Commenting on the Union Budget 2021-22, this remark by Mr. Sharma sums up the importance of digital payments in economic growth. And rightly so. Digital payments have grown by 55% in the past...

Milton Friedman said, "One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results".

The Indian government's endeavour to regulate the collection and use of personal data dates back to 2012 when the A.P. Shah led committee released its report on privacy[1].

On 22 January 2026, Ikigai Law, in collaboration with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)...

There's always an opportunity with crisis, they say. The 2008 financial crisis wasn't any different. It didn't spare the behemoths of the investment world, let alone small investors.

If you doubted FTX some months back, many tweeps would accuse you of spreading FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt). After all, it was the third largest crypto exchange (by volume) and was valued north of $30 billion.

Financial inclusion, or access to financial products in the formal sector (savings accounts pension schemes insurance programs and the like) is the stated goal of Nigeria's financial inclusion policy.

Recently, the Indian government integrated its homegrown AI language tool –Bhashini with ChatGPT. So, we decided to do it too. This month's introductory opener is brought...

The RBI issued the digital lending guidelines (Guidelines) in September 2022.

Crypto's high returns have given bragging rights to cryptocurrency service providers, who leverage this in their advertisements. These adverts grab a lot of eyeballs – including those of the regulators.

Since the past 3 (three) years, food deliveries have almost become an intrinsic part of our lives. Growing at a rate of 12% annually, food deliveries today comprise of 29% of a restaurant's total revenue and service 182 million users.

A governance model in sport is necessary to ensure integrity of the sport and to protect rights of its stakeholders: the players, teams, publishers and competition organisers.

We have mapped the responses of the various stakeholders to the first question posed in the Consultation Paper, which is reproduced below.

Regulation of digital lending in India now seems imminent.

For the last 5 years, data lawyers have been like the boy who cried wolf. The data bill is always being tabled "in the next session of Parliament". We've seen explainers, primers, deep dives...

On September 15th, the RBI issued the new Payment Aggregation Directions, reshaping the rules for online, cross-border, and now offline aggregators.

‘Help will always be given to those who petition for it'– The Karnataka High Court lifted the blanket ban on online gaming in the state, after the industry challenged the state's power to impose such a ban.

The 2021 OSP Guidelines aimed to ease regulatory burdens for BPOs and voice-based customer support.

Ikigai Law, in collaboration with Microsoft and NASSCOM organized a Colloquium on AI Safety and Cybersecurity on 6th June 2023 in New Delhi.

India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 was assented to by the President of India on 11 August 2023. Read on for a quick explainer of what the law means for you.