GFF 2026: NPCI Launches Instant Card-Issuing ATMs, Deepens AI Push

by · Inc42

SUMMARY

  • The Department of Financial Services announced several financial inclusion measures while the NPCI launched two AI platforms at the Global Fintech Fest
  • The launches aim to expand formal credit access to priority sectors, compress card and merchant QR onboarding times from weeks to minutes, and automate workflows for enterprises through the use of agentic AI
  • The DFS launched Open-Source Android ATMs while expanding UPI on Credit to beneficiaries of government schemes targeting priority sectors