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Bank Holiday On Good Friday 2025: Banks Closed In Most States, Digital Services Available
Good Friday Bank Holiday: Banks will be closed in most major regions on April 18, 2025 except Tripura, Assam, Rajasthan, Jammu, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh and Srinagar.
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PruTech To Lead The Digital Transformation Of The Bihar State Cooperative Bank Ltd
The project will include a centralized technology infrastructure, ensuring greater transparency, efficiency, and accessibility across Bihar's extensive banking network.
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UPI Services Hit by Another Outage, NPCI Says ‘Working to Resolve the Issue’
UPI (Unified Payments Interface) services in India were severely disrupted this Saturday morning, leaving users incapable of making digital transactions, the third time within a month. The snag hits individuals and businesses across the country, disrupting an important daily service for smooth money transfers, which has become a common feature in I...
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Anti-CBDC Bill Cleared by House Financial Services Committee in US: Details
Republican lawmakers, led by Tom Emmer, are pushing the "Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act," aimed at preventing financial surveillance of US citizens through central bank digital currencies.
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Kazakhstan and UAE Central Banks Sign MoU to Collaborate on VDA Regulations, CBDCs
The National Bank of Kazakhstan and the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) have signed an MoU to collaborate on fintech, cybersecurity, and CBDCs, focusing on how UAE's financial hubs leverage blockchain and crypto for payments and transactions.
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UAE Plans to Launch Digital Dirham CBDC, Integrated Wallet in Q4 2025
The UAE is among many nations that is preparing to launch its CBDC in the future. Earlier this week, the Central Bank of the UAE said its Digital Dirham CBDC will be launched for retail use later this year. The CBUAE said that the digital dirham will be able to facilitate tokenisation and expand access to liquidity through fractionalisation.
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86-Year-Old Mumbai Woman Loses Over Rs 20 Crore To "Digital Arrest" Fraud
An 86-year-old woman had received a call from a man, who claimed to be a CBI officer, and told her that based on her Aadhaar card, a bank account was opened which was used for money laundering.
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South Korea’s Central Bank to Start CBDC Trials for Real-World Transactions: Reports
South Korea is set to begin testing the Digital Won CBDC for real-world transactions in April, according to local reports citing the Bank of Korea (BoK). The programme will evaluate blockchain technology’s role in finance while allowing the BoK to assess its potential for reshaping the country’s fintech ecosystem.
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RBI Announces Exclusive '.Bank.in' Domain To Tackle Financial Frauds
In a bid to reduce online financial frauds, the RBI will implement the 'bank.in' domain exclusively for banks in India starting April 2025.
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MobiKwik, CRED Launch CBDC eRupee in Partnership with RBI and Yes Bank
MobiKwik is the first digital wallet to go live with a full-scale production version of the e-rupee wallet, the new CBDC product is available to all its Android users. Yes Bank's role as the first sponsor bank to enable CBDC issuance for a third party application provider (TPAP) like CRED exemplifies its commitment to supporting the future of digit...
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X Money Digital Payments Service Unveiled; Platform Partners Visa to Introduce P2P Payments
X Money was introduced by Elon Musk's X platform on Wednesday as a new digital wallet and payments service. The new X Money service will allow users to send and receive P2P payments, transferring funds from their bank to a digital wallet and then to another wallet, or directly using their debit card. Partnering with Visa, X Money aims to compete wi...
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Trump Bans Creation Of A 'Digital Dollar' To Protect Americans
US President Donald Trump issued an executive order Thursday effectively banning the establishment of a central bank digital currency, in a move long supported by Congressional Republicans.
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To Curb Fraud, Banks May Soon Call You From Numbers Starting With These Digits
The RBI on Friday asked banks to use only the '1600xx' phone numbering series to call customers for transactional purposes with a view to preventing financial fraud.
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Zerodha's Nithin Kamath Warns Against New Scam Which Could Drain Your Bank Accounts. See Post
Zerodha co-founder and CEO Nithin Kamath recently took to social media to warn users against a new scam which could potentially drain bank accounts.
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US DFS, Bank of England Announce Transatlantic Regulatory Exchange to ‘Harmonise’ Digital Assets Regulations
The initiative is named the ‘Transatlantic Regulatory Exchange (TRE)’. It was officially announced on January 13 by Adrienne A. Harris, the superintendent of the DFS. The programme allows the DFS and the BOE to share regulatory approaches and information required to chalk out the legal framework to govern digital assets like cryptocurrencies. ...
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Bank Holiday On Good Friday 2025: Banks Closed In Most States, Digital Services Available
Good Friday Bank Holiday: Banks will be closed in most major regions on April 18, 2025 except Tripura, Assam, Rajasthan, Jammu, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh and Srinagar.
-
PruTech To Lead The Digital Transformation Of The Bihar State Cooperative Bank Ltd
The project will include a centralized technology infrastructure, ensuring greater transparency, efficiency, and accessibility across Bihar's extensive banking network.
-
UPI Services Hit by Another Outage, NPCI Says ‘Working to Resolve the Issue’
UPI (Unified Payments Interface) services in India were severely disrupted this Saturday morning, leaving users incapable of making digital transactions, the third time within a month. The snag hits individuals and businesses across the country, disrupting an important daily service for smooth money transfers, which has become a common feature in I...
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Anti-CBDC Bill Cleared by House Financial Services Committee in US: Details
Republican lawmakers, led by Tom Emmer, are pushing the "Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act," aimed at preventing financial surveillance of US citizens through central bank digital currencies.
-
Kazakhstan and UAE Central Banks Sign MoU to Collaborate on VDA Regulations, CBDCs
The National Bank of Kazakhstan and the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) have signed an MoU to collaborate on fintech, cybersecurity, and CBDCs, focusing on how UAE's financial hubs leverage blockchain and crypto for payments and transactions.
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UAE Plans to Launch Digital Dirham CBDC, Integrated Wallet in Q4 2025
The UAE is among many nations that is preparing to launch its CBDC in the future. Earlier this week, the Central Bank of the UAE said its Digital Dirham CBDC will be launched for retail use later this year. The CBUAE said that the digital dirham will be able to facilitate tokenisation and expand access to liquidity through fractionalisation.
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86-Year-Old Mumbai Woman Loses Over Rs 20 Crore To "Digital Arrest" Fraud
An 86-year-old woman had received a call from a man, who claimed to be a CBI officer, and told her that based on her Aadhaar card, a bank account was opened which was used for money laundering.
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South Korea’s Central Bank to Start CBDC Trials for Real-World Transactions: Reports
South Korea is set to begin testing the Digital Won CBDC for real-world transactions in April, according to local reports citing the Bank of Korea (BoK). The programme will evaluate blockchain technology’s role in finance while allowing the BoK to assess its potential for reshaping the country’s fintech ecosystem.
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RBI Announces Exclusive '.Bank.in' Domain To Tackle Financial Frauds
In a bid to reduce online financial frauds, the RBI will implement the 'bank.in' domain exclusively for banks in India starting April 2025.
-
MobiKwik, CRED Launch CBDC eRupee in Partnership with RBI and Yes Bank
MobiKwik is the first digital wallet to go live with a full-scale production version of the e-rupee wallet, the new CBDC product is available to all its Android users. Yes Bank's role as the first sponsor bank to enable CBDC issuance for a third party application provider (TPAP) like CRED exemplifies its commitment to supporting the future of digit...
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X Money Digital Payments Service Unveiled; Platform Partners Visa to Introduce P2P Payments
X Money was introduced by Elon Musk's X platform on Wednesday as a new digital wallet and payments service. The new X Money service will allow users to send and receive P2P payments, transferring funds from their bank to a digital wallet and then to another wallet, or directly using their debit card. Partnering with Visa, X Money aims to compete wi...
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Trump Bans Creation Of A 'Digital Dollar' To Protect Americans
US President Donald Trump issued an executive order Thursday effectively banning the establishment of a central bank digital currency, in a move long supported by Congressional Republicans.
-
To Curb Fraud, Banks May Soon Call You From Numbers Starting With These Digits
The RBI on Friday asked banks to use only the '1600xx' phone numbering series to call customers for transactional purposes with a view to preventing financial fraud.
-
Zerodha's Nithin Kamath Warns Against New Scam Which Could Drain Your Bank Accounts. See Post
Zerodha co-founder and CEO Nithin Kamath recently took to social media to warn users against a new scam which could potentially drain bank accounts.
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US DFS, Bank of England Announce Transatlantic Regulatory Exchange to ‘Harmonise’ Digital Assets Regulations
The initiative is named the ‘Transatlantic Regulatory Exchange (TRE)’. It was officially announced on January 13 by Adrienne A. Harris, the superintendent of the DFS. The programme allows the DFS and the BOE to share regulatory approaches and information required to chalk out the legal framework to govern digital assets like cryptocurrencies. ...
