Money20/20 Asia invites attendees to their India Roadshow

MUMBAI, India, Aug. 23, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Money20/20 Asia is proud to announce its roadshow series, kicking off in Mumbai this week on August 24^th and Bengaluru on August 26^th.  Partnering with the Rise Mumbai open innovation programme and 91springboard co-working space, the Money20/20 India roadshow aims to engage with and learn from the Indian FinTech ecosystem in advance of the inaugural Money20/20 Asia conference - to be held in Singapore, March 13-15^th, 2018.

Money20/20 is viewed globally as the leading event series for innovators in payments and financial services, bringing together communities to connect and create the future of money.  From banks, tech companies and retailers to payments providers, telcos, startups, investors and governments -- Money20/20 is the global meeting place for the FinTech industry.

In Singapore next March, Money20/20 Asia will recognise the defining influence of the pan-Asian FinTech industry and the important role of India within this community. Confirmed speakers for Money20/20 Asia include:

• Bipin Preet Singh, Founder and CEO, Mobikwik
• Samir Bhatia, Founder and CEO, SMEcorner.com
• Cheng Li, CTO, Ant Financial Services Group
• Greg Gibb, Co-Chairman & CEO, Lufax
• Jonathan Larsen, CIO, Ping An Group & Chairman, CEO, Ping An Global Voyager Fund
• Karla Allen, Senior Director Mobile Payments, Walmart
• Makoto Shibata, Head of Global Innovation Team, Digital Transformation Division, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.
• Oskar Mielczarek de la Miel, Managing Partner, Rakuten Capital
• Pranav Seth, Senior Vice President, Head of E-business, Business Transformation, & Fintech & Innovation Group, OCBC Group
• Spencer Spinnell, Director, Emerging Platforms, Google, Inc.
• Thomas Ko, Global Co-GM, Samsung Pay

"Money20/20 Asia will curate world class content, with a pan-Asian focus, for a global audience of senior industry players," explained Pratik (Pat) Patel, Content Director, Money20/20 Asia. "We see some of the principal forces in the FinTech industry coming out of India and are delighted to shine a spotlight on the unique dynamics that are fuelling innovation, both across India and the rest of the world. The roadshow we are hosting in India ahead of Money20/20 Asia next March will play an integral role in the design of our content agenda as it enables us to engage with the brightest minds and rising stars in Indian FinTech."

"Money20/20 is the leading international brand for FinTech events," said Jitendra Gupta, founder of Citrus Pay which was acquired by PayU last year. "Its profile attracts influential attendees, and will showcase innovations happening in the fast changing Indian FinTech space."

Topics for discussion at the India roadshow will centre on 'Next Gen Payments' (Mumbai) and 'Game of Payments' (Bengaluru). Attendees at the evening events, which start at 5:30pm, can look forward to speakers from PayPal, PayU, fonePaisa, ZestMoney and Quona Capital. There is also the chance to win a free ticket to Money20/20 Asia, as well as drinks reception and networking.

The highly anticipated conference bases its activities around collaboration with local FinTech communities. "Holding roadshows in Mumbai and Bengaluru ahead of the inaugural Money20/20 Asia next March reflects both cities' growing international profiles," said Amit Goel, Co-Founder & Managing Director at LTP - Let's Talk Payments, a global FinTech insights platform. "It is heartening to see our industry hubs recognised for their leadership."

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Event details:

• Mumbai, 5:30pm, Thursday August 24th, RISE Mumbai (#1902, 19th floor - Tower B, Peninsula Business Park, Ganpatrao Kadam Marg, Lower Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400013)
• Bengaluru, 5:30pm, Saturday August 26th, 91 Springboard (2, 3rd Floor, Padmavati Complex, Nanjappa Reddy Layout, Koramangala, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560095)

Mumbai speakers:

• Sanjeev Chandak, Co-Founder & CEO at FTcash
• Jitendra Gupta, Founder at Citrus Pay & Managing Director at PayU India for quote
• Nath Parameshwaran, Director of Corporate Affairs at PayPal India
• Ajay Ramasubramaniam, Director at Zone Startups/India
• Arvind Subramanian, VP, Business strategy at Barclays India

Bengaluru speakers:

• Ritesh Kumar Agarwal, Founder-CEO at fonePaisa Payment Solutions Pvt. Ltd
• Lizzie Chapman, Co-Founder & CEO at ZestMoney
• Amit Goel, Co-Founder & Managing Director at LTP - Let's Talk Payments for quote
• Pranay Gupta, Co-Founder at 91springboard
• Pradeep Kumar, Head of Ecosystem & Outreach at PayPal
• Nikhil Kumar, Head of Developer Ecosystem at India Stack
• Varun Malhotra, Vice President at Quona Capital

About Money20/20: 

Founded in 2011 and acquired by Ascential plc in 2014, Money20/20 creates destination events where the most innovative people in payments, FinTech and the broader financial services industry connect. Famed for their high-impact networking, the Las Vegas (October) and Copenhagen (June) editions are widely considered unmissable by the industry they serve. The new Asian edition will debut in Singapore in March 2018.  Money20/20 is the space where the industry's smartest visionaries and innovators come together to create the future of money. Money20/20 is an Ascential event. www.money2020.com   

About Ascential plc:

Ascential is a global business-to-business information company that informs and connects the business world in 150 countries through market-leading Exhibitions & Festivals and Information Services.

Ascential powers the prestigious Cannes Lions festival for the branded communications industry, the world's premier payments and financial services congress Money20/20, Spring Fair/Autumn Fair, the global fashion trend forecasting service WGSN, environmental risk data business Groundsure, e-commerce analytics provider One Click Retail and MediaLink, the strategic advisory and business services firm. 

Ascential's premium products enable focus, growth and value. The company provides customers with world class content and connections empowering their businesses to be the best informed and best connected. www.ascential.com.

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