Chief Guest

Smt. Droupadi Murmu Hon'ble President of India

In The August Presence Of

Shri Mohan Charan Majhi Chief Minister Odisha
Dr Mukesh Mahaling Minister, Health and Family welfare, Parliamentary Affairs, Electronics & Information Technology Odisha
Shri Suryabanshi Suraj Minister, Higher Education, Sports & Youth Services, Odia Language Literature & Culture Odisha

All speakers

Anthony Thomas

Chief Strategy & Growth Officer

Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)

Anthony Thomas brings over 27 years of leadership experience across banking and fintech, and recently joined GFTN as Chief Strategy & Growth Officer.

Before joining GFTN, Anthony was the Global Managing Director for FinTech at Berlin-based Delivery Hero, where he led the company’s Payments and Embedded Financial Services businesses across nearly 70 countries.

A recognized fintech leader in Southeast Asia, Anthony serves as Chairman of MoMo, Vietnam’s leading financial services super app, and was previously the CEO of GCash in the Philippines, part of Ant Group’s network of digital wallets.

Earlier in his career, he spent 17 years with Citibank across seven markets in Asia, the United States, and Latin America.

Anthony’s extensive experience underscores his commitment to leveraging financial technology to foster innovation and inclusion in emerging markets.

Speaking at

3:00–4:15pmThu 5 FebBlack Swan DebatesCentral HallPremiumModerator
Accelerating Sector Transformation

Benchmarking India's FinTech Trajectory: Are we expecting a Black Swan Disruption triggered by AI-Tokenisation-Quantum in the Financial Services Industry?

Black Swan DebatesCentral HallPremiumModerator
About this session

India's FinTech ecosystem has evolved rapidly on the foundation of UPI, account aggregators, and digital lending. But as artificial intelligence, tokenization, and quantum computing converge at unprecedented speed, a critical question emerges: are we approaching a black swan disruption that could fundamentally transform or destabilize India's financial services industry within the next few years?

Black swan events are characterized by their extreme rarity, severe impact, and retrospective predictability. The convergence of AI-powered autonomous finance, comprehensive asset tokenization, and quantum computing presents precisely this profile: AI agents executing complex financial decisions without human oversight; every asset tokenized and settled instantly on decentralized rails; quantum algorithms simultaneously breaking current encryption systems while enabling previously impossible risk modeling and fraud detection.

First: Is this convergence genuinely a black swan threat/opportunity—extreme, unpredictable, and transformative—or are we overhyping predictable technological evolution? Second: If disruption is plausible or probable, how should India prepare? What infrastructure, regulatory frameworks, and strategic capabilities need strengthening now?

The session will explore actionable strategic planning: identifying early warning signals, stress-testing current infrastructure and regulatory frameworks against disruption scenarios, evaluating India's capability gaps, and defining concrete preparedness measures that position the country to either lead the transformation or build resilience against its destabilizing effects.
11:15am–12:00pmFri 6 FebSummit Stage DialoguesCentral HallOpenModerator
Accelerating Sector Transformation

Global FinTech Hubs: Insights from Korea, Japan, India, Kazakhstan and Singapore

Summit Stage DialoguesCentral HallOpenModerator
About this session

This session examines the evolving blueprints of successful FinTech ecosystems, focusing on the synergy between foundational infrastructure and Artificial Intelligence. As digital finance matures, the distinction between successful hubs and others lies in their ability to integrate AI-driven insights with robust regulatory frameworks.
Our panel of global experts will compare regional strategies for talent development, capital flow, and the evolution of regulatory sandboxes. The discussion explores how hubs in Korea, Japan, India, and Central Asia are moving beyond domestic growth to foster cross-border collaboration. By focusing on high-return investments in infrastructure and AI, the session identifies practical pathways for building a seamless, interconnected financial future across the Asian landscape.

Past Speakers

Anthony Thomas

Speaking at

Benchmarking India's FinTech Trajectory: Are we expecting a Black Swan Disruption triggered by AI-Tokenisation-Quantum in the Financial Services Industry?

Global FinTech Hubs: Insights from Korea, Japan, India, Kazakhstan and Singapore