India

Cryptocurrency

Coinbase Reopens India Onboarding After Two-Year Pause

By Nithya Subramanian | 10/12/2025

Following its registration with FIU-IND, Coinbase is rebuilding its India operations and planning a phased launch of rupee on-ramps in 2026.

Conduct, Culture & Accountability

SEBI Launches PaRRVA Framework to Verify Performance Claims, Tackle Finfluencers

By Nithya Subramanian | 09/12/2025

The new SEBI-backed verification agency aims to curb misleading claims from finfluencers and provide investors with independently verified performance data.

Trading & Investment

RBI Unveils New Rupee Interest Rate Derivatives Framework

By Nithya Subramanian | 09/12/2025

RBI issues a unified rulebook allowing broader resident and non-resident participation to deepen market liquidity and internationalise the rupee.

Structural Regulation

RBI Issues Final Rules to Ringfence Banks’ Core Activities

By Nithya Subramanian | 09/12/2025

The rules tighten how banks and financial groups undertake non-core activities, setting clearer boundaries, stricter investment limits, and more harmonised oversight across entities.

Trading & Investment

SEBI Mulls Tighter Derivatives Trading Norms to Limit Retail Participation

By Nithya Subramanian | 09/12/2025

SEBI is examining whether to introduce investor suitability criteria for derivatives trading, including rules tied to a trader’s equity market exposure.

Structural Regulation

SEBI Proposes Consolidation of FPI Rules to Streamline Foreign Investment

By Nithya Subramanian | 09/12/2025

The consultation proposes consolidated rules for FPIs and Designated Depository Participants to simplify compliance and improve regulatory clarity.

Market Abuse

SEBI Bans Finfluencer for Providing Advisory Services without Registration

By Nithya Subramanian | 09/12/2025

SEBI’s interim order alleges that a so-called trading academy operated by a finfluencer offered unregistered trading advice to thousands of retail investors.

Credit Risk

RBI Amends Regulatory Framework for Gold Metal Loans

By Nithya Subramanian | 08/12/2025

The revised gold loan framework formalises definitions, prudential norms, repayment rules, and reporting standards for Gold Metal Loans, effective 1 April 2026.

KYC & CDD

RBI Standardises Framework for Basic Bank Accounts Across Industry

By Nithya Subramanian | 08/12/2025

The central bank has unified BSBD account norms nationwide, expanding free services and updating digital and KYC requirements across every class of bank.