India: Government Creates Inter-Disciplinary Committee to Explore Virtual Currencies
On April 12, 2017 the government of India formed an inter-disciplinary committee to examine the …
India: RBI Removes Additional Factor of Authentication for Contactless Payments
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released a draft circular proposing to ease the …
India: RBI Issues Guidelines On Merchant Acquisition For Card Transactions
On April 28, 2017, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) published Guidelines on Merchant Acquisition …
India: Jan Dhan Yojana Project Has Brought 150m New Customers
Shri S S Mundra, deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India, gave a speech …
India: PayPal Launches Domestic Operations
On November 8, 2017, PayPal announced that it has launched its domestic payments platform in …
India: Fraud Preventing and Corrective Measures are Concern of the Central Bank
Mr R Gandhi, Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, gave a speech at …
Asia-Pacific: FS-ISAC and MAS to Strengthen Cyber Information Sharing Across Nine Countries
On November 14, 2017, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Financial Services Information …
India: Central Bank Allows E-Payments For Import and Export Transactions
The Reserve Bank of India has announced a facility for banks to process and settle …
India: Government Launches Consultation on White Paper on Data Protection Framework
On November 30, 2017, the Committee of Experts, appointed by the government with the task …