India Posts Payments Bank to offer financial services via third parties
India Posts Payments Bank (IPPB) will partner with Punjab National Bank (PNB) to sell loans, Bajaj Allianz to offer insurance services and is in talks …
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Amazon India’s UPI payments service launch hampered by data norms
Amazon India’s plan to launch its own Unified Payments Interface (UPI)-based payments service has been hampered owing to RBI's concerns regarding the s…
Govt asks WhatsApp to focus on curbing fake news, not payments: Report
The Indian government wants WhatsApp to prioritize on curbing fake news on its platform, over the plans to launch its payments services in the country,…
Paytm wants govt to implement local payment data storage norms
In a move that will likely irk all international payment firms operating in India, Paytm wants the central government to push for storage of payment sy…
RBI DG Kanungo says central bank favours competition in digital payment space
We missed this earlier. B.P. Kanungo, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India, said that the central bank favoured competition and innovation in ever…
Reports: Srikrishna Committee upset at TRAI report timing; DoT to accept relevant portions
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) will only take up those segments of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) recommendations on data o…
India’s 4G penetration at 21% in Q1 2018, behind other nations in the region: GSMA
The fourth-generation (4G) penetration in India, at 21% in the first quarter of 2018, is significantly behind the average seen in other Asian Pacific c…
Govt now says Aadhaar not mandatory for NHPS, after saying it is
Just a day after the centre said that Aadhaar will be mandatory to avail of the National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS), the government has reversed i…
Update: Monster.com claims to be ‘fully compliant’ on charges of selling users data
A trial court has ordered a probe against online jobs portal Monster.com for allegedly selling users’ data to third party, reports ET. According to the…
Netflix weighs in on net neutrality in India, after softening role in US
After stepping down from their prominent role in the net neutrality debate in the US, Netflix cautiously entered the dialogue in India yesterday, b…
Mozilla to TRAI: “toll free API and rewards-based incentives model threaten the open Internet”
The Mozilla Foundation said in its submission that the models proposed by the Indian telecom regulator’s to giving cheap Internet may undermine its…
MediaNama’s submission to TRAI on Free Data and Net Neutrality
In case you missed it, the battle for Net Neutrality in India isn't over yet. The TRAI has multiple processes in place, which collectively cover th…