Policy

Fintech Deep Dive — Friday | June 19, 2026 Theme: Policy & Regulation This week has been one of the most consequential for Indian fintech regulation in 2026. The RBI dropped a regulatory triple-bomb on June 15 alone: a sweeping anti-mis-selling framework with an explicit dark-pattern ban, a consolidated payment system authorisation master direction introducing perpetual approvals, and an ongoing governance consolidation exercise. Combined with a landmark e-mandate framework issued in April that continues to reshape recurring payments, and a wave of IPO filings that signal maturing regulatory compliance in the sector, this week’s deep dive covers five major regulatory stories. ...

Fintech Weekly Deep Dive — India’s Capital Account Blitz | Week of June 1–7, 2026 Executive Summary In the most dramatic week for Indian macroeconomic policy since the 2013 taper-tantrum defence, the Reserve Bank of India and the Union government unveiled an unprecedented, multi-pronged assault on the crumbling rupee. Between June 3 and June 6, a coordinated barrage of measures landed: the government scrapped all capital gains and withholding taxes on foreign investment in government bonds via an ordinance, the RBI announced it would bear the full hedging cost on fresh FCNR(B) deposits, NRI equity investment limits were doubled, the Fully Accessible Route for government securities was expanded to include ultra-long bonds, export realisation timelines were restored, and the central bank continued its aggressive dollar-selling interventions that have consumed an estimated $12 billion in gold reserves over two weeks. ...