Shri Srinivasa Panigrahi, Chairman, FEDAI; Shri Shamsher Singh, Deputy Managing Director, SBI, Shri Vivek Wahi, Chief Executive, FEDAI; distinguished members of the banking and financial community; ladies and gentlemen. Good evening. 1. Thank you for inviting me to FEDAI's Annual Day. My congratulations to FEDAI on this occasion. FEDAI was set up way back in 1958, when India's foreign exchange…
Chairpersons, Directors, Managing Directors and Chief Executive Officers of Urban Co-operative Banks, colleagues from the Reserve Bank, distinguished participants, ladies and gentlemen. Good morning 2. It gives me great pleasure to be here with all of you today as part of Mission SAKSHAM. As the name suggests, SAKSHAM is about capability-about ensuring that our Urban Co-operative Banks, and the…
Distinguished guests, colleagues from the banking and financial industry, ladies and gentlemen - Namaskar, and a very good afternoon. 1. It is a privilege to address this distinguished gathering at the fourth edition of the CNBC-TV18 Banking Transformation Summit. This year's theme captures, I think, exactly the right subjects for our times: "Scaling Bharat, Banking with Responsible AI". And it…
Introduction Good afternoon, my fellow central bankers from around the globe. I congratulate Bank Indonesia for hosting this discussion on such a topical issue, and I thank them for the opportunity to present an Indian perspective on it. Currency management is a core function of nearly every central bank represented in this room. In the previous decade, adoption of digital payments in India has…
Distinguished dignitaries, bankers, captains of industry, friends from the technology sector, fintechs, policymakers, press, academia and colleagues from the RBI, good morning to all of you! It is my pleasure to be back here at the 2026 edition of the FIBAC. It is an important annual conference that brings together the stalwarts of banking and industry to exchange ideas, foster innovation and…
Participants from the Reserve Bank of India: Shri Sanjay Malhotra - Governor, Reserve Bank of India Shri Swaminathan J - Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India Dr. Poonam Gupta - Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India Shri Shirish Chandra Murmu - Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India Shri Rohit Jain - Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India Shri Sanjay Kumar Hansda - Executive Director, Reserve…
Mr. C.S. Setty, Chairman, State Bank of India, Mr P D Singh, CEO, Standard Chartered Bank, India & South Asia, distinguished guests, senior leaders from across the financial sector, ladies and gentlemen. 2. It is a pleasure to join you this evening. I thank Standard Chartered Bank for the invitation extended to me and for bringing together such a wide cross-section of institutions that participate…
Managing Directors, CEOs, Whole Time Directors, Executive Directors and members of the senior management; Principal Nodal Officers from Banks, NBFCs and other Regulated Entities; Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India, Smt Sonali Sen Gupta; Reserve Bank Ombudsmen, my colleagues from the Reserve Bank; and, most importantly, the Internal Ombudsmen from our Regulated Entities, ladies and…
I am indeed very happy to be here among all of you as we enter the week which celebrates International MSME Day on 27th later in the week. MSMEs have a special place in my heart. I got an opportunity to work in this very dynamic sector early in my career way back in 2000 when a dedicated Ministry had just been set up for this sector in the year 1999. It used to be known as the Ministry of SSI &…
Participants from the Reserve Bank of India: Shri Sanjay Malhotra - Governor, Reserve Bank of India Shri Swaminathan J - Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India Dr. Poonam Gupta - Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India Shri Shirish Chandra Murmu - Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India Shri Rohit Jain - Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India Dr. Ajit Ratnakar Joshi - Executive Director, Reserve…