Comments on the Draft Amendment Directions Non-Banking Financial Companies – Registration, Exemptions and Framework for Scale Based Regulation, dated 10 April 2026

On 10 April 2026, the Reserve Bank of India released the “Draft – Reserve Bank of India (Non-Banking Financial Companies – Registration, Exemptions and Framework for Scale Based Regulation) Second Amendment Directions, 2026”. The Draft Amendments provide a new methodology to classify Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) in the Upper Layer of the scale-based regulatory framework, […]
Comments to the Discussion Paper – Exploring safeguards in digital payments to curb frauds

In this response, we present our comments to the paper. We divide our comments into three sections.
Comments to Draft Reserve Bank of India (Commercial Banks – Responsible Business Conduct) Amendment Directions, 2026, dated 6 March 2026

In this response, we present four recommendations to the Draft Amendments.
Comments to Draft Reserve Bank of India (Commercial Banks – Responsible Business Conduct) Amendment Directions, 2026, dated 11 February 2026

In this response, we present our comments to the Draft Amendment Directions for ‘Advertising, Marketing and Sales of Financial Products and Services by Regulated Entities’ issued by the Reserve Bank of India on February 11, 2026.
Summary of the RBI FREE AI Committee Report

In the first blog of this series of two, we break down (i) the Committee’s methodology, (ii) key insights on the current state of AI adoption, (iii) FREE AI Framework and (iv) its recommendations.
Credit Demand of FPOs – A Credit Market Estimation Exercise

This article aims to provide a preliminary estimate of the credit requirements of FPOs, drawing on the experience of professionals who have been closely associated with FPOs for several years in their development and operations.
Towards Customer-Centric KYC: RBI’s 2025 Amendments from a Financial Inclusion Lens

In this blog post, we analyse the changes in the direction and weigh them through the lens of customer protection and long-term sustainability. We also offer suggestions on streamlining the KYC updation (re-KYC) exercise without adding to systemic risks.
Response to the Department of Post’s DHRUVA Policy Document

In this document, we present our response to the policy document on DHRUVA (Digital Hub for Reference and Unique Virtual Address): The Digital Address DPI, hereafter referred to as the ‘policy document’, published by the Department of Posts in May 2025.
Comments to the Consultation Paper on Guidelines for Responsible Usage of AI/ML In Indian Securities Markets, dated 20 June 2025

The Consultation Paper sets out the landscape of use cases of AI prevalent in the Indian Securities Market.
Responsible AI in digital lending

Fairness, explainability and human-in-the-loop principle are vital elements of Responsible AI