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Following rapid changes in the payments ecosystem in 2016, we are now witnessing consolidation in the markets and among players. There are new challenges including security of payment apps, reaching target audiences beyond those in first-tier cities, and addressing questions of standardization.
In its third edition (after Bangalore and Mumbai), 50p will address the following the topics to understand the spectrum of payments and the issues that concern all the stakeholders in this ecosystem.
Digital and electronic payments
Technology challenges
Interoperability of payment methods
Wallets, payment banks
Credit & debit cards, IMPS and contactless payments
Payments by design in infrastructure
Security and authentication
Building payment products and business models
Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies
Technology challenges
Building products and business models
Investments and alternate lending methods
Grievance redressal, Security and Authentication
Regulation and policy
Banking
Building products and services:
Technology challenges
Security, authentication and scaling
History of banking
Payments space in India
Regulatory challenges
Technology challenges
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Nishanth Kumar
@nk173
Submitted Jan 10, 2018
India has a rich and diverse payments infrastructure. The eco-system of Payment Service Providers (PSPs) has undergone rapid evolution in India over the recent past with the advances in technology and yet, there still exists hurdles to enabling ubiquitous access to payment services. In 2016, the Committee on Digital Payments (the Watal Committee) was formed with the objective of reviewing the existing payments landscape in India and proposing measures to promote access to digital payments.The committee released its “Medium Term Recommendations to Strengthen Digital Payments Ecosystem” which proposed comprehensive changes to the regulatory architecture governing the payments ecosystem in India. Over the last year, however, we have seen little if not no changes towards achieving the objectives laid out by the Watal Committee and issues that the committee sought to address still exist.
In this talk, we aim to:
(1) provide an overview of the payments ecosystem in India and evolution of regulations of different entities namely, Universal banks, Payments Banks and non-bank PPIs issuers
(2) trace the effects of the existing regulatory regime of different PSPs and its impact on the larger financial system
(3) review the recommendations by the Watal committee and trace the progress (or lack thereof) of its implementations
The ouline of the talk would roughly be as follows:
Nishanth Kumar is a Senior Policy Associate at Dvara Research (formerly known as IFMR Finance Foundation) specialising in the area of Financial Systems Design. Full bio is available at http://foundation.ifmr.co.in/about-us/ (under the “Team” tab)
Feb 2018
5 Mon
6 Tue
7 Wed
8 Thu 08:40 AM – 06:35 PM IST
9 Fri 08:40 AM – 05:15 PM IST
10 Sat
11 Sun
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