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High compliance costs can trip digital payments

I would like to specifically highlight the parts of the Bill, which, if implemented, urgently can drive the digital payments industry to registering three-digit growth

Digital payment, e-payment
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Illustration: Binay Sinha

Naveen Surya
The draft of the Payment and Settlement System Bill (2018) has already attracted its share of controversy as evidenced by the differences over the composition of the ‘Payments Regulatory Board’ (PRB) and ‘Supervision Authority of Payment Systems’, both of which are currently under the control of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The solution to this lies in on-boarding the right people who understand payment systems and can take a completely unbiased view in favour of this industry’s growth and consumer benefits therein, without bias towards any specific type of player or segment. While it may take time to come
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