Thomas Cook launches India’s first Rupay prepaid forex card
The Worldwide travel agency cum Forex Services Company Thomas Cook (India) Ltd (TCIL) and the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) have launched India’s first RuPay prepaid forex card for Indians travelling to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The omnichannel travel company TCIL is offering a broad spectrum of services including foreign exchange, corporate travel,…
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Shortly all banks will issue mobility-enabled cards with NFC functions.
As per a news item in the Economic Times of India, the government has asked banks to ensure that all new cards and reissues of old cards have the National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) as a default option with contactless or near-field function facilities. National Common Mobility Card is an inter-operable transport card conceived by…
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RBI directs new guidelines to card issuers and card networks
The Reserve Bank of India has today placed on its website the draft circular on Arrangements with Card Networks for the issue of Debit, Credit, and Prepaid Cards for feedback if any from stakeholders on or before August 4, 2023. The central bank on a review observed that arrangements existing between card networks and card…
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NPCI clarifies who will pay fees on UPI wallet transactions from April 1
In a statement issued on Wednesday, NPCI said that as per recent regulatory guidelines, PPI wallets have been permitted to be part of the interoperable UPI ecosystem. As per the circular issued on March 24, the changes of the 1.1% fee on UPI wallet transactions above Rs 2,000 will come into effect from April 1,…
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What is new in revised locker rent agreements?
Reserve Bank of India, taking into consideration the various developments in the area of banking and technology, the nature of consumer grievances, and other stakeholders, has reviewed the guidelines/instructions issued on locker rent agreements and issued a circular on August 18, 2021, in this regard. ‘The review also took into account, the principles enumerated by…
RBI enhances the scope of tokenisation of cards
RBI on Tuesday extended the device-based tokenisation to card-on-file tokenisation (CoFT) services, a move that will bar the merchants from storing actual card data. Tokenisation is a process by which actual card details mask sensitive card details of your debit/credit / prepaid card with an alternate code. This process by which the primary details of…
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