activity across mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and capital markets. Institutional capital remained concentrated on income-generating commercial assets, supported by regulatory developments and increased access to domestic funding.

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.

Friction-less payments enable the growth of the economy through increased velocity of transactions. Biometric enabled authentication is a step in that direction, and we should be able to see the impact of the growth in the coming months. So just smile and pay away.