India

More entities will become eligible to tap credit information disseminated by CICs, which observers say will benefit digital lenders and neobanks.

Anchor investors can only sell 50 percent of their allocated shares after 30 days. The remaining portion has a 90-day lock-in period.

The market-making scheme will ensure quotes are available to retail investors using the RBI Retail Direct Scheme to buy and sell G-secs.

SBI, ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank continue to be identified as D-SIBs, under the same bucketing structure as in the 2020 list.

Offline digital payments are expected to benefit areas with weak internet or telecom connectivity, particularly semi-urban and rural areas.

The rules pave the way for new gold exchanges to be established in India, which will enhance the transparency of domestic spot price discovery.

Initially, real-time remittances from Thailand to India will be enabled via DeeMoney, a Thailand-based money transfer operator and partner of IndusInd Bank.

SEBI has clarified that the fees charged to accredited investors will not be subject to caps specified in existing guidelines for investment advisors and portfolio managers.

The new committee will issue recommendations on existing technology projects and propose new suptech and regtech tools to improve SEBI's capabilities.

Listed companies that voluntarily choose to be part of 'NSE Prime' will need to comply with higher corporate governance standards and disclosure requirements.