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    Fintech / Regtech

    India: Ransomware Attack Disrupts Services at Nearly 300 Banks

    By Ajoy K Das | 01/08/2024

    The attack affected C-Edge Technologies, a TCS and SBI joint venture that provides technology services to small banks across India.

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    Capital / Liquidity

    RBI Directs UCBs to Discontinue “Dividend Equalisation Funds”

    By Ajoy K Das | 01/08/2024

    UCBs have been accumulating profits from previous years in dedicated funds to use for future dividend payments.

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    Fintech / Regtech

    RBI Issues New Anti-Fraud Rules for Non-bank Payment Systems

    By Ajoy K Das | 01/08/2024

    The new master direction includes requirements to establish real-time fraud monitoring solutions and multi-factor authentication for all payment transactions.

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    Securities / Derivatives

    RBI Revokes FPI Access to 14yr and 30yr Government Bonds

    By Ajoy K Das | 01/08/2024

    The RBI is trying to boost liquidity in shorter-term government bonds by restricting foreign investors’ access to longer-dated bonds.

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    Capital / Liquidity

    RBI Issues Directions on Treatment of Wilful Defaulters

    By Ajoy K Das | 31/07/2024

    The RBI has introduced stringent measures for wilful defaulters, including a ban on credit facilities and restructuring, based on a transparent classification process.

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    India to Issue Policy Paper on Crypto ‘Before September’

    By Ajoy K Das | 30/07/2024

    The paper will include proposals on the scope of cryptocurrency regulations, based on the IMF-FSB roadmap adopted by the G20 last year.

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    Capital / Liquidity

    RBI Issues PCA Framework for Urban Cooperative Banks

    By Ajoy K Das | 29/07/2024

    Like commercial banks and NBFCs, UCBs will be required to take certain actions if they breach risk thresholds relating to capital, asset quality, and profitability.

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    Fintech / Regtech

    RBI Fines Visa and Two Other Payment System Operators

    By Ajoy K Das | 29/07/2024

    Visa was penalised for implementing a payment authentication solution without obtaining regulatory clearance from the RBI.

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    Securities / Derivatives

    Most Individual Investors Lose Money on Intraday Trading: SEBI Study

    By Ajoy K Das | 26/07/2024

    Over 70 percent of individual investors engaging in intraday stock trading experienced losses during 2022-23, SEBI found in a new study.

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    Capital / Liquidity

    RBI Issues Draft Revisions to Liquidity Rules for Banks

    By Ajoy K Das | 26/07/2024

    Banks will have to assign an additional run-off factor for retail deposits enabled with internet and mobile banking facilities.

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