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ARTICLE · 04 AUGUST 2025

Fintech Newsletter - Recent Legal Developments And Market Updates From India - July 2025

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In this fifth edition of our fintech newsletter for the year 2025, we explore the key developments in the Indian fintech space from May 01, 2025, to May 31, 2025, highlighting the interplay between regulatory measures, compliance requirements, and industry developments in this space.

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Shreya Suri
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Anushka Narayan
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Introduction

The month of May saw a wave of regulatory activity and targeted reforms across key financial sector regulators, with both the Securities and Exchange Board of India ("SEBI") and the Reserve Bank of India ("RBI") releasing measures that reflect a continued emphasis on investor protection, ease of doing business and enhanced transparency, while also addressing emerging market practices.

There has also been a push towards greater accessibility and regulatory clarity, such as the clarifications issued by SEBI to the Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framework ("CSCRF") which aim to streamline compliance by bringing more certainty to how SEBI regulated entities ("SEBI REs") are categorised, addressing operational concerns raised by REs, and the RBI's Digital Lending Directions, 2025 harmonising the framework applicable to digital lending. The Supreme Court's recognition of digital access as a fundamental right has also resulted in regulatory action

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