India, Oct. 10 -- The UK prime minister Keir Starmer on Thursday invited Indian fintech and tech companies to do business with Britain and said that the UK was "rolling out the red carpet for Indian firms". "We are committed to building a strong partnership with India, given its potential and promise as the world's biggest democracy and one of the largest and fastest-growing economies in the world," he declared.

The British PM was addressing the Global Fintech Festival at the Jio Convention Centre. He was in Mumbai along with 126 British businessmen and other leaders, the first business delegation to be led by him after becoming PM. It was also the biggest British business delegation in the last decade and the biggest ever in India.

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