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Wise Resumes Signing Customers in India to Tap $32 Billion Remittance Market
Wise Resumes Signing Customers in India to Tap $32 Billion Remittance Market
August 12, 2024  |  Cross Border Commerce

Money transfer firm Wise is reportedly hoping to tap India’s $32 billion remittance market. To that end, Wise plans to begin signing up new customers in the world’s most...

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Report: Amazon Pay and Google Pay Among Firms to Offer Digital Rupee Transactions
Report: Amazon Pay and Google Pay Among Firms to Offer Digital Rupee Transactions
August 05, 2024  |  Digital Payments

The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) offer to allow payment firms to enable eRupee transactions via their platforms has reportedly been taken up by five such...

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RBI: Online Payment Fraud in India Surges 400% in a Year
RBI: Online Payment Fraud in India Surges 400% in a Year
May 30, 2024  |  Security & Fraud

According to a new report from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), digital payments fraud in the country grew 14.57 billion rupees ($175 million) in...

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PayU Receives RBI Authorization to Operate as Payments Aggregator
PayU Receives RBI Authorization to Operate as Payments Aggregator
April 23, 2024  |  Aggregators

PayU has received in-principle authorization from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to operate as a payments aggregator. With this approval, the digital financial services provider can...

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RBI Aims to Help Establish New Banking Relationships for Paytm
RBI Aims to Help Establish New Banking Relationships for Paytm
February 23, 2024  |  International

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) asked the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to consider One97 Communications’ request to become a Third-Party Application Provider...

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Raiffeisen Bank International Discloses Investigation by Austrian Financial Regulator FMA
Raiffeisen Bank International Discloses Investigation by Austrian Financial Regulator FMA
February 22, 2024  |  AML

Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) disclosed Thursday (Feb. 22) that it is being investigated by Austria’s financial regulator, FMA, over alleged anti-money laundering (AML) failures. The bank said...

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India Cracks Down on ‘Sketchy’ FinTech KYC Rules
India Cracks Down on ‘Sketchy’ FinTech KYC Rules
February 22, 2024  |  Regulation

India’s banking regulator has made some high-profile enforcement moves in recent weeks. Last month, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) ordered Paytm Payments Bank to...

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Report: Paytm Verges on Regulatory Victory Amid Larger Troubles
Report: Paytm Verges on Regulatory Victory Amid Larger Troubles
February 11, 2024  |  Regulation

Paytm is reportedly set for a small regulatory win while facing bigger government headaches. The government of the FinTech’s home country of India is on the...

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Report: Paytm Rebuts Money Laundering Claims Amid RBI Probe
Report: Paytm Rebuts Money Laundering Claims Amid RBI Probe
February 04, 2024  |  Bank Regulation

India’s banking regulator has reportedly found thousands of Paytm Payments Bank accounts created without proper identification. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has turned this information...

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