by Fintech News Singapore
January 8, 2024
The Indian fintech landscape is undergoing rapid evolution, witnessing a dynamic shift as traditional financial institutions embrace digital transformation at an accelerated pace. The market reflects a harmonious blend of collaboration and competition between conventional financial entities and emerging tech companies. This healthy interplay creates a conducive environment for leaders to spearhead groundbreaking initiatives in the digital transformation realm, particularly within the BFSI segment.
The infusion of newer technologies is empowering financial institutions to craft customized products that cater to diverse segments, including individuals, SME/MSMEs, agriculture, and corporate entities. These innovations span across key areas such as Lending, Payments, Insurance, Wealth Management, & VCs. Concurrently, the growth of regtech is playing a crucial role in maintaining security and minimizing fraud in this era of expansion.
As a prominent consultant in the digital finance domain, The Digital Fifth diligently monitors the pioneering work unfolding within the segment. Each year, they acknowledge and celebrate these achievements through a “Top 30 Fintech Influencers” publication. Given the increasing breadth and depth of the sector, they announce now the expansion of their list to “Top 50 Indian Digital Finance Influencers” for the upcoming year, 2024. This endeavor serves as our tribute to the leaders who continue to drive innovation and disruption in this dynamic space, anticipating a surge of new leaders with even more transformative ideas in the coming year.
Top 50 Indian Digital Finance Influencers 2024:
Ankit Agrawal, Founder & CEO of InsuranceDekho
Anuradha Ramachandran, Managing Partners of TVS Capital
Anurag Sinha, Co-Founder & CEO of OneCard
Arindam Das, CEO-Consumer Credit & MSME Loans of DMI Finance
Arpit Ratan, CBO & Co-Founder of Signzy
Aseem Dhru, MD & CEO of SBFC Finance Ltd
Bhavesh Gupta, President & COO of Paytm
Bhupinder Singh, Founder & CEO of InCred Finance
D Venkatesh, CEO of Lentra
Dilip Asbe, MD & CEO of NPCI
Hardika Shah, Founder & CEO, Board Director of Kinara Capital
Hemant Gala, CEO-Credit Services of PhonePe
Hitesh Kumar Sethia, MD & CEO of Jio Services Financial
Jay Kotak, Co-Head at Kotak811 & SVP Conglomerate Relationships
Ketan Gaikwad, MD & CEO of RXIL
Madhabi Puri Buch, Chairperson of SEBI
Manish Kejriwal, Founder & Managing Partner of Kedaara
Nitesh Ranjan, Executive Director of Union Bank of India
Nitin Chugh, Deputy MD & Head (DB & Transformation) of SBI
Nitin Jain, Founder & CEO of NEO Group
P Vasudevan, Executive Director of Reserve Bank of India
Pallavi Shrivastava, Co-founder of Progcap
Parag Rao, Group Head-Payments, Consumer Finance, Marketing of HDFC Bank
Prashant Kumar, MD & CEO of Yes Bank
Praveen Kutty, Head-Retall & Agri Banking of DCB Bank
Presha Paragash, Wholetime Director & CEO of Credit Saison India
Raj N, Executive Chairman of Zaggle
Rajan Bajaj, Founder & CEO of slice
Rajeev Ahuja, Executive Director of RBL Bank
Rajesh Bansal, CEO of RBiH
Rajesh Kumar, MD & CEO of TransUnion CIBIL
Rajiv Anand, Deputy Managing Director of Axis Bank
Rakesh Bhatt, Executive Director of Bajaj Finserv
Rakesh Singh, MD & CEO of Aditya Birla Finance Limited
Rama Raju, Co-Founder & CEO of pennant
Ramaswamy Iyer, Founder & CEO of VAYANA Network
Ranjan Ghosh, President of UNITY
Rishabh Goel, Co-Founder & CEO of Credgenics
Ruchi Kalra, Co-Founder & CFO of Oxyzo
Sabyasachi Goswami, CEO of Perfios
Sandeep Batra, Executive Director of ICICI Bank
Sanjay Agarwal, MD & CEO of AU Small Bank Finance
Shantanu Rastogi, MD & Head-India of General Atlantic
Shashank Shekhar, Co-Founder & Head of Consulting of The Digital Fifth
Siddharth Mehta, Co-Founder of Kiwi
Srikrishnan Hari Hara Sarma, MD & CEO of Karnataka Bank Ltd
Sudipta Roy, COO of L&T Finance
Suresh Sethi, MD & CEO of protean
Surjendu Kuila, Co-Founder & CEO of zopper
T Koshy, CEO of ONDC
