Propelled by the Covid-19 crisis, the government recently released "telemedicine practice guidelines". Tanya Sadana and Sreenidhi Srinivasan of Ikigai Law hosted a webinar to discuss the legal and practical challenges of telemedicine.

This article details the typical issues addressed by a technical due diligence undertaken on a proposed co-working space to ensure continuous, safe, and incremental operations from the same.

On 31 January 2024, the RBI imposed a series of restrictions on Paytm Payments Bank Limited. Starting 29 February, Paytm Bank cannot offer customers...

It's been a busy couple of months with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act coming out.

Arrests made for role in the 2023 leak of COVID-19 data held by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR): In October 2023, the ICMR COVID-19 testing database was hacked...

On 9th August, the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023 was finally passed in the Parliament. We've waited for over half a decade, broken up with several versions...

Moving money through UPI is like taking an Uber between two deposit accounts. UPI picks money (already lying-in deposit accounts) and moves it to another deposit account, like bank accounts and PPI accounts. 

In this article, we delve into the Delhi High Court's verdict on PayPal Payments Private Limited v. Financial Intelligence Unit – India, analysing the complexities surrounding the definition...

On 5 February, a tweet from a public broadcaster announcing the blocking of 94 digital lending apps raised a furore within the fintech industry. In the following week, lending apps...

In this article we look at the various warehousing models currently used in India, the common challenges they face, and some suggestions on how to overcome the odds.

This article discusses the impact of and alternatives to the zero MDR policy in the context of the RBI discussion paper on payment charges.

New Year, same us — bringing you the freshest incisive monthly tech updates! This year, we gave our beloved Ticker a bit of a makeover — sprinkling global tech stories, highlighting courtroom updates...

Pass-through accounts are common in digital lending arrangements.

The RBI has released the Draft Master Direction on Prepaid Payment Instruments (2026 Draft), with comments invited until 22 May 2026.

On 20 February 2025, we hosted a webinar in collaboration with All India Gaming Federation (AIGF) and All India Gaming Developers Forum (AIGDF), titled ‘Children & Persons with Disabilities...

Here's a 5-minute lowdown of what's happened since the last time we spoke to you.

The festive season is upon us, and the government has gifted us tech policy consultations aplenty!

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

Last week, the RBI released a draft circular on how regulated entities (REs) should go about updating customer KYC (Know Your Customer). The deadline to submit comments is 6 June 2025.

That's television's David Rose (from Schitt's Creek), on not being able to choose the picture on his driver's license. Rushed and inadequate is also what some people have called the new digital personal...