Digital Rupee

Digital payment frauds in India saw a 400 percent jump in the year ended March 2024, according to the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) annual report. Data from the central bank shows that the value of transactions on UPI jumped 137% in the past two years to 200 trillion rupees, while the rise in online transactions is also boosted by cheap access to t...

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.

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.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was asked Friday about India’s stance on cryptocurrencies. Sharing her response, the finance minister said that cryptocurrencies were not seen or perceived as ‘currency’ in India.

Indian banks disbursed some employee benefits through the digital rupee in December, helping the Reserve Bank of India meet its target of one million daily transactions by end-2023, three sources directly familiar with the development said.

Indian banks disbursed some employee benefits through digital rupee in December, helping the Reserve Bank of India meet its target of one million daily transactions by end-2023, three sources directly familiar with the development said.

The State Bank of India (SBI) announced it has implemented Unified Payments Interface (UPI) interoperability in Digital Rupee, also called as Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).

The State Bank of India (SBI) on Monday said it has implemented UPI interoperability in its digital rupee, called Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).

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.

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...

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...

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 ...

Speaking at the 17th India Digital Summit earlier this week, a panel of industry insiders said that the use of CBDC is not coming with incentives for Indians. They explained that as opposed to the existing UPI online payment method, the programmable CBDC will make online payments cheaper, faster, and protected with a layer of anonymity.

CBDC trials in India have been expanded to 50,000 testers, and the RBI has temporarily halted onboarding newer testers. The central bank of India aims to take a slow and steady approach around its digital rupee. In the last two months, over 770,000 transactions have been facilitated via the digital rupee so far in select cities.

The pilot project started on December 1 has witnessed 7.70 lakh transactions, and is now being carried out in five cities, Deputy Governor T Rabi Sankar said.

Digital payment frauds in India saw a 400 percent jump in the year ended March 2024, according to the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) annual report. Data from the central bank shows that the value of transactions on UPI jumped 137% in the past two years to 200 trillion rupees, while the rise in online transactions is also boosted by cheap access to t...

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.

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.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was asked Friday about India’s stance on cryptocurrencies. Sharing her response, the finance minister said that cryptocurrencies were not seen or perceived as ‘currency’ in India.

Indian banks disbursed some employee benefits through the digital rupee in December, helping the Reserve Bank of India meet its target of one million daily transactions by end-2023, three sources directly familiar with the development said.

Indian banks disbursed some employee benefits through digital rupee in December, helping the Reserve Bank of India meet its target of one million daily transactions by end-2023, three sources directly familiar with the development said.

The State Bank of India (SBI) announced it has implemented Unified Payments Interface (UPI) interoperability in Digital Rupee, also called as Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).

The State Bank of India (SBI) on Monday said it has implemented UPI interoperability in its digital rupee, called Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).

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.

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...

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...

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 ...

Speaking at the 17th India Digital Summit earlier this week, a panel of industry insiders said that the use of CBDC is not coming with incentives for Indians. They explained that as opposed to the existing UPI online payment method, the programmable CBDC will make online payments cheaper, faster, and protected with a layer of anonymity.

CBDC trials in India have been expanded to 50,000 testers, and the RBI has temporarily halted onboarding newer testers. The central bank of India aims to take a slow and steady approach around its digital rupee. In the last two months, over 770,000 transactions have been facilitated via the digital rupee so far in select cities.

The pilot project started on December 1 has witnessed 7.70 lakh transactions, and is now being carried out in five cities, Deputy Governor T Rabi Sankar said.