The first meeting of the National Payments Council constituted by the Reserve Bank of India under the Chairmanship of Deputy Governor, Shri S.P. Talwar to guide the design and development of a modern and efficient Payments and Settlement system for the country was held on July 22, 1999, in Mumbai. The members who attended the meeting included:1.Dr. A.Vasudevan, Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India 2.Shri A.T.Panir Selvam, Chairman, Indian Banks Association3.Shri

It has been decided in the meeting of the Standing Committee of BBCH held on November 12, 1998 to extend the area of jurisdiction of Brihanmumbai Bankers Clearing House (BBCH) further so as to include the banks/branches situated in Old Panvel and Badlapur towns with immediate effect. Accordingly, the banks/branches operating in the above areas may participate in the BBCH clearing after the completion of necessary formalities in this regard for which banks have been ad

The Reserve Bank of India has decided to extend the Electronic Clearing Service (ECS - Credit Clearing Scheme) to eight more centres, viz., Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh, Guwahati, Jaipur, Kanpur, Nagpur, Patna and Thiruvananthapuram with effect from July 1, 1998. It has also been decided to increase the limit on the transaction value under the ECS (Credit) Scheme from the present Rs. 50,000 to Rs. 1,00,000 from that date. With this, the Scheme would cover all the centres

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed monetary penalty of ₹30,50,000 (Rupees thirty lakh fifty thousand only) on Paul Merchants Finance Private Limited (the entity) for non-compliance with certain provisions of the Master Directions on Prepaid Payment Instruments (PPIs) dated August 27, 2021 (updated as on November 12, 2021). The penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI under Section 30 of the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007. This ac

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been publishing a composite Reserve Bank of India – Digital Payments Index (RBI-DPI) since January 1, 2021 with March 2018 as base to capture the extent of digitisation of payments across the country. The index for March 2023 stands at 395.57 as against 377.46 for September 2022, which was announced on January 31, 2023. The RBI-DPI index has increased across all parameters driven by significant growth in payment infrastructure and p

The Reserve Bank of India has today placed on its website the draft circular on Arrangements with Card Networks for issue of Debit, Credit and Prepaid Cards for feedback from stakeholders. Comments / Feedback, if any, may be sent by email, or by post to the Chief General Manager-in-Charge, Department of Payment and Settlement Systems, Central Office, Reserve Bank of India, 14th Floor, Central Office Building, Shahid Bhagat Singh Road, Mumbai - 400 001, on or before Au

The Reserve Bank of India has today placed on its website the draft Master Directions on Cyber Resilience and Digital Payment Security Controls for Payment System Operators for feedback from stakeholders. Comments / Feedback, if any, may be sent by email, or by post to the Chief General Manager, Department of Payment and Settlement Systems, Central Office, Reserve Bank of India, 14th Floor, Central Office Building, Shahid Bhagat Singh Road, Mumbai - 400 001, on or bef

The Governor, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today launched the Mission ‘Har Payment Digital’ on the occasion of the Digital Payments Awareness Week (DPAW) 2023. This is part of RBI’s endeavour to make every person in India a user of digital payments. DPAW 2023 will be observed from March 6 to 12, 2023. The campaign theme is “Digital Payment Apnao, Auron ko bhi Sikhao” (Adopt digital payments and Also teach others). Digital payments offer benefits of speed, convenience,

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed monetary penalty of ₹3,06,66,000/- (Rupees three crore six lakh sixty six thousand only) on Amazon Pay (India) Private Limited (the entity) for non-compliance with certain provisions of the Master Directions on Prepaid Payment Instruments (PPIs) dated August 27, 2021 (as updated from time to time) and the Master Direction – Know Your Customer (KYC) Direction, 2016 dated February 25, 2016 (as updated from time to time). The p

Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi and Hon’ble Prime Minister of Singapore, Mr. Lee Hsien Loong today witnessed the launch of cross-border linkage between India and Singapore using their respective Fast Payment Systems, viz. Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and PayNow. The facility was launched through token transactions by Reserve Bank Governor, Shri Shaktikanta Das and Managing Director of Monetary Authority of Singapore, Mr. Ravi Menon using the UP