INDIA

Fintech / Regtech

RBI Grants Cross-border Payment Aggregation IPAs to Platforms

By Nithya Subramanian | 04/06/2025

The approvals for PayPal, Worldline and Wise are aimed at strengthening India’s outbound payments infrastructure and supporting exporters.

Capital / Liquidity

RBI Plans to Introduce Interest Rate Rules for NBFCs

By Nithya Subramanian | 04/06/2025

The RBI will align the rules for NBFCs with those for banks to ensure consistency in rate-setting practices.

Securities / Derivatives

SEBI Automates Pledge Invocation Process to Ease Broker Burden

By Nithya Subramanian | 04/06/2025

SEBI is overhauling the margin pledge process to automate the invocation and sale of client securities, to ensure faster realisation of funds.

Capital / Liquidity

RBI Signals Greater Openness to Foreign Ownership in Indian Banks

By Nithya Subramanian | 04/06/2025

The RBI is reportedly considering permitting foreign financial institutions to acquire larger stakes in Indian banks.

Sanctions

US Authorities Probing Adani Group for Iran Sanctions Violations – Report

By Manesh Samtani | 04/06/2025

The Adani Group called the allegations “baseless and mischievous”. Meanwhile, US agencies have reportedly been instructed to pause sanctions activity targeting Iran.

Fintech / Regtech

RBI Outlines Focus Areas for 2025-26 in New Annual Report

By Manesh Samtani | 03/06/2025

The RBI’s latest annual report emphasises a focus on digital payments, fraud prevention, cyber resilience, and customer protection.

Enforcement

SEBI Cracks Down on Bollywood ‘Pump and Dump’ Scam

By Nithya Subramanian | 02/06/2025

SEBI barred a Bollywood actor and several others from the securities market for manipulating shares using misleading YouTube videos and other techniques.

Capital / Liquidity

India’s FinMin Urges RBI to Rethink Gold Loan Guidelines

By Nithya Subramanian | 02/06/2025

The Ministry of Finance has also proposed delaying the implementation to ensure that banks and NBFCs have the requisite systems in place.

Enforcement

SEBI Fines MCX for Late Disclosure of Technology Expenditure

By Editors | 01/06/2025

MCX paid significantly higher costs than anticipated to implement a new trading platform, but didn’t disclose the amounts paid in a timely manner.