AI Model Failure in Banking: 7 Risks Risk Managers Should Understand

AI Model Failure in Banking: 7 Risks Risk Managers Should Understand

Traditional model risk management in banking grew up around relatively stable, well understood statistical models, credit scorecards, VaR calculations, and provisioning models that behaved predictably once validated. Artificial intelligence changes this picture significantly. AI models, particularly machine learning and deep Read More …

Top 10 Governance Failures That Destroyed Bank Reputations

Top 10 Governance Failures

A bank’s reputation is built over decades and can unravel in weeks once a governance failure comes to light. Time and again, the same underlying pattern repeats itself, weak internal controls, inadequate board oversight, misaligned incentives, and a culture where Read More …

Compliance Risk vs Regulatory Risk: Why Banks Need to Manage Both Differently

Compliance Risk vs Regulatory Risk: Why Banks Need to Manage Both Differently

Inside most banks, compliance risk and regulatory risk are spoken about almost interchangeably, often sitting under the same team, the same policy document, and the same quarterly report to the board. This is a costly simplification. Compliance risk vs regulatory Read More …

RBI Fraud Risk Management Directions 2026: 7 Timelines Banks Must Track

RBI Fraud Risk Management Directions 2026: 7 Timelines Banks Must Track

The Reserve Bank of India’s Fraud Risk Management Directions, 2026 significantly strengthen the responsibilities of commercial banks, including Small Finance Banks, across the complete fraud risk lifecycle, from early detection through classification, reporting, and post fraud credit decisions. For risk, Read More …

Case Study: Boeing 737 MAX, Safety Culture and Board Oversight Failure

Case Study: Boeing 737 MAX

Few corporate case studies capture the full scope of operational risk, governance failure, and safety culture breakdown as completely as the Boeing 737 MAX crisis. Two fatal crashes, the Lion Air flight in October 2018 and the Ethiopian Airlines flight Read More …

Cybersecurity Is Not Just an IT Risk: Roles of Risk, Audit, Compliance and Business Teams

Cybersecurity Is Not Just an IT Risk

For years, cybersecurity in Indian banks and financial institutions was treated largely as a technology problem, owned by the CISO and IT team, reported upward through periodic updates, and reviewed mainly at audit time. That framing has changed decisively. With Read More …

BFSI Impact: Guidewire India on AI, GCCs & DevSummit 2026

BFSI Impact: Guidewire India on AI, GCCs & DevSummit 2026

The BFSI Impact Series continues to track the people and platforms shaping banking, financial services, and insurance in India, and this edition turns the spotlight on Guidewire DevSummit 2026. Held on May 13, 2026 at the Sheraton Grand in Whitefield, Read More …

RBI’s Revised Credit Facilities Directions 2026 for Small Finance Banks Explained

RBI's Revised Credit Facilities Directions 2026

Small Finance Banks are working through one of the more detailed regulatory overhauls in recent years, with the Reserve Bank of India revising the Credit Facilities Directions that govern how these institutions lend against securities and extend credit tied to Read More …

RBI’s New Loan Recovery Directions 2026: What Banks and NBFCs Must Do Before January 2027

RBI's New Loan Recovery Directions 2026: What Banks and NBFCs Must Do Before January 2027

On August 6, 2026, the Reserve Bank of India issued nine separate circulars in a single day, each amending the Responsible Business Conduct framework for a different category of regulated lender, from commercial banks and small finance banks to NBFCs Read More …

RBI Draft Concentration Risk Norms for Rural Co-operative Banks Explained

RBI Draft Concentration Risk

Concentration risk management for rural co-operative banks is set for a significant regulatory update. On August 6, 2026, the Reserve Bank of India released draft directions proposing a comprehensive review of the concentration risk framework applicable to Rural Co-operative Banks, Read More …