Welcome to FinTechCentral, the Money & Markets lab within TechnologyCentral.in. We explore how AI, fintech, blockchain/DeFi, and digital public infrastructure are reshaping money, credit, payments, and capital markets—especially in India and other emerging economies.
Fintech is the new plumbing of the financial system, determining who gets access to capital, on what terms, and how quickly money can move to where it is needed most—from households and small businesses to climate and food system projects. FinTechCentral focuses on how emerging technologies are transforming banking, financial services, and insurance, and what that means for risk, regulation, and inclusion.
Our areas of focus include:
- Digital banking, payments, and India’s digital public infrastructure
- Crypto, DeFi, stablecoins, and tokenization in real world finance
- WealthTech, InsurTech, and RegTech innovation
- AI, analytics, and quantitative methods across trading, risk, credit, fraud, and financial planning
FinTechCentral is part of the Technology Central ecosystem of labs (GreenCentral, AgTechCentral, SynbioCentral, AnalyticsCentral, QuantCentral, BlockchainCentral, CyberCentral, and FashionTechCentral). Technology Central is founded by Austin P. M., a technology futurist and educator, an IIM Bangalore alumnus, an early Indian fintech founder, and a visiting faculty member at several IIMs and other leading Indian business schools.