SRO, self-regulatory organisations

Mint Road positions these entities as the cornerstone of compliance, but will the numerous voices unite the sector or create conflict?

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To prevent fraud, we need better know-your-customer (KYC) processes

One major benefit of becoming a universal bank is that public perception will change

The economy is very strong and on sound footing and we, as banks, typically mirror the economy

More important is customer service, like these days, digital banking, mobile banking, our internet banking, how these are synchronised

Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit 2026: Experts said GST relief has eased premiums, but high medical costs, underinsurance, and a trust deficit remain key barriers to wider coverage

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Industry leaders back customer-centric changes but flag impact of commission caps, expense limits, and uniform implementation timelines

Left to right: Manojit Saha, Generali Central Life Insurance MD & CEO Alok Rungta, Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance MD & CEO Kamlesh Rao, Kotak Life MD Mahesh Balasubramanian, and IndiaFirst Life Insurance MD & CEO Rushabh Gandhi.

Business Standard Smart Investor Arena 2026: Experts explained how specialised investment options differ and why investors should build a core portfolio first

Jyotivardhan Jaipuria, Founder and CEO, Valentis Advisors & Rishi Kohli, CIO, Jio Blackrock MF

Speaking at the Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit, Gupta said responsibility for the quality of financial reporting rests with multiple stakeholders

National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) chairperson Nitin Gupta speaking at Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit 2026.

At the Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit 2026, crypto industry leaders flagged the burden of crypto taxation, called for regulatory clarity and highlighted growing investor interest

SB Seker, APAC head, Binance, Vandana Ahuja, Tax Partner,  Financial Services, EY India, Vikaas Sachdeva, CEO, BitDelta India, Vimal Sagar Tiwari, co-founder, CoinSwitch

At the Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit 2026, RBI Deputy Governor Poonam Gupta said India's dependence on imported oil remains a challenge, despite the economy's resilience to global shocks

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Deputy Governor Poonam Gupta

Business Standard Smart Investor Arena 2026: Experts urged young investors to understand crypto's risks, technology and use cases before putting money into it

SB Seker, Head of Asia-Pacific, Binance and Vimal Sagar Tiwari, co-founder, CoinSwitch

At the BFSI Insight Summit 2026, NFRA chief Nitin Gupta said credible financial reporting and independent audits are vital to attracting long-term capital for Viksit Bharat 2047

At Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit, PhonePe's Sameer Nigam says MDR is necessary for UPI's growth, while questioning criticism of foreign investors who helped build India's payments ecosystem

Sameer Nigam

At the Business Standard BFSI Summit, PhonePe CEO Sameer Nigam says the company established a dedicated data privacy function as early as 2018

At the BFSI Insight Summit 2026, banking leaders said AI and autonomous agents could transform banking, but warned that balancing innovation with risk controls would be crucial

Left to right: Shivani Shinde, Business Next's Nishant Singh, Accenture's Paritosh Wechalekar,  PNB's Rajesh Prasad, Axis Bank Group's Sameer Shetty, HDFC Bank Group's Ramesh Lakshminarayanan.

Speaking at the Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit 2026, PFRDA chief S Ramann said integrating NPS with corporate payrolls should be easy, enabling employees to save alongside EPF

S Ramann, Chairperson, PFRDA, speaking at Business Standard BFSI Summit 2026.

At the Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit 2026, experts called for better intelligence sharing, stronger fraud detection and wider use of AI to curb digital payment fraud and protect users

Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit 2026

Karnataka, Kerala and West Bengal posted sharp rises in proposed investments in Q1 FY27 after leadership changes, while Tamil Nadu saw inflows plunge

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States now account for nearly a third of India's total government debt, says a NITI Aayog report, urging them to follow fiscal deficit norms

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India needs evidence-based welfare policies that assess the costs, outcomes and trade-offs of cash transfers instead of allowing electoral politics to shape public spending

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Kerala plans to tackle its fiscal crisis through investments, blue economy, land reforms, diaspora funding and a silver economy, says CM V D Satheesan

Kerala Chief Minister V D Satheesan

Even prosperous southern states used a large part of FY25 debt for operational expenses

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States' own tax revenue now exceeds half of revenue receipts, but falling tax buoyancy suggests collections are not keeping pace with economic growth

Despite topping NITI Aayog's Investor Friendliness Index, Gujarat's exports have declined for three years as falling petroleum shipments expose risks of sectoral dependence

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States are accelerating deregulation and ease-of-doing-business reforms, with over three-fourths of the Centre's first-phase compliance reduction measures already implemented

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Unlocking factors of production - land, labour and capital - is crucial for growth in an AI-driven economy. Reducing administrative frictions in land markets will attract investments

Devashish Deshpande

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