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legal risk, cyber risk and the impact artificial intelligence and machine learning (AIML) will have on the banking system as these new technologies take shape for a larger role in public like Reserve Bank of India (RBI) deputy governor T Rabi Sankar said. Sankar who oversees the department of fintech, currency management and department of payment and settlement systems at the RBI among others said banks as risk managers have to be aware of the changes AIML will bring even as they figure out the implementation of these technologies in day to day operations. He suggested that it would be better if the training of people and upgrade of systems can be co-ordinated between banks by industry bodies like the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) because the nature of AIML technology is very different from before.

Mumbai: Reserve Bank of India governor Shaktikanta Das on Wednesday asked fintech players to set up a self-regulatory organization within a year. Speaking at the Global Fintech Fest, Das said fintech companies need an effective self-regulatory structure. “They (fintech companies) need to evolve industry best practices, privacy and data protection norms in sync with the laws of the land, set standards to avoid mis-selling, promote ethical business practices, transparency of pricing, etc.

Indian multinational conglomerate Reliance’s financial services arm – Jio Financial Services (JFS) – is tapping blockchain tech and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) for its offerings.

e-rupee payments goal, the Reserve Bank is seeking to drive daily CBDC transactions to 10 lakh from up to 10,000 by the year-end, ToI reported on July 12. This the central bank intends to do by using UPI QR codes. The RBI had launched the e-rupee for retail transactions on a pilot basis on December 1, 2022.

Reserve Bank is looking at coming out with a regulation for fintech players, Deputy Governor T Rabi Sankar said on Friday. "RBI is closely watching the evolving space of fintech...there are no fintech regulations right now.

RBI) is working on regulations that will be more «developmental» for financial technology, or fintech, companies, a deputy governor of the central bank said on Friday. «We are working on regulations (that) would be specific to fintech entities and the fintech ecosystem,» T Rabi Sankar said at an event in Bengaluru.

currency swap and trade agreements, easing of rules for foreign portfolio investments in government bonds and permitting rupee accounts outside India could boost acceptance of the local currency for cross-border trade as India seeks broader overseas acceptance for its money. «Sufficient incentives are not present for the settlement of trade transactions in INR… there is a need for a review of the extant FEMA provisions as well as for extending incentives for international trade settlements in INR,» an inter-departmental group of the central bank said in a report.

The Indian government doesn’t want to rush its central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot despite joining the CBDC race just a few months ago.

Major cryptocurrencies traded in the red early on December 10 as the global crypto market cap decreased 0.65 percent to $854.00 billion, over the last day. The total crypto market volume over the last 24 hours is $34.13 billion, which makes a 9.32 percent decrease.

Initiatives to gather data on crypto need to be undertaken quickly before any regulations are formed so that "wrong set of prescriptions" are not issued, a top Indian central banker has said.

Transactions via central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) would remain anonymous "to a certain degree", a top official at the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Wednesday, adding that technology and legal provisions can be explored to ensure that anonymity.

Anantha Nageswaran on Thursday said cryptocurrencies are akin to 'a world of Caribbean pirates' in the absence of a centralised regulatory authority and is yet to pass the test of a fiat currency. He said that the government is pursuing a 'high-wire balancing act' to ensure that the gains in growth, inflation, rupee stability of the last four years are not frittered away. He said the recent development in Terra-Luna cryptocurrency, which witnessed a massive meltdown last month, is a 'very important cautionary tale'.

crypto currencies are yet to pass the test to become fiat currency and the lack of regulation it is akin to a world of Caribbean pirates underlining necessary caution in regard to some of these fintech based disruption. «The more decentralised they become and the absence of a watchdog or a centralised regulatory authority also means that there is a world of Caribbean pirates or a world of 'winner takes it all' in terms of being able to really take it all from somebody else. Also, the recent developments with respect to Luna, Terra are definitely very important cautionary tales that we need to keep in mind,» he said. «I would be somewhat guarded in my welcome of some of these fintech-based disruptions like DeFI or decentralised finance and crypto etc,» Nageswaran said at an Assocham event.

Chief economic adviser has said cryptocurrencies are yet pass muster as fiat currency

Chief economic adviser has said cryptocurrencies are yet pass muster as fiat currency

In discussion with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), T Rabi Sankar, the deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), reflected an anti-crypto stance as he spoke about India’s potential to disrupt the crypto and blockchain ecosystem. 

All major tokens were trading higher on Friday. Bitcoin posted decent gains, whereas Ethereum was marginally up. Solana, Cardano, Tron and Avalanche zoomed 4 per cent each. XRP and Polkadot gained 3 per cent each. The global cryptocurrency market cap was trading higher at the $1.26 trillion mark, rising about 2 per cent in the last 24 hours. However, the total cryptocurrency trading volume plunged about 29 per cent to $69.04 billion.

Barring the US dollar-pegged stablecoin, USD Coin, all other major crypto were up during early hours. Solana and Avalanche rallied 7 per cent each, whereas Dogecoin and BNB advanced 4 per cent each. The global cryptocurrency market cap dwindled to $2.02 trillion mark, advancing more than 2 per cent in the last 24 hours. However, total cryptocurrency trading volume dropped sharply as much as 32 per cent to $82.83 billion.

In a little more than a year, discussions on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) have moved from the fringe to the mainstream. In India, legal enablers for a digital currency have been put in place via the Finance Bill, 2022. All eyes are now on the Reserve Bank of India.

India should ban cryptocurrencies as they are related to Ponzi schemes or worse and they pose a threat to financial and macroeconomic stability, a deputy governor at the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said.

crypto community, in reaction to central bank governor Shaktikanta Das' statement that private cryptocurrencies are a big threat to India's financial and macroeconomic stability, has said crypto assets could help unlock the country's innovation, job-creation and economic potential. Also, the exchanges said they praised the stance of the central bank and the government that customer protection is a priority. «The good thing is that the government and regulators have been very consultative in their approach to the industry, and there is broad understanding that customer protection is of utmost importance. It is encouraging to see India thinking progressively about crypto at par with global counterparts like the US, Dubai, and Singapore,» said Ashish Singhal, founder and CEO, CoinSwitch.