RMAI Risk Insights April 2026 Newsletter

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RMAI RISK INSIGHTS
Actionable Risk Intelligence for Professionals
Vol 01 · Issue 03
April
2026
Inside This Issue
A Guide to This Month’s Reading
01
Editorial

 

02
Exec Column

 

03
Articles

 

04
News

 

05
Case Studies

 

06
Training

 

01 From the Editor’s Desk The April Editorial
Operational Resilience in a Hyperconnected World
EDITORIAL — OPERATIONAL RESILIENCE
Operational Resilience in a Hyperconnected World
By Dr. Rakesh Agarwal

As cloud dependencies deepen, third-party ecosystems widen, and digital channels become the default route to customers, the line between operational risk and existential risk has all but disappeared. This month’s editorial examines why resilience, not just continuity, must now sit at the heart of every risk strategy, and what boards should be asking their CROs in the year ahead.

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02 Executive Column A View from the Top
FEATURED VOICE
Reflections From the Risk Management Lens
By Prof. (Dr.) Abhijit K. Chattoraj  ·  Vice President, RMA India

A thoughtful, experience-led perspective on how the discipline of risk management is evolving, from a compliance-driven function into a strategic lens through which organisations interpret uncertainty, opportunity, and long-term value creation.

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03 Featured Articles Five Reads · April 2026

 

Horizon scanning
LEAD FEATURE · STRATEGIC RISK
Navigating Emerging Global Risks & Horizon Scanning Methodologies

A practitioner’s guide to structured horizon scanning, weak-signal detection, and scenario modelling, for the class of risks that don’t yet show up in the loss data, but soon will.

By Dr. Sonjai Kumar

Explore the Analysis →

 

RBI regulation
02 · REGULATION
RBI April 2026 Banking Rules & Risk Impact

A clear-eyed breakdown of the RBI’s latest directives what they change for credit, liquidity and operational risk frameworks.

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Lenskart reputation
03 · REPUTATIONAL RISK
Lenskart: Managing Reputational Risk in the Digital Era

How a digital-first brand navigated a reputational test in real time, and the playbook risk managers can borrow.

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Cooperative banking
04 · COOPERATIVE BANKING
Mission SAKSHAM & the Reinvention of UCBs

Inside the regulatory reset shaping urban cooperative banks, the most consequential overhaul of UCBs in a decade.

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Emerging risks
05 · EMERGING RISK
Emerging Risks 2026: AI, Cyber & Regulation

The three forces converging on every risk register this year, and a practical view on how to sequence governance and controls.

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04 Risk Management Update The Month, Decoded

 

AI threat finance
AI & FINANCE
AI Threat to Finance Grows as India Forms Panel

A government-led panel signals that AI-driven cyber threats have moved firmly onto the national risk agenda.

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SEBI markets
CAPITAL MARKETS
FM Urges SEBI to Leverage AI & Global Collaboration

A clear policy signal on where market regulation is heading and what AI-enabled supervision will demand.

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Corporate India
CORPORATE INDIA
Indian Corporates Move from Insurance to Strategic Risk

Indian boards are reframing risk as a strategic capability rather than a procurement line item.

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DORA credential
OPERATIONAL RESILIENCE
DORA Highlights Credential Management as Key

Why the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act is putting identity and credential hygiene at the centre.

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AI safeguards
AI GOVERNANCE
AI Risks Rise as Firms Lag on Safeguards

A new report quantifies the widening gap between AI adoption and AI assurance, controls aren’t keeping up.

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Third-party risk network
THIRD-PARTY RISK
Aravo Launches ‘Aravo AI’ for Third-Party Risk

The TPRM space takes another step toward AI-native workflows, implications for vendors, regulators and risk teams.

Discover →

⚡ QUICK UPDATES
Around the Risk World
Six short reads making news this month
Healthcare
New Research Improves Fracture Risk Prediction with Age-Based Thresholds
Climate
Climate Crisis Disproportionately Impacts Women, Highlights Need for Inclusive Policies
Infra
Mace Consult Focuses on India’s Infrastructure Growth with Digital Push
AI Risk
PredictiveMind Introduces ‘Behavioral Risk’ Category to Address AI Decision Gaps
Fraud
Adakami Contributes to National Dialogue on Strengthening Fraud Risk Management
ESG
ESG Backlash Accelerates Focus on Social Risk Reporting in Mining
05 Case Studies Lessons from the Field
ASEAN economies
SOVEREIGN RISK
Fiscal Risk Management in ASEAN+3 Economies

A comparative look at how ASEAN+3 nations are building fiscal buffers and contingency frameworks.

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NPA banking
CREDIT RISK
NPA Management & Stressed Asset Governance

An end-to-end look at how Indian banks are restructuring stressed-asset governance early warning to recovery.

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NIST AI credit
AI GOVERNANCE
NIST AI RMF for Credit Scoring Governance

Applying the NIST AI RMF to credit scoring operationalising responsible AI inside a regulated lending environment.

View Case Study →

06 Training Programs SmartOnlineCourse · RMAI
Advance your career with industry-focused certifications, taught by senior practitioners

 

Fraud detection
BANKING · FRAUD
Fraud Risk Management in Banking

Detect, prevent and investigate fraud across the banking value chain, from frontline red flags to enterprise-wide controls.

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Bancassurance
BFSI · DISTRIBUTION
Bancassurance — Models, Sales & Compliance

A complete view: distribution models, sales architecture, regulatory expectations and conduct risks.

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AI tech collection
CURATED COLLECTION
AI & Technology — Course Collection

A curated bundle of AI and emerging-tech programs for risk, compliance and finance professionals.

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RegTech compliance
REGTECH · COMPLIANCE
RegTech: The Future of Automated Compliance

From rule-based monitoring to AI-driven supervision how RegTech is reshaping the compliance function.

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Responsible AI
AI GOVERNANCE · NIST
Responsible AI Risk Mgmt using NIST

Operationalise the NIST AI RMF, governance, risk identification, measurement and continuous improvement.

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AI in banking
AI · BANKING
AI & Emerging Technologies in Banking

How banks are deploying AI across credit, fraud, customer experience and operations, and the risk frameworks needed.

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