Finance Ministry’s FinTech report recommended that the RBI should make transaction and account history data of users available to fintech companies, after getting “consumer consent” and with “other appropriate safeguards”. It also said that all financial regulators should study the potential of open data access to enhance competition in financial services. RBI should also make it mandatory for public sector banks to share databases of rejected credit applications with financial service companies. The report said that access to this database “would be especially helpful to alternate lenders”. Use APIs for effective data sharing Better fintech solutions can be built if data is available, "with guarding against misuses of the data", the report said. Suggesting the use of APIs (Application Programming Interface) the report said that, 4,015 APIs have already been created on the government’s Open Data portal. API is a software interface that allows software programs to communicate with each other. APIs can also be used to share real-time information on corporate direct tax and GST payments with both corporations and the government, eliminating the need to maintain separate accounts for tax purposes, the report suggested. Creation of India MSME Stack: a unified database of all MSMEs It said that an India MSME Stack can be built, where data on MSMEs can be pulled through APIs to facilitate trade financing, flow-based lending, insurance and bill factoring. It will essentially act as a unified database of all MSMEs, and have facilities like: Expansion of DigiLocker to include small companies to enable cloud…
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RBI should give FinTech firms access to transaction and account history data: Finance Ministry’s FinTech report
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