Indian fintech market to grow to $31 bn by 2020 says Niti Aayog's Amitabh Kant
FirstpostKant said that India is the only country in the world with over a billion mobile connections and biometrics The fintech market in India is likely to expand to $31 billion in 2020, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said on Thursday. Kant said that India is the only country in the world with over a billion mobile connections and biometrics, providing enough scope for penetration of fintech technology. $6 billion investments have already happened in fintech market in the country in the last three to four years.” “Fintech market in India is likely to expand to $31 billion in 2020,” Kant said at the event organised by industry body Assocham and added that the government has played a key role in building fintech startups in the country. Noting that unlike China where all data is owned by Alibaba and the US where data is owned by Google and Facebook, Kant said, data in India is owned by the government.