RBI Governor Says Crypto Discussion Paper Will Clarify India’s Stance on Virtual Assets; Industry Reacts

RBI Governor Says Crypto Discussion Paper Will Clarify India’s Stance on Virtual Assets; Industry Reacts

#news #newstoday #tech #technews #latestnews #techupdates #newsupdates RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra stated that the upcoming discussion paper on crypto, being developed under the Finance Ministry’s oversight, will provide clarity on the future of virtual assets in the country. Speaking to Gadgets 360, members of India’s Web3 community highlighted that while…

RBI Shares Observations Around Tokenisation, Crypto in Financial Stability Report 2024

RBI Shares Observations Around Tokenisation, Crypto in Financial Stability Report 2024

#news #newstoday #tech #technews #latestnews #techupdates #newsupdates The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released its Financial Stability Report for 2024 on December 30. In the report, the apex bank shared its observations around the emerging practice of tokenising assets on blockchains. While acknowledging that this practice is still in its…

RBI’s CBDC Yet Another Step in Taking Indian Payments Ahead, JPMorgan Blockchain Head Says

RBI’s CBDC Yet Another Step in Taking Indian Payments Ahead, JPMorgan Blockchain Head Says

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is overseeing the creation and distribution of the eRupee CBDC for retail and wholesale payment purposes. The central bank’s approach towards exploring the inclusion of the eRupee into the existing financial system has been praised by Naveen Mallela, global co-head of Onyx, JPMorgan’s blockchain…

RBI Shares Observations Around Tokenisation, Crypto in Financial Stability Report 2024

eRupee CBDC Has Amassed 5 Million Users in Retail Pilot, Set for More Programmability: RBI Governor

India’s digital Rupee, or eRupee central bank digital currency (CBDC), is presently in the advanced phases of its trials facilitated by 16 national banks. The eRupee has managed to amass five million users in its pilot stage, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das claimed Monday. Das was speaking at a conference in…

RBI Raises UPI Limit to Rs. 5 Lakh for Tax Payments, Introduces Delegated Payments Feature

RBI Raises UPI Limit to Rs. 5 Lakh for Tax Payments, Introduces Delegated Payments Feature

The Reserve Bank of India RBI recently announced an increase in limit of Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions for tax payments. The decision was made as a part of RBI’s Monetary Policy announcement last week. With this, users can now transact up to Rs. 5,00,000 while settling their tax liabilities….

RBI Shares Observations Around Tokenisation, Crypto in Financial Stability Report 2024

RBI Sees CBDC as Means to Internationalise Indian Rupee, Improve Cross Border Transactions

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released its latest report detailing the development and roadmap ahead for the digital finance industry. Among several innovations that the RBI praised in this report, the mention of the eRupee central bank digital currency (CBDC) did not go unnoticed. Built like crypto but regulated…

RBI Shares Observations Around Tokenisation, Crypto in Financial Stability Report 2024

RBI Releases Financial Stability Report With Mention of DeFi, US Efforts to Regulate Crypto Sector

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has published its latest Financial Stability Report (FSR) that outlines important events that have recently taken place in the national and international banking and fintech sector. The domain of decentralised finance (DeFi) earned a brief mention in RBI’s report wherein the central bank, discussed…

RBI Shares Observations Around Tokenisation, Crypto in Financial Stability Report 2024

RBI, NIPL Working to Expand UPI to 20 Countries by 2028-29: RBI Annual Report

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) along with NPCI international payments ltd (NIPL) will work towards taking UPI to 20 countries by FY29. RBI Annual report says possibilities will be explored for increasing the global footprints of UPI and RuPay. “In light of goals for Viksit Bharat 2047, the Reserve…

Paytm Payments Bank CEO Surinder Chawla Resigns

Paytm Payments Bank CEO Surinder Chawla Resigns

Beleaguered Paytm Payments Bank’s managing director and CEO Surinder Chawla has resigned from the company, a regulatory filing said on Tuesday. Chawla’s resignation comes amidst Paytm Payments Bank facing prohibitory action from banking regulator RBI. “Surinder Chawla, Managing Director and CEO of PPBL, has tendered his resignation on April 8,…