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RBI Governor Says Permanent Deletion of Transactions Would Make CBDCs Like Cash Notes
- Tuesday May 7, 2024
- Written by Radhika Parashar, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
RBI governor Shaktikanta Das disclosed some more intricacies about the eRupee. Speaking at the BIS Innovation Summit 2024, in Basel, Switzerland, Das has said that India’s CBDC would offer the same privacy for transactions that cash notes offer.
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RBI Proposes Support for CBDC Distribution via Non-Bank Payment Operators
- Friday April 5, 2024
- Written by Radhika Parashar, Edited by David Delima
The RBI has decided to expand ways to distribute the CBDC within the retail ecosystem. Until now, India's CBDC distribution was being tested by banks that are part of its trials but soon third-party payment operators like Google Pay and PhonePe will also be able to distribute the CBDC.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Canara Bank Rolls Out CBDC App Interoperable With UPI, Users Highlight Issues
- Tuesday August 22, 2023
- Written by Radhika Parashar, Edited by Manas Mitul
Canara Bank has launched an app to process eRupee payments between select customers and retailers. The launch of this app this week, makes Canara Bank the first mainstream Indian lender to have created a special platform to initiate CBDC payments as India marches forward with its eRupee trials.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Reserve Bank of India Calls on More Lenders to Take Part in Pilot for Retail Digital Rupee: Report
- Wednesday July 12, 2023
- Reuters
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has called on a wider set of lenders to take part in pilot programmes using the central bank digital currency (CBDC) as it tries to increase transactions, three bankers told Reuters on Wednesday. Currently, large state-owned and private lenders, including State Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Ko...
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www.gadgets360.com
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RBI's CBDC Can Now Be Accepted at Reliance General Insurance Through Yes Bank
- Thursday April 27, 2023
- Press Trust of India
Reliance General Insurance on Wednesday said it has become a forerunner general insurance company in the country to accept the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Central Bank Digital Currency e-Rupee for premium payments. The company has tied up with Yes Bank to facilitate the collection of premiums in the digital mode using the bank's e-Rupee platfor...
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www.gadgets360.com
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E-Rupee Worth Over Rs. 130 Crore in Circulation, Says FM Nirmala Sitharaman
- Tuesday March 14, 2023
- Press Trust of India
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday that Digital or e-rupee worth over Rs 130 crore was in circulation on a pilot basis as of February 28. "As on February 28, 2023, the total digital rupee - Retail (e₹-R) and digital rupee - wholesale (e₹-W) in circulation is Rs 4.14 crore and Rs 126.27 crore, respectively," Sitharaman said in a ...
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Reliance Retail to Accept Digital Rupee CBDC for Payments in Mumbai Amid India’s Silence on Crypto
- Thursday February 2, 2023
- Written by Radhika Parashar, Edited by Richa Sharma
Reliance Retail is set to accept India’s CBDC as a mode of payment in order to test its use-cases as well as drive its adoption. The development was confirmed by V Subramaniam, the Managing Director of Reliance Retail. Built on the distributed ledger system of blockchain, the CBDC is a digital representation of India’s fiat currency.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Digital Rupee Pilot Has Blockchain Components, Features Of Physical Cash: Government
- Tuesday December 13, 2022
- Business | Reported by Aprameya Rao, Edited by Rahul Karunakar
Central Bank Digital Currency pilot in the retail segment has components backed by blockchain technology and has several common features with physical cash, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary told the Lok Sabha on Monday.
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www.ndtv.com/business
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Digital Rupee Trial Begins; Exponential Growth in UPI Payments Backs Optimism on India’s CBDC Pilot: Experts
- Thursday December 1, 2022
- Written by Radhika Parashar, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
India’s digital rupee CBDC went into retail trials on Thursday, December 1. The State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, Yes Bank, and IDFC First bank are the lenders that are participating in these trials, and upon completion, will testify if the CBDC is efficient and robust to use for day-to-day purchases.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Retail Digital Rupee Pilot Set To Launch Today. Read Details Here
- Thursday December 1, 2022
- Business | Reported by Sreekumaran Nettath, Edited by Boris Pradhan
The retail digital rupee makes its debut today. As the four banks selected by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) gear up for the pilot launch of the digital rupee, here are 10 important points that you need to know about the digital currency
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www.ndtv.com/business
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RBI’s First Pilot for Retail Digital Rupee to Go Live on December 1, Will Work in Select Locations
- Tuesday November 29, 2022
- Written by Radhika Parashar, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
The RBI will begin testing the digital rupee CBDC for retail uses starting December 1. The announcement was made by the RBI on Tuesday, November 29. As part of the trials, the CBDC will be given to the testers in a digital wallet, backed by national banks participating in these trials.
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www.gadgets360.com
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RBI Set To Launch Retail Digital Rupee Pilot: 10 Points
- Tuesday November 29, 2022
- Business | Reported by Sreekumaran Nettath, Edited by Boris Pradhan
Users can carry out transactions through digital wallets; only those digital wallets offered by banks participating in the RBI's digital currency drive can transact in retail digital rupee.
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www.ndtv.com/business
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RBI To Launch Retail Digital Rupee On December 1 On Pilot Basis
- Thursday December 1, 2022
- Business | Reported by Sreekumaran Nettath, Edited by Boris Pradhan
Retail digital rupee transactions can be carried out through a digital wallet on mobile phones and other devices.
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www.ndtv.com/business
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Several Banks Participate In First Pilot Run Of RBI's Digital Rupee
- Wednesday November 2, 2022
- Business | Press Trust of India
On Monday, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) also announced that the first pilot in Digital Rupee - Retail segment is planned for launch within a month in select locations in closed user groups.
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www.ndtv.com/business
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You Can Buy Gold Online For 1 Rupee, But Here's A Catch
- Tuesday December 18, 2018
- Business | Swansy Afonso, Bloomberg
Retailers are offering online sales of gold in bite-sized portions to prop up shrinking demand in the world's second-biggest consumer. Demand for gold is falling, partly as a result of government measures, higher local prices and the metal's fading appeal among more youthful customers. "A lot of people have been buying at one rupee," according to G...
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www.ndtv.com/business
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RBI Governor Says Permanent Deletion of Transactions Would Make CBDCs Like Cash Notes
- Tuesday May 7, 2024
- Written by Radhika Parashar, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
RBI governor Shaktikanta Das disclosed some more intricacies about the eRupee. Speaking at the BIS Innovation Summit 2024, in Basel, Switzerland, Das has said that India’s CBDC would offer the same privacy for transactions that cash notes offer.
-
www.gadgets360.com
-
RBI Proposes Support for CBDC Distribution via Non-Bank Payment Operators
- Friday April 5, 2024
- Written by Radhika Parashar, Edited by David Delima
The RBI has decided to expand ways to distribute the CBDC within the retail ecosystem. Until now, India's CBDC distribution was being tested by banks that are part of its trials but soon third-party payment operators like Google Pay and PhonePe will also be able to distribute the CBDC.
-
www.gadgets360.com
-
Canara Bank Rolls Out CBDC App Interoperable With UPI, Users Highlight Issues
- Tuesday August 22, 2023
- Written by Radhika Parashar, Edited by Manas Mitul
Canara Bank has launched an app to process eRupee payments between select customers and retailers. The launch of this app this week, makes Canara Bank the first mainstream Indian lender to have created a special platform to initiate CBDC payments as India marches forward with its eRupee trials.
-
www.gadgets360.com
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Reserve Bank of India Calls on More Lenders to Take Part in Pilot for Retail Digital Rupee: Report
- Wednesday July 12, 2023
- Reuters
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has called on a wider set of lenders to take part in pilot programmes using the central bank digital currency (CBDC) as it tries to increase transactions, three bankers told Reuters on Wednesday. Currently, large state-owned and private lenders, including State Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Ko...
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www.gadgets360.com
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RBI's CBDC Can Now Be Accepted at Reliance General Insurance Through Yes Bank
- Thursday April 27, 2023
- Press Trust of India
Reliance General Insurance on Wednesday said it has become a forerunner general insurance company in the country to accept the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Central Bank Digital Currency e-Rupee for premium payments. The company has tied up with Yes Bank to facilitate the collection of premiums in the digital mode using the bank's e-Rupee platfor...
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www.gadgets360.com
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E-Rupee Worth Over Rs. 130 Crore in Circulation, Says FM Nirmala Sitharaman
- Tuesday March 14, 2023
- Press Trust of India
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday that Digital or e-rupee worth over Rs 130 crore was in circulation on a pilot basis as of February 28. "As on February 28, 2023, the total digital rupee - Retail (e₹-R) and digital rupee - wholesale (e₹-W) in circulation is Rs 4.14 crore and Rs 126.27 crore, respectively," Sitharaman said in a ...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Reliance Retail to Accept Digital Rupee CBDC for Payments in Mumbai Amid India’s Silence on Crypto
- Thursday February 2, 2023
- Written by Radhika Parashar, Edited by Richa Sharma
Reliance Retail is set to accept India’s CBDC as a mode of payment in order to test its use-cases as well as drive its adoption. The development was confirmed by V Subramaniam, the Managing Director of Reliance Retail. Built on the distributed ledger system of blockchain, the CBDC is a digital representation of India’s fiat currency.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Digital Rupee Pilot Has Blockchain Components, Features Of Physical Cash: Government
- Tuesday December 13, 2022
- Business | Reported by Aprameya Rao, Edited by Rahul Karunakar
Central Bank Digital Currency pilot in the retail segment has components backed by blockchain technology and has several common features with physical cash, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary told the Lok Sabha on Monday.
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www.ndtv.com/business
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Digital Rupee Trial Begins; Exponential Growth in UPI Payments Backs Optimism on India’s CBDC Pilot: Experts
- Thursday December 1, 2022
- Written by Radhika Parashar, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
India’s digital rupee CBDC went into retail trials on Thursday, December 1. The State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, Yes Bank, and IDFC First bank are the lenders that are participating in these trials, and upon completion, will testify if the CBDC is efficient and robust to use for day-to-day purchases.
-
www.gadgets360.com
-
Retail Digital Rupee Pilot Set To Launch Today. Read Details Here
- Thursday December 1, 2022
- Business | Reported by Sreekumaran Nettath, Edited by Boris Pradhan
The retail digital rupee makes its debut today. As the four banks selected by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) gear up for the pilot launch of the digital rupee, here are 10 important points that you need to know about the digital currency
-
www.ndtv.com/business
-
RBI’s First Pilot for Retail Digital Rupee to Go Live on December 1, Will Work in Select Locations
- Tuesday November 29, 2022
- Written by Radhika Parashar, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
The RBI will begin testing the digital rupee CBDC for retail uses starting December 1. The announcement was made by the RBI on Tuesday, November 29. As part of the trials, the CBDC will be given to the testers in a digital wallet, backed by national banks participating in these trials.
-
www.gadgets360.com
-
RBI Set To Launch Retail Digital Rupee Pilot: 10 Points
- Tuesday November 29, 2022
- Business | Reported by Sreekumaran Nettath, Edited by Boris Pradhan
Users can carry out transactions through digital wallets; only those digital wallets offered by banks participating in the RBI's digital currency drive can transact in retail digital rupee.
-
www.ndtv.com/business
-
RBI To Launch Retail Digital Rupee On December 1 On Pilot Basis
- Thursday December 1, 2022
- Business | Reported by Sreekumaran Nettath, Edited by Boris Pradhan
Retail digital rupee transactions can be carried out through a digital wallet on mobile phones and other devices.
-
www.ndtv.com/business
-
Several Banks Participate In First Pilot Run Of RBI's Digital Rupee
- Wednesday November 2, 2022
- Business | Press Trust of India
On Monday, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) also announced that the first pilot in Digital Rupee - Retail segment is planned for launch within a month in select locations in closed user groups.
-
www.ndtv.com/business
-
You Can Buy Gold Online For 1 Rupee, But Here's A Catch
- Tuesday December 18, 2018
- Business | Swansy Afonso, Bloomberg
Retailers are offering online sales of gold in bite-sized portions to prop up shrinking demand in the world's second-biggest consumer. Demand for gold is falling, partly as a result of government measures, higher local prices and the metal's fading appeal among more youthful customers. "A lot of people have been buying at one rupee," according to G...
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www.ndtv.com/business