Reserve Bank is organising its first global hackathon – “HARBINGER 2021 – Innovation for Transformation” with the theme ‘Smarter Digital Payments’. The Hackathon invites participants to identify and develop solutions that have the potential to make digital payments accessible to the under-served, enhance the ease of payments and user experience, while strengthening the security of digital payments and promoting customer protection. HARBINGER 2021 invites innovative id

The Reserve Bank has undertaken various initiatives to realise India’s vision on payment systems by fostering an ecosystem that enables safe, quick and affordable digital payments. In this context, one of the challenges has been to minimise instances of financial frauds, which not only lead to apprehension among new users in adoption of digital payments but also make it difficult for the banks to retain customers who experience such frauds. There is also a lag between

The Reserve Bank had announced the theme for the Third Cohort under the Regulatory Sandbox (RS) as ‘MSME Lending’ vide Press Release dated December 16, 2020. It now announces opening of application window for the Third Cohort to eligible entities. 2. The application for the Third Cohort may be submitted from October 01, 2021 to November 14, 2021. A scanned copy of the application, together with enclosures (maximum size 10 MB), may be forwarded through email. (Yogesh D

The Reserve Bank had announced opening of the Second Cohort under Regulatory Sandbox vide Press release dated December 16, 2020 for Cross Border Payments. The Reserve Bank received 27 applications from 26 entities of which eight entities have been selected for the ‘Test Phase’. The entities, as per details below, shall commence testing of their products from the third week of September 2021. Sr. No. Sandbox Entity Description 1 Book My Forex Private Limited The produc

In the First Cohort under the Regulatory Sandbox with ‘Retail Payments’ as its theme, six entities commenced testing of their products which was communicated vide Press Release dated November 17 and December 24, 2020. 2. The following six entities have completed the ‘Test Phase’. Sl. No. Name of the Sandbox Entity Description of the product (i) Nucleus Software Exports Ltd. (PaySe) PaySe is an offline digital cash product which proposes to help in digitisation of paym

Under the first cohort of Regulatory Sandbox (RS), two entities commenced testing of their products from November 16, 2020, which was communicated vide Press Release dated November 17, 2020. Remaining four entities selected for the ‘Test Phase’, have started testing of their products as per details below: Sr. No. Sandbox Entity Description 1 Tap Smart Data Information Services Private Ltd. (CityCash) Mumbai The product is a set of Near-Field Communication (NFC) based

Post announcement of commencement of Test Phase under the First Cohort on Retail Payments vide Press Release dated November 17, 2020, the Reserve Bank now announces opening of Second Cohort under the Regulatory Sandbox (RS) with ‘Cross Border Payments,’ as its theme. 2. India is the largest recipient of inbound remittances across the globe accounting for 15% of global share; in the year 2019, India received $83 bn and in the first half year of 2020, has received $27.4

The Reserve Bank had announced opening of the first cohort under Regulatory Sandbox vide Press release dated November 04, 2019. The Reserve Bank received applications from 32 entities of which six have been selected for the ‘Test Phase’. The commencement of testing was delayed on account of the present COVID-19 situation. Two entities, as per details below, have started testing of their products from November 16, 2020. The remaining four are expected to start the test

The Reserve Bank in its Monetary Policy Statement on Development and Regulatory Policies dated August 06, 2020, had announced that the Bank will set up Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH) to promote innovation across the financial sector by leveraging on technology and creating an environment which would facilitate and foster innovation. RBIH would be guided and managed by a Governing Council (GC) led by a Chairperson. The Reserve Bank has appointed Shri Senapathy (Kri

The Reserve Bank announces the opening of first cohort under the Regulatory Sandbox. The Reserve Bank announces the opening of first cohort under the Regulatory Sandbox (RS) with ‘Retail Payments’, as its theme. The adoption of ‘Retail Payments’ as the theme is expected to spur innovation in digital payments space and help in offering payment services to the unserved and underserved segment of the population. Migration to digital modes of making a payment can obviate