Reserve Bank Of India

India’s RBI Wants Its Governor To Lead Payments Regulator

India’s RBI Wants Its Governor To Lead Payments Regulator
India’s RBI Wants Its Governor To Lead Payments Regulator
October 19, 2018  |  Cross-border Payments

Following the proposal of a payments regulator to be established independent of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the central bank has put forward a...

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Flywire Streamlines Indian Cross-Border Tuition Payments
Flywire Streamlines Indian Cross-Border Tuition Payments
October 16, 2018  |  Partnerships

Flywire, a company that solves payment problems for businesses and institutions, announced Tuesday (Oct. 16) that it has launched a simpler way for students in India...

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WhatsApp Caves To India Payments Data Demands
WhatsApp Caves To India Payments Data Demands
October 09, 2018  |  Legal & Regulation

WhatsApp, Facebook’s messaging app that is trying to make inroads in the digital payments market in India, has created a system to store payment data...

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RBI Questions Bank Chiefs On SWIFT ‘Gaps’
RBI Questions Bank Chiefs On SWIFT ‘Gaps’
September 06, 2018  |  B2B Payments

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has reportedly sent letters to several heads of top banks in the country questioning why they have yet to...

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Bitcoin Daily: Rakuten Plans To Acquire Crypto Exchange, Asia Sees Surge In Blockchain Job Postings
Bitcoin Daily: Rakuten Plans To Acquire Crypto Exchange, Asia Sees Surge In Blockchain Job Postings
September 03, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Japanese eCommerce company Rakuten is planning to acquire the cryptocurrency exchange service called everybody’s bitcoin Inc., according to an announcement. The deal could happen through a...

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Visa Offers payWave In India; PayPoint Teams Up With Anywhere Sim
Visa Offers payWave In India; PayPoint Teams Up With Anywhere Sim
July 18, 2018  |  Global Payments

Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Visa’s offering of payWave in India as the country...

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India Could Relax Rules On Data With Payment Companies
India Could Relax Rules On Data With Payment Companies
July 11, 2018  |  Legal & Regulation

The Ministry of Finance in India is proposing that the government relax a directive that would require global payment firms to store the data of...

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Punjab National Bank Continues Internal Investigations Into $2B Diamond Heist Scandal
Punjab National Bank Continues Internal Investigations Into $2B Diamond Heist Scandal
April 12, 2018  |  Cross-border Payments

India’s Punjab National Bank (PNB) is conducting an internal investigation into an alleged $2 billion fraud, vowing to come down on anyone involved in the...

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