The Financial Express
Speaking at the Global Fintech Fest 2023 (GFF 2023), Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch talked about the significance and relevance of artificial intelligence (AI) in revolutionizing risk management with custom-fit regulation. “Artificial intelligence will allow us to take regulation to a level where risk management will almost be custom-fit for an entity. If that entity has managed its risk well, then the level of regulation would be automatically low. AI will give us the ability to move from risk-based supervision to risk-based regulation to segmented regulation to a granular-level regulation, which will make life a lot easier for all regulated entities,” said Madhabi Puri Buch.
During her address, Madhabi Puri Buch elaborated on the importance of building resilient financial systems and leveraging the potential of fintech to drive economic growth.
“Incumbent entities are undergoing a massive transformation and are morphing more and more into fintech companies in the way they look, feel and speak. Today, even our stock exchanges are fintech companies. Some of the mutual fund platforms are nothing but fintechs in terms of substance. These incumbents have a huge advantage because of the cash flows of their traditional businesses, manpower and stability, so when they apply the principles of modern technology and modern design thinking, they have actually morphed into rocket ships. This transformation is ongoing,” she said.
On T+1 settlement, Madhabi Puri Buch said, “India is the first jurisdiction in the world that has moved to the T+1 settlement. We are talking about one-hour settlements and even that is a stepping stone to instantaneous settlement. You will see all this in a reasonably short period of time.”
Hosted by Srinivas Jain, Executive Director and Head of Strategy, SBI Mutual Fund, and Advisory Board Member, GFF 2023, the session discussed market regulations at length.
GFF 2023 is supported by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), Ministry of Finance, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), and the International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) and is organized by the Payments Council of India (PCI), Fintech Convergence Council (FCC), and National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). The event was inaugurated today by Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance, Government of India.
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