Payment and Settlement Systems

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has today issued Reserve Bank of India (Regulation of Payment Aggregators) Directions, 2025. RBI had issued draft directions on regulation of Payment Aggregators on April 16, 2024, for stakeholder comments. The draft directions proposed a framework for regulation of Payment Aggregators (PAs) that handle proximity / face-to-face payments. It also proposed certain changes to the extant directions to PAs. As part of the stakeholder consultation exercise, inputs were received from PAs, banks, other payment system providers, industry associations, law firms, individuals, etc. The inputs received were examined and suitably incorporated in the Directions.