Independent Research and Policy Advocacy

From Claude to Daybreak: What’s next for AI policy in finance?

In this blog, we trace the emerging contours of India’s domestic approach to governing AI in finance and identify the priorities that should shape the next phase of policy thinking, in light of alarm bells triggered by Mythos, and OpenAI’s cybersecurity initiative, Daybreak.

Mitigating AI-related harms in finance: From model governance to systemic resilience

The growing prominence of Responsible and Trustworthy AI (RTAI) frameworks reflects increasing recognition of these harms. Contemporary RTAI approaches recommend safeguards across the lifecycle of AI systems to ensure explainability, transparency, contestability, auditability, and human oversight, while reducing the potential for bias and discrimination.

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, […]