GRC Course vs Certification: What You Need to Start a Career in GRC

GRC Course vs Certification

Anyone looking for a way into Governance, Risk and Compliance runs into the same confusion early on. Some sources push short online courses, others push professional certifications, and many treat the two as if they were the same thing. The Read More …

Internal Audit to Enterprise Risk: A Career Transition Guide

Internal Audit to Enterprise Risk

Internal Audit and Enterprise Risk Management sit closer to each other than almost any two functions inside a bank, NBFC, or financial institution, which is exactly why so many auditors eventually consider moving into ERM. Both functions exist to protect Read More …

How to Start a Career in Cybersecurity GRC Without an IT Background

How to Start a Career in Cybersecurity GRC Without an IT Background

Starting a career in Cybersecurity Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) can seem difficult for someone without an IT or computer science background. But GRC is different from highly technical cybersecurity roles such as penetration testing, security engineering or malware analysis. Read More …

Audit Manager vs Risk Manager: Different Roles, Common Goal, A Stronger Organisation

Introduction Inside most banks, NBFCs, and financial institutions, Audit Manager and Risk Manager roles are often confused with each other, sometimes even by the professionals occupying adjacent desks in the same building. Both roles exist to protect organisational value, ensure Read More …

Why Capacity Building Has Become Financial Infrastructure

Why Capacity Building Has Become Financial Infrastructure

At the second BRICS Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting held in Mumbai on September 10, 2026, central bank governors from BRICS countries announced a joint capacity-building initiative alongside their ongoing work on local-currency trade settlement and investment promotion. Read More …

RBI’s Basel III Market Risk Capital Directions 2026: What Banks Must Know

RBI's Basel III Market Risk Capital Directions 2026

On September 21, 2026, the Reserve Bank of India issued the Reserve Bank of India (Commercial Banks – Minimum Capital Requirements for Market Risk) Directions, 2026, the final version of a framework first put out for public comment as draft Read More …

Why Upskilling Is Important for Banks, NBFCs and Financial Institutions

Why Upskilling Is Important for Banks, NBFCs and Financial Institutions

Banks, NBFCs, and financial institutions are operating in an environment where the skills needed to do a job well are changing faster than most internal training functions can keep pace with. Artificial intelligence, evolving cybersecurity threats, fintech partnerships, and a Read More …

AI to Quantum: The New Financial Risk Agenda Emerging from BRICS

AI to Quantum

At the BRICS Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting held in Mumbai on September 10, 2026, finance-sector discussions explicitly covered cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and quantum computing, assessing both the opportunities and the risks these technologies bring to the financial Read More …

BRICS Moves from Cyber Policy to Cyber Drills for Financial Institutions

BRICS Moves from Cyber Policy to Cyber Drills

At the BRICS Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting held in Mumbai on September 10, 2026, member countries commended the third iteration of the BRICS Cyber Exercise and Drills, conducted under the theme Resilience and Cooperation for Cyber Defence. Read More …

Global Fintech Fest 2026: Connecting the Future of Finance and Technology

Global Fintech Fest 2026

The financial services industry is entering a period where technology, regulation, risk management, and customer expectations are converging at an unprecedented scale. Against this backdrop, Global Fintech Fest 2026 brings together leaders from across the global financial ecosystem to discuss Read More …