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The central bank’s directive to intensify scrutiny of customers onboarded through Central KYC or DigiLocker seems to be at odds with the government’s Digital India mission.

The Reserve Bank of India recently made significant changes to know your customer rules, tightening customer authentication by banks, NBFCs and payment companies. The objective seems to be to rein in fraud and aid the government’s ongoing crackdown on money laundering.
In two separate amendments to the KYC master directions—first on 28 April and then on 4 May—the central bank introduced new rules to ensure “meticulous compliance” by regulated entities while vetting customer identity.
Curiously, it has also flagged as “high-risk” all accounts opened by vetting customers through the government’s Central KYC and DigiLocker facilities. This has left the industry …
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The newly announced levy on UPI payments undermines the very foundation of using digital payments for stock market investing. Brokers are in a tizzy.
The Rs 250 SIP was launched last year by the former SEBI chairperson with one clear goal: financial inclusion. More than a year later, the much-hyped scheme doesn’t seem to have caught on with MF investors.