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General insurers brace for climate, cyber and EV-era risks at BFSI Summit

General insurers today face a landscape of fast-changing risks. At the Business Standard BFSI Summit, industry leaders discuss how innovation and foresight are transforming the way risk is managed

AI-enabled devices redefining digital banking, say experts at BFSI Summit

Experts at the Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit say devices are fast evolving from passive tools to AI-powered platforms at the core of fintech innovation and secure digital transactions

Is it time to revisit the banking model? BFSI Summit 2025 | Banking news | Finance | Business news

The Indian banking sector finds itself in a curious position. Financial metrics — profits, balance sheet strength, and non-performing assets — are all at their best levels in years.

10 yrs of inflation targeting framework: What's next?| BFSI Summit 2025 | Indian Economy

Almost a decade after India shifted to a formal inflation-targeting regime under the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) framework of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

Are foreign banks becoming too niche? | BFSI Summit 2025

Global banks increasingly view India as one of their most promising markets, driven by regulatory predictability, new opportunities in acquisition financing, and a surge in domestic capital markets

BS BFSI Summit Crypto session: Regulatory clarity is key to India's crypto ecosystem, say experts

BS BFSI Summit Day 2: Crypto industry experts highlighted the urgent need for investor education and regulatory clarity in India's crypto ecosystem.

Upper-layer NBFCs should be allowed to accept deposits, say CEOs

NBFC leaders urge RBI to let strong players accept public deposits, saying it would diversify funding, reduce bank reliance, and strengthen credit flow amid rising capital demand

Banks increasingly looking towards retail customers, says K V Kamath

K V Kamath says Indian banks must reinvent, focus on retail, and invest in the right tech as corporates rely less on loans and new-age finance reshapes money flows

BS BFSI Summit: 'Inflation-targeting worked, no major revamp required'

At BS BFSI Insight Summit 2025, a high-level panel of economists said that flexible inflation targeting has largely worked in keeping inflation under control and no major revamp is required

India's financial services sector is the biggest, strongest ever: DFS secy

The three-day premier event begins with who's who of the BFSI sector converging to debate road ahead. Discussions ranged from setting up new banks to meet diverse credit needs to 'digital arrests'

BFSI weight in Nifty 50 rebounds to 3-year high amid sector rotation

Market analysts attribute the BFSI sector's outperformance, particularly among banks, to technical factors such as sector rotation by institutional investors, rather than superior financial results

BS BFSI Summit: Economists torn between rate cut and pause in next MPC

The MPC kept the repo rate unchanged at 5.5 per cent in its October meeting, while striking a dovish tone and hinting that inflation risks were ebbing faster than anticipated

BS BFSI Insight Summit: On track for GDP growth exceeding 6.8%, says CEA

At Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit 2025, Nageswaran said that inflation and the rupee are stable, and fiscal discipline keeps deficits and borrowing costs under control

BS BFSI Insight Summit: SFBs' MFI stress set to ease in 2-3 quarters

While SFBs have grown rapidly over the past few years, their microfinance portfolios have affected asset quality

BS BFSI Summit: 'Rising loan appeal hits corporate bond market's momentum'

While there is scope for further easing, the question is whether there is a need to cut rates further, said panellists

BS BFSI Summit: Specialised banks needed for niche mkts, says M Nagaraju

DFS Secretary M Nagaraju says India's financial sector is at its strongest ever, with PSBs recording record profits and NPAs at historic lows, but urges focus on MSME lending and cybersecurity

Market maturity fuelled India's IPO boom, say investment bankers

The depth of domestic capital pool has reduced India's reliance on foreign institutional investors, enhancing market stability, a sentiment echoed by most panellists at Business Standard BFSI Summit

BS BFSI Insight Summit: 'AI's RoI may be slow, but governance can't wait'

The panelists said that re-skilling will be key to ensuring the workforce remains employable even as disruptive technologies continue to enter the sector

Reinvention, not overhaul, is key to evolution: Private bank chiefs

At Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit 2025, a session titled 'Is it time to revisit the banking model?' brought together top bankers to discuss how industry must adapt to this evolving landscape

BFSI Summit: SFBs urge RBI to relax capital norms, shed 'small finance' tag

Chief executives of Small Finance Banks welcome move to allow them to transition to universal banks, but ask for glide path to lower capital adequacy norms vis-a-vis large banks