July 9, 2026
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The Speed of Money: What the Global Banking Stress Cycle Revealed About Modern Liquidity Risk

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For years after the global financial crisis, liquidity regulation became one of the defining pillars of banking resilience. Regulatory reforms strengthened capital buffers, introduced liquidity coverage ratios and pushed banks globally towards more conservative funding structures. Many institutions entered the post-pandemic period believing that liquidity frameworks were materially stronger than they had been a decade…

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The CRO Beyond Compliance: Why Risk Literacy Is Becoming Corporate Survival Infrastructure

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For years, the role of the Chief Risk Officer was largely associated with financial stability, regulatory oversight and governance discipline. In banks, insurers and financial institutions, the CRO was often viewed as the executive responsible for credit exposure, capital adequacy, market volatility and compliance frameworks. Even outside financial services, risk leadership frequently revolved around audit…

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Beyond Crisis Management: Why Scenario Planning Must Become a Regular Operating Discipline

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The End of Predictability For decades, many companies treated uncertainty as an occasional disruption rather than a permanent business condition. Scenario planning therefore became an annual offsite exercise, a workshop dominated by PowerPoint presentations, hypothetical discussions and broad macroeconomic assumptions that rarely influenced day-to-day execution. In stable economic cycles, that approach appeared sufficient. In today’s…

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The AI Governance Gap: Why “Using AI” Isn’t the Same as “Controlling AI”

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Artificial intelligence has moved from experimentation to operational deployment at remarkable speed. Across industries, organisations are integrating AI into customer engagement, fraud detection, compliance workflows, underwriting, recruitment, analytics, cybersecurity, software development and strategic decision-making. In many boardrooms, the conversation has shifted from whether to adopt AI to how quickly deployment can scale. Yet beneath this…

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Cyber Resilience Is Now a CEO Metric, Not a CISO KPI

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For years, cybersecurity was treated largely as a specialized technology responsibility delegated to IT teams and security leaders. Boards discussed it periodically. CEOs acknowledged it during crises. CISOs managed the operational complexity behind the scenes. As long as systems remained functional and major breaches stayed out of headlines, cyber risk often remained compartmentalized within technology…

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₹190 Lakh Crore Question: Can India Finance Its Growth Without a Deep Bond Market?

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India’s economic trajectory over the next decade will be defined not just by ambition, but by its ability to finance that ambition. The numbers are staggering. According to estimates by the National Infrastructure Pipeline and subsequent policy discussions, India will require investments in the range of ₹190-250 lakh crore between 2025 and 2035 to sustain…

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India’s Surveillance Reset: Why the New CCTV Rules Could Redraw Security, Trust and Market Power

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India’s surveillance market is entering a decisive new phase. For years, the conversation around CCTV expansion was largely framed around visibility, deterrence and public-safety deployment. Today, that conversation has changed. Surveillance is no longer just about placing more cameras in more locations. It is increasingly about who makes those cameras, what sits inside them, where…

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AI’s Dark Turn: Why Adversarial Intelligence Is Becoming Banking’s Biggest Cyber Risk

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Speaking at a press conference following the inauguration of a new State Bank of India office in Pune, Nirmala Sitharaman remarked that “The challenge posed by advanced AI is fundamentally different from what banks have successfully managed so far.” The statement reflects a deeper structural shift underway in global finance. For decades, banks have relied…

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Bancassurance, a New Look: Rethinking Distribution, Trust and Risk in India

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In conversation with Dr. Ravi Seshadri India’s bancassurance model is entering a decisive phase. Recent signals from the Department of Financial Services (DFS), reinforced by the Finance Minister’s strong stance on mis-selling and the RBI’s tightening regulatory framework, suggest that what was once a high-growth distribution engine is now under structural scrutiny. In this context,…

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