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India has a vast non-banking population, [6] most of whom reside in the rural areas. The traditional banking industry can not cater to the needs of India's large rural populace. [7] Setting up a conventional bank branch in a rural area would require considerable amounts of money to be spent on infrastructure and additional personnel.
Immediate Payment Service is managed by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and is built upon the existing National Financial Switch network. In 2010, the NPCI initially carried out a pilot for the mobile payment system with 4 member banks (State Bank of India, Bank of India, Union Bank of India and ICICI Bank), and expanded it to include Yes Bank, Axis Bank and HDFC Bank later ...
Payment and settlement systems are used for financial transactions in India. Covered by the Payment and Settlement Systems Act of 2007 (PSS Act), legislated in December 2007, they are regulated by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Board for Regulation and Supervision of Payment and Settlement Systems.
Unified Payments Interface (UPI) is an Indian instant payment system as well as protocol developed by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) in 2016. The interface facilitates inter-bank peer-to-peer (P2P) and person-to-merchant (P2M) transactions.
Structured Financial Messaging System (SFMS) is a secure messaging standard developed to serve as a platform for intra-bank and inter-bank applications. It is an Indian standard similar to SWIFT which is the international messaging system used for financial messaging globally. SFMS can be used for secure communication within the bank and ...
National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) is an electronic funds transfer system maintained by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Started in November 2005, the setup was established and maintained by Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology. [1]
Paytm Payments Bank and Airtel Payments Bank together command over 88% of the deposits in payment banks in India in 2018. According to the Reserve Bank of India's report on ‘Trend and progress of Banking in India 2017-2018', the payment banks reported losses in the financial year 2017-2018, after a weak performance in the FY 2016-17. [14]
The Reserve Bank of India extended financial support to the Board, meeting its expenses for the first five years. [3] However, on 28 September 2021, the member banks passed resolutions approving BCBSI dissolution. Accordingly it has stopped its operations and is under dissolution. [4]