Muthoot Microfin raises IT spending by 40% amid AI-driven cyber threats, changing rural demand
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- ✓Muthoot Microfin raised its IT spending by 40% this financial year to fight AI-driven cyber threats.
- ✓Managing director Sadaf Sayeed said, "We have made a huge amount of investment in our security systems." The lender also saw rural households spend more on nutrition as its quarterly profits got stronger.
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- Indian Markets
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- mint
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- India Economy
Summary
The microfinance lender is stepping up cybersecurity investments as AI-assisted attacks target financial institutions, while expanding individual lending and reporting stronger profits and asset quality.
Muthoot Microfin Ltd has raised its information technology (IT) spending by 40% this financial year to strengthen cybersecurity and digital infrastructure as artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted attacks increasingly target financial institutions. The lender is also seeing a shift in rural consumption, with households spending more on nutrition and better-quality products, including milk and dairy, managing director and chief executive Sadaf Sayeed told Mint.
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