About us
Financial Technology Frontiers (FTF) is a global ecosystem powered by fintech mentors, enthusiasts and dreamers. It is founded by the team which started the premium Financial Media brand Banking Frontiers, which has been harnessing the power of media to bring together fintech innovators, investors, financial institutions and regulators, through numerous innovative and collaborative platforms in South Asia and South-East Asia. FTF’s global advisory panel of accomplished bankers, investors, media experts and financial technology players deeply understands the financial sector and the cutting-edge technologies revolutionizing the world of financial services.
FTF empowers the Financial Services sector and the service providers to this sector through:
- FTF Digital platform comprising content, research, articles and leadership conversations
- Market Engagement activities, events and meetings
- Domain Consulting for the Financial Services sector and the Financial Technology/Fintech Sector.
- Demand Generation and global Market Access offerings through its market place
- Incubation and Investment Advisory
- Skill building and creating the Skill pipeline of the Future.
- Building partnerships in global markets
FTF capitalizes on its natural alignment with Banking Frontiers and the relationships developed with regulators of the banking and financial sector over its two decades of existence, enabling fintech solution providers stay abreast with its risk landscape and regulatory environment. Based in North America, FTF powers the Global fintech and financial services ecosystems to do business with North America and Vice versa.
Fintech Frontier’s team of mentors and advisors from different global markets, emboldens innovators, investors and financial institutions to engage with each other, forge strategic and sustainable alliances, and stay ahead of the monumental revolution taking place in the world of financial technology. With a relentless focus on expansion, FTF has built a unique environment where people, investment, technology, and the financial industry come together in perfect harmony. Fintech Frontiers is uniquely positioned to accelerate customer acquisition, hack growth, and take businesses to exponential levels.
Babu Nair, the founder and Managing Director of Financial Technology Frontiers, is a Toronto-based entrepreneur, innovator, and a globally recognized leader and influencer in the fields of finance, media, and technology with a legacy of 20 years in financial services, financial technology and events ecosystems in India. Having begun his career in India as a marketing professional with Indian Express Newspapers’ Express Computer – a technology B2B magazine, in 1995, he has since evolved as a pioneer in the technology sector. His move into the financial services sector was in 2002, with the founding of Banking Frontiers – the first and till date, a premium financial services magazine with a blend of technologies that power the sector.
He has several firsts to his credit such as:
– Launch of India’s first Financial Services
Technology magazine – Banking Frontiers.
– Launch of the world’s first video channel for Financial Services FinBizness, which later transformed to Banking Frontiers Live.
– Conceptualizing the first Innovations Conclave and Awards for the Financial Services and Fintech Services in South Asia.
In addition, Babu is credited with:
– Conceptualizing and organizing over 1500 Global Financial Services and Fintech events.
– Having a wide global network of Financial Services experts and consultants in different continents across the world for domain and market access consulting.
– Being one of the few global experts with a combined understanding of Banking, Financial Services, Fintech, Technology , media, content, digital, and events business.
Babu is an active mentor and investor in fintech and has been guiding several scale-ups in the fintech sectors enabling them to accelerate into newer markets, forge new tie-ups, incubate, seek investments, mergers and acquisitions. He also empowers them to enrich their product line with strong domain support through the large network of consultants associated with the ecosystem of Financial Technology Frontiers, Banking Frontiers, and the Financial Technology market place. He also is an active member of select deal rooms involved in Fintech investments. He is a former Rotarian and Paul Harris Fellow and works strongly on gender inclusion and skill building in the area of Financial Services.
