FinTech Hub (formerly known as International Financial Hub) is a financial, commercial centre and business district located in New Town city, which lies outskirts of Kolkata under its metropolitan area in the state of West Bengal, India.
[3] The hub has the presence of a large number of banking, financial companies and legal institutions.
In 2010, inspired by the Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai and to turn Kolkata into an international financial centre, the then chief minister of West Bengal Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and finance minister Asim Dasgupta proposed an International Financial Hub on 100 Acres of land in New Town.
The union finance minister of that time, Pranab Mukherjee laid the foundation stone of the project on 13 October 2010.
[1] In 2011, the new chief minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee restarted the project and laid the foundation stone again on 10 March 2012.
As of March 2023[update], the building is projected to have 25 stories, a mixture of commercial, startup, and residential spaces, and cost ₹163 crore.