India

Operational Risk

SEBI Discontinues Broker Backup Trading Platform

By Nithya Subramanian | 09/05/2026

The platform was deemed redundant following significant improvements in brokers' technological resilience and was never used since its launch in October 2023.

Clearing & Post-Trade

India Plans Electronic Platform for Bond Forward Trades

By Nithya Subramanian | 08/05/2026

CCIL is developing a platform for bond forwards to improve transparency and risk management in the largely over-the-counter market.

AI Risk & Governance

India’s NPCI Explores Agentic AI to Reduce UPI Compliance Burden

By Nithya Subramanian | 08/05/2026

NPCI is exploring an agent-to-agent AI model to reduce compliance certification for banks and fintechs from weeks to days.

Structural Regulation

RBI Overhauls Forex Rules, Halts New Money Changer Licences

By Nithya Subramanian | 08/05/2026

India’s central bank has rationalised its framework for authorised persons, introducing new dealer categories and phasing out money changers and franchisee arrangements.

Clearing & Post-Trade

SEBI Proposes Early Pay-In for Commodity Options Contracts

By Editors | 08/05/2026

SEBI proposes to extend margin benefits for the early pay-in of commodities to options contracts, aligning them with the existing framework for futures.

Structural Regulation

SEBI Proposes to Expand Scope of Online Bond Platforms

By Nithya Subramanian | 07/05/2026

SEBI proposes to ease compliance rules and allow online bond platforms to offer financial products regulated by the IFSCA.

Credit Risk

RBI Proposes Prudential Norms for Assets Seized in Loan Recovery

By Editors | 07/05/2026

The RBI has issued draft rules governing the valuation, holding period, and disposal of immovable assets acquired by lenders from defaulted loans.

Structural Regulation

Key Asian FX Benchmarks Exempted from EU Regulation

By Manesh Samtani | 07/05/2026

The decision provides certainty for EU firms using benchmarks for the Indian rupee, Korean won, Philippine peso and Taiwan dollar to hedge currency risks.

Structural Regulation

SEBI Mandates Registration for 'Significant' Index Providers

By Nithya Subramanian | 07/05/2026

India's securities regulator has set an INR 200 billion AUM threshold for indices to be deemed 'significant', requiring their providers to register.