Instrument 36 | E. RBI - Banking / Fintech / Payments / Financial AI

REPORTCOMMITTEE REPORT

RBI - FREE-AI Committee Report: Framework for Responsible and Ethical Enablement of Artificial Intelligence in the Financial Sector

Reserve Bank of India / expert committee2025Committee ReportBanking

AI / PRIVACY / CYBER RELEVANCE

High-value policy source for financial AI, especially AI data lifecycle, DPDP alignment, model governance, accountability and consumer protection.

AI: Very HighPrivacy: HighCybersecurity: High

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  • Recommendation 15 - data lifecycle governance
  • recommendation 14 - board-approved AI policy
  • recommendations on AI product approval, accountability and consumer protection

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Presents the RBI’s expert committee framework for the responsible and ethical enablement of AI in the financial sector. It examines governance, ethics, risk management, accountability, explainability, robustness, data governance, consumer protection, cybersecurity and institutional capacity for financial-sector AI. For privacy and data protection, its focus on data governance, accountability, security and responsible use provides a sector-specific bridge between emerging AI risks and the binding RBI technology, cyber and consumer-protection frameworks.

Classification and legal status. Committee report and recommendations; non-binding unless separately implemented by RBI through directions/circulars.

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Keywords

FREE-AIfinancial AImodel governanceexplainabilitydata lifecycle

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