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    Securities / Derivatives

    NSE India Granted Approval for Crude Oil, NatGas Options

    By Editors | 12/09/2023

    NSE India already launched rupee-denominated WTI crude oil and natural gas futures contracts in May 2023. The new options contracts will launch on 23 October.

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    India’s Crypto Market Booms Despite Regulatory Challenges – Chainalysis

    By Jill Wong | 12/09/2023

    The global crypto adoption index seeks to rank markets based on the people’s share of wealth put into cryptocurrencies.

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    G20 Endorses Crypto Regulatory Roadmap, India Unlikely to Impose Ban

    By Manesh Samtani | 12/09/2023

    The G20 finance ministers and central bank governors will meet again next month to take the IMF-FSB crypto regulatory roadmap forward.

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    Capital / Liquidity

    RBI Announces Decision to Discontinue I-CRR Requirement

    By Editors | 11/09/2023

    25% of the I-CRR was released on Saturday. Another 25 percent will be released on 23 September. The remaining 50 percent will be released on 7 October.

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    Fintech / Regtech

    RBI Governor Launches New Features on UPI System

    By Editors | 08/09/2023

    The new features include voice-enabled payments, offline transfers, and NFC-enabled QR code payments.

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    RBI Seeking to Develop More Use Cases for CBDC

    By Editors | 07/09/2023

    The RBI plans to start allowing the use of CBDC in the call money market, which is used for short-term interbank borrowing.

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    SEBI Asks AIF Industry to Develop Governance Code

    By Mark Johnston | 07/09/2023

    The code would aim to address issues such as conflicted transactions, disclosure standards, valuation practices, and interpretation of regulations.

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    Fintech / Regtech

    SEBI Developing AI Tool to Detect Fund Mis-selling

    By Editors | 07/09/2023

    The AI tool will be able to detect misselling that may go unnoticed using “rule-based supervision”, said SEBI chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch.

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    Market Infrastructure

    RBI, ESMA Close to Resolving Stand-Off Over CCPs – Report

    By Manesh Samtani | 07/09/2023

    Discussions regarding MoUs between the RBI and ESMA are reported to be progressing more smoothly and regularly.

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    Fintech / Regtech

    RBI Calls on Fintech Industry to Establish Self-Regulatory Body

    By Editors | 07/09/2023

    The RBI’s Shaktikanta Das and T Rabi Sankar said an SRO would be the best way to regulate the fintech industry and establish best practice standards.

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