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Overseas Fans Go Ga-ga Over Modi

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March 31, 2018

SINGAPORE recently hosted the inaugural Money20/20 Asia − an event with a mission to bring together companies and individuals who build, disrupt and challenge the way consumers and businesses manage, spend and borrow money.

- Avishek Banerjee

Overseas Fans Go Ga-ga Over Modi

The three day event was jam-packed and attended by corporate honchos from domains as varied as banking, finance and technology startups. They all concurred on two issues – the dynamism and prospects of the Indian fintech market and the dynamism of India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi.

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