India

    Clearing & Post-Trade

    RBI Defers UTI Mandate for OTC Derivatives Reporting

    By Nithya Subramanian | 19/02/2026

    Effective January 2027, the mandate covers rupee interest rate, forex and credit derivatives, with waterfall-based UTI generation responsibility.

    Trading & Investment

    RBI Proposes Overhaul of Forex Trading Framework for Authorised Dealers

    By Nithya Subramanian | 18/02/2026

    Draft directions aim to give authorised dealers more flexibility in hedging and trading while strengthening risk management frameworks.

    AI Risk & Governance

    NPCI Unveils India-Built AI Model for Payments Sector

    By Nithya Subramanian | 18/02/2026

    NPCI has unveiled FiMI, a domain-specific AI language model built to power smarter dispute resolution, multilingual support and operational efficiency across the digital payments ecosystem.

    AI Risk & Governance

    India Notifies New IT Rules to Regulate AI and Tackle Deepfakes

    By Nithya Subramanian | 18/02/2026

    New IT rules require social media and other intermediaries to label AI-generated content and remove unlawful posts, including deepfakes, within three hours.

     

    Conduct, Culture & Accountability

    India to Overhaul Corporate Law to Decriminalise Procedural Lapses

    By Editors | 18/02/2026

    The planned corporate law overhaul will decriminalise procedural defaults but intensify technology-driven oversight and enforcement.

    Trading & Investment

    SEBI Reviews Easing of Non-Agri Commodity Derivative Limits

    By Editors | 18/02/2026

    SEBI working group is considering raising position limits and reducing mandatory meetings to deepen the market and ease compliance.

    Emerging Prudential Risks

    RBI Overhauls External Commercial Borrowing Framework, Removes Cost Caps

    By Nithya Subramanian | 17/02/2026

    The RBI has rationalised its ECB framework, expanding access for corporates and simplifying compliance in a bid to boost foreign borrowing.

    Clearing & Post-Trade

    RBI Drafts Reporting Rules for Offshore INR FX Derivatives

    By Nithya Subramanian | 17/02/2026

    The RBI has proposed mandatory reporting by AD Cat-I banks of OTC rupee derivatives undertaken by their offshore related parties, aiming to boost market transparency and oversight.

    Credit Risk

    RBI Overhauls Capital Market Rules, Tightens Broker Lending

    By Nithya Subramanian | 17/02/2026

    New framework allows banks to fund M&A deals while imposing stricter collateral and exposure norms on lending to capital market intermediaries.

    Trading & Investment

    SEBI Proposes Overhaul of ETF Pricing Bands and Base Price Rules

    By Nithya Subramanian | 16/02/2026

    SEBI seeks to narrow gaps between ETF prices and their underlying values by updating base price references, shifting to dynamic price bands and addressing volatility mismatches.

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