Formerly known as Global Research & Risk Solutions
Amidst an evolving regulatory landscape and uncertainty in the macro-economic and geopolitical environment, financial institutions worldwide are always looking to sharpen credit risk management. Equipped with more than two decades of experience in credit risk, Crisil plays a pivotal role in empowering banks and financial institutions to strengthen their credit risk practices spanning the three lines of defense. Additionally, we enable the best possible outcomes for our clients in their credit risk transformation journey, with our suite of AI and automation-led tools and accelerators.
Crisil is backed by an unmatched talent pool of specialists having robust credit risk domain knowledge coupled with a strong understanding of evolving regulatory guidelines.
40+
Over 10,000 credit memos executed annually, for 40+ global and regional banking clients
500K
More than 500K EWI triggers evaluated to ascertain red flags, supplemented with alerts on covenant headroom deterioration for quick actioning
15000
Over 15,000 facilities tracked and updated for periodic covenant monitoring
100
Over 100 sustainability analysts from various delivery centers globally provide support for multiple banks, asset managers, and corporates
20+
20+ regulatory actions, MRAs and consent orders actioned
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5+ financial institutions supported for end-to-end data management or large-scale credit risk data remediation
Our solution components
Enabling swifter decisions with adept credit assessments
Our choice of off-the-shelf and tailored credit risk solutions including sound policies and process advisory, underwriting and credit memos lead to improved lending practices and superior credit risk management
Proactive monitoring for safeguarding portfolio resilience
We provide multiple levers for timely detection of stress in credit quality, including covenant and collateral monitoring, active surveillance, sector risk assessment and portfolio analytics
Strengthening the control environment for maintaining sanctity of credit processes
Our solutions across quality assurance/loan review and controls design and testing enable banks to effectively establish a strong oversight function and comply with regulatory asks
Reshaping the future of ESG integration into banks' core credit risk strategies
We provide solutions to integrate ESG factors into credit risk management, enabling banks to better assess and mitigate ESG risks associated with lending
Navigating innovation across the e2e credit risk value chain
We partner with banks to transform their credit risk function, including Target Operating Model design and implementation, encompassing policies, processes, data and systems
Reinventing credit risk solutions with AI-powered accelerators
We offer tech-enabled solutions that automate workflow pockets within the credit lifecycle, including Gen AI, automated financial spreading and an early warning system
Crisil Advantage
Unmatched talent pool of specialists
We have 1,000+ credit analysts and 150+ sector specialists, with in-depth knowledge of credit risk and lending procedures, strong understanding of regulatory nuances, good working knowledge of credit and loan platforms/tools, and high analytical acumen
Best fit solution to optimize costs
We provide tailored and flexible operating models, implementing industry best practices, to unlock maximum operational efficiencies and deliver cost savings
Strategically located delivery centers to support across time zones
Well spread and bespoke team mix to align with clients' global portfolio coverage requirements - offshore /onshore /near-shore teams, having multilingual capabilities
Strong expertise across the e2e credit and lending lifecycle
We are well-equipped with more than two decades of experience in working with global and regional financial institutions across the three lines of defense, spanning diverse product portfolios
The problems we solve
Risk Monitoring for Leveraged Finance
Case Studies
The engagement involved supporting the bank’s credit risk management team.
Boosting Credit Evaluation Efficiency
Case Studies
A prominent European bank faced a significant challenge in conducting credit reviews of its extensive portfolio and required a reliable and efficient client partner.
End-to-end credit risk support for Asian G-SIB
Case Studies
The bank wanted to strengthen its credit risk management process amid rising backlogs and regulatory asks.
Turning scattered market
data into meaningful
business insights
Mutual fund case
Transforming scattered data into
actionable insights for smarter business
strategies
Turning scattered market
data into meaningful
business insights
Mutual fund case
Transforming scattered data into
actionable insights for smarter business
strategies
Turning scattered market
data into meaningful
business insights
Mutual fund case
Transforming scattered data into
actionable insights for smarter business
strategies
Turning scattered market
data into meaningful
business insights
Mutual fund case
Transforming scattered data into
actionable insights for smarter business
strategies
Turning scattered market
data into meaningful
business insights
Mutual fund case
Transforming scattered data into
actionable insights for smarter business
strategies
Turning scattered market
data into meaningful
business insights
Mutual fund case
Transforming scattered data into
actionable insights for smarter business
strategies
Turning scattered market
data into meaningful
business insights
Mutual fund case
Transforming scattered data into
actionable insights for smarter business
strategies
Turning scattered market
data into meaningful
business insights
Mutual fund case
Transforming scattered data into
actionable insights for smarter business
strategies
Turning scattered market
data into meaningful
business insights
Mutual fund case
Transforming scattered data into
actionable insights for smarter business
strategies
Latest thinking
CASE STUDY October 15, 2025
CASE STUDY October 01, 2025
Achieved 30% efficiency using Gen AI on credit reports of a prominent EU bank
BLOG May 12, 2025
Beyond spreadsheets: The new era of credit portfolio analytics



Recognitions
The confidence we deliver is felt across
boardrooms, markets, and industries.
#37 in Chartis RiskTech 100 | 2025
Chartis RiskTech 100 Model Validation | 2025
#49 in Chartis RiskTech 100 | 2024
Chartis RiskTech 100 Model Validation | 2024
Best Companies for women India | 2024