How Finternet Labs Is Building the Internet Layer for Finance
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Is today’s financial system fit for a digital-first world?
Not quite — and Siddharth Shetty is here to tell us why. In this episode of Couchonomics, Arjun speaks with Finternet Labs CEO Siddharth Shetty, one of the architects behind India’s UPI and Account Aggregator framework, to unpack the vision for Finternet — a universal financial infrastructure layer designed to empower users, build trust, and unlock global interoperability.
We explore how fragmented rails, legacy systems, and a lack of verifiability are holding back progress, and how Finternet could be the solution that brings it all together.
👉 What you’ll learn:
- Why identity, credentials & asset control need to shift back to users
- How Finternet coexists with CBDCs, stablecoins & real-time payment systems
- The role of governments vs private sector in future infrastructure
- Middle East leapfrogging, tokenization & AI-driven transactions
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Discover how the Finternet is reimagining finance for a connected world. Tap the link in the show notes to learn more. 👇 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qIw8wSbw26mw8uLXIK8SohmGvvJobcPX/view?usp=sharing Explore Finternet Labs: https://finternetlab.io/
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