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ARTICLE · 08 JANUARY 2026

Fintech Frontline: Legal And Market Intelligence From India (November 2025)

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India's fintech and financial services ecosystem continues to evolve rapidly, with regulators undertaking significant measures to enhance market integrity...

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Naqeeb Ahmed
Naqeeb Ahmed
Abhijit Chakrabarti
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Sakshi Sharma
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Lavanya Shankar
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Introduction

India's fintech and financial services ecosystem continues to evolve rapidly, with regulators undertaking significant measures to enhance market integrity, expand digital infrastructure, and strengthen investor protection. November 2025 has witnessed extensive regulatory activity across the Reserve Bank of India ("RBI"), the Securities and Exchange Board of India ("SEBI"), the International Financial Services Centres Authority ("IFSCA"), and other sectoral bodies, reflecting a consistent focus on providing operational clarity, modernising compliance frameworks, and deepening financial inclusion.

A marquee development this month has been the RBI's announcement of the realisation phase for interlinking the Unified Payments Interface ("UPI") with Europe's TARGET Instant Payment Settlement ("TIPS") system, marking a significant step in India's integration with global payment infrastructure. Domestically, the National Payments Corporation of India's ("

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