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RBI Governor says AI alone can help limit AI frauds

RBI Governor says AI alone can help limit AI frauds
AI & AI alone can help limit AI frauds: RBI Governor · financialexpress.com

The Reserve Bank of India is the big bank that looks after money in India.

Its leader, Sanjay Malhotra, gave a speech asking banks to use computers that can learn, called artificial intelligence, or AI for short.

He said people who steal money online move very fast, like a quick blink on a computer.

The old rules banks use cannot catch them fast enough.

But smart AI programs can watch millions of money movements and spot something strange right away.

He also said AI can help more people and small businesses get loans more easily.

India has super digital tools like UPI that help people pay instantly, which makes AI very useful there.

The big bank also made a group of experts to make sure AI is used fairly and safely.

Malhotra said the best banks will be the ones that understand AI well and take responsibility for how it works.

Key facts

Speaker
Sanjay Malhotra, RBI Governor
Event
FIBAC 2026 conference
Location
Mumbai
Key quote
"It is AI and AI alone that can help limit AI frauds"
Fraud speed
Speed of an API call
RBI AI committee
Submitted report last year proposing a framework for responsible AI use
Digital infrastructure cited
Aadhaar, UPI, DigiLocker
Unsolved MSME credit market
Estimated in tens of lakhs of crores of rupees

Quotes

Sanjoy Malhotra

Governor of the Reserve Bank of India

“"Fraud today moves at a speed of an API call... It is only AI and machine learning models, which continuously learn from these transaction patterns, that can identify anomalies in real time, rather than after the loss has occurred."”
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“"It is AI and AI alone that can help limit AI frauds."”
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