India’s booming FinTech market is set to attract a multitude of startups and small businesses as well traditional players who are eager to innovate with them. It has had its fair shares of problems and difficulties, such as privacy and data security risks, regulatory changes, financial literacy, and general awareness. The tailwinds are a sign that the lines between business and technology are blurring. Established financial institutions, as well as startups, have realized how important it is to invent technology.
Future of FinTech in India
India is a major FinTech Market and one of the fastest growing worldwide. The country has more start-ups than the US and is second only to the US. India’s FinTech market has seen rapid growth, with almost a third of start-ups in the past five years. The companies are operating in different sub-sectors such as mobile point of sale (POS), peer–to–peer (P2P), transactions, lending, and even insurance. India has built a top-notch FinTech infrastructure in the last decade. These include the Aadhaar identification system, Unified Payment Interface (UPI), cashless payment systems, and lending. India Stack is a key growth catalyst for the industry, thanks to its open APIs.
India’s FinTech consumer adoption was higher in 2019
Even after the pandemic, there wasn’t a slowdown in consumer adoption, and the market grew significantly through 2020. A survey by in April 2020 revealed that 33% of respondents continued to rely upon the digital mode for a wide range of financial services, including regular payments to paying brokerage. Data shows that UPI transactions saw a dramatic increase over the previous year and that transaction values increased by an even greater extent in February 2021.
FinTech stands for the use of technology in order to improve financial services. These services help consumers and businesses manage their money. They include saving, borrowing, or investing, as well as lending and paying. Fintech firms aim to fragment the finance sector by making these services more efficient and easily accessible.
India has seen fintech enablement primarily in the areas of payments, banking, security, biometrics, and wealth management. These are the key focus areas of RBI. Significant approaches have been published to encourage fintech participation.