Q. Which institution has launched the Financial Fraud Risk Indicator (FRI)?
Answer: Department of Telecommunications’ Digital Intelligence Unit (DoT–DIU)
Notes: Recently, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) directed all Scheduled Commercial Banks, Small Finance Banks, Payments Banks, and Co-operative Banks to use the Financial Fraud Risk Indicator (FRI). FRI was launched by the Digital Intelligence Unit (DIU) of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). It is a risk-based tool that marks a mobile number as Medium, High, or Very High financial fraud risk. It helps banks, Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs), and Unified Payments Interface (UPI) providers protect customers.

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