In January 2021, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology released a draft National Strategy on Blockchain.

Green debt swaps offer a promising solution to address Sri Lanka's debt crisis while promoting environmental conservation and sustainable development.

In this year's budget speech, the Finance Minister announced plans to create the National Financial Information Registry (Registry). The Registry, according to the minister...

In December 2021, PM Modi called for a fintech revolution in India. And just a month later, RBI took a key step in this direction by creating a new Fintech Department. Through the Department...

In May 2021, the MeitY invited comments from the public on a policy paper titled ‘Circular economy in the electronics and electrical sector'.

India has taken steps in quick succession to liberalise its private space industry. In June 2020, the government approved the setting up of the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre

In this article, we discuss how the consent requirement under the new data law interplays with use of data to cross-sell/up-sell other products by fintechs.

NPCI recently recommended interchange fees of up to 1.1% on UPI transactions through prepaid payment instruments (PPIs). The fees are applicable on transactions above INR 2000 from 1 April 2023.

On May 30, 2023, RBI released its Annual Report 2022-23. It describes RBI's achievements and policy initiatives in the last financial year. But more importantly, it specifies RBI's agenda for 2023-24.

If I had a rupee for every time I heard the word ‘neobank', I'd deposit all those rupees in a neobank. Despite being a fintech buzzword, neobanks have not made remarkable strides in India.

In October 2021, RBI notified scale-based regulations for NBFCs (which will kick-in on 1 October 2022). With these regulations, RBI aims to increase transparency ...

Access to telecommunication networks has acquired a distinct strategic lilt in modern conflicts.

The COVID-19 pandemic was a turning point in the history of Indian capital markets. Many Indians stuck at home were drawn to the stock-market as it touched new all-time highs.

This piece has been authored by Janarth Visvanathan, Associate, with inputs from Anirudh Rastogi, Managing Partner at Ikigai Law.

Ammunition, turns out, comes in many shapes and sizes. There's missiles, tanks, Molotov cocktails and threats from Ukrainian grandmothers. And then there's payments infrastructure.

In April 2022, RBI notified the directions on Credit and Debit Cards. In these directions, it asked co-branding partners to keep their hands off card transaction data.

Ikigai Law advised Pixxel Space, an Indian space-tech startup, in contract negotiations for its forthcoming satellite launches aboard a SpaceX Falcon-9 and a Russian Soyuz space craft.

As part of the FinTales Interview Series, we speak to a fintech entrepreneur or executive every month.

In August 2021, the civil aviation ministry notified the Drones Rules 2021 (Drone Rules). These rules completely overhaul an earlier iteration of regulations released only in March, 2021.

Growing instances of online harms have sparked discussions on mandatory verification of users on social media platforms. However, these requirements are also criticised for restricting user privacy...