As artificial intelligence assumes a greater role in corporate decision-making, a new risk is emerging: organisations may be held accountable for decisions they cannot adequately explain, challenge or defend. For years, corporate boards have been warned that their next major crisis could begin with a cyberattack. The response has been substantial: investment in cybersecurity infrastructure,…
India’s financial outlook in 2026 is being shaped by two forces that are usually analysed separately: the world’s mounting need to refinance debt and the domestic economic uncertainty associated with El Nino. Together, they create a more consequential risk picture for policymakers, corporates, investors and financial institutions. One force raises the global price of capital….
At the SEBI Symposium on Cyber Defence, Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey outlined a comprehensive cyber-resilience agenda for India’s securities market, moving the conversation from IT security and periodic compliance to collective defence, continuous preparedness, emerging technology risks and board-level accountability. Cybersecurity is no longer an issue that can be contained within an organisation’s IT department….
Artificial intelligence has moved from being a technology conversation to becoming a banking strategy conversation. But the Reserve Bank of India’s message to the industry is clear: the winners of the AI era will not necessarily be the banks that deploy the most AI, or deploy it the fastest. They will be the institutions that…
As artificial intelligence assumes a greater role in corporate decision-making, a new risk is emerging: organisations may be held accountable for decisions they cannot adequately explain, challenge or defend. For years, corporate boards have been warned that their next major crisis could begin with a cyberattack. The response has been substantial: investment in cybersecurity infrastructure,…
As Indian businesses become increasingly dependent on external technology providers, a fundamental question is emerging: can operational responsibility be delegated without diminishing corporate accountability? A few years ago, a leading Indian airline found itself confronting a significant data security incident involving millions of passenger records. The breach had not originated within the airline’s own systems. It…
India’s financial outlook in 2026 is being shaped by two forces that are usually analysed separately: the world’s mounting need to refinance debt and the domestic economic uncertainty associated with El Nino. Together, they create a more consequential risk picture for policymakers, corporates, investors and financial institutions. One force raises the global price of capital….
Manish Agrawal on why the future of banking risk will be decided by speed, connected intelligence and human judgement As banking becomes faster, more digital and increasingly invisible to the customer, the nature of risk is changing with it. The traditional architecture of control designed to detect an anomaly, investigate it and contain the damage…
Mr. Mathew George, Executive Director, United India Insurance Company Limited, on Risk, Leadership and the Lessons of Experience Risk is often discussed through models, frameworks and probabilities. Experience offers a different perspective: what happens when uncertainty becomes real, decisions carry consequences and institutions are tested. Few leaders have observed that intersection for as long as…
At the SEBI Symposium on Cyber Defence, Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey outlined a comprehensive cyber-resilience agenda for India’s securities market, moving the conversation from IT security and periodic compliance to collective defence, continuous preparedness, emerging technology risks and board-level accountability. Cybersecurity is no longer an issue that can be contained within an organisation’s IT department….
Artificial intelligence has moved from being a technology conversation to becoming a banking strategy conversation. But the Reserve Bank of India’s message to the industry is clear: the winners of the AI era will not necessarily be the banks that deploy the most AI, or deploy it the fastest. They will be the institutions that…
India’s IPO market remained remarkably active in FY26, but the more important story was not the volume of capital raised. It was the change in what investors were willing to reward. According to Grant Thornton Bharat’s IPOs in India – FY2026 report, India saw 109 mainboard IPOs raise approximately ₹1.77 trillion during FY26, compared with…
Cybersecurity has always been a race between the speed at which attackers discover weaknesses and the speed at which defenders can identify, contain and remediate them. Frontier artificial intelligence is beginning to change the terms of that race. The latest generation of AI models is moving beyond vulnerability identification and code generation. They are increasingly…
India has built one of the world’s most advanced digital payment ecosystems in less than a decade. Unified Payments Interface (UPI) now processes over 20 billion transactions every month, making India the global leader in real-time retail payments. The speed, scale and accessibility of digital payments have transformed financial inclusion, commerce and customer experience, establishing…
