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Topic: debit card

RBI rush for tokenisation in digital payments can hurt both merchants and consumers

Since it requires fundamental changes to the way cards are processed, the transition requires continuous monitoring. The 30 June deadline won't work.

What is tokenisation, RBI’s new idea for safe online payments that’ll be voluntary from 1 July

To secure card transactions online, RBI has mandated all authorised card networks to issue merchant-specific tokens against card details. Here’s a look at what that will entail.

1 in 3 Indians store personal details like ATM PINs on mobile, computer or email: Survey

The survey also revealed that 11 per cent Indians store their personal financial details in their phone contact list. 

Customers suffer as banks miss deadline to switch to safer chip-based debit & credit cards

The RBI had set 31 December 2018, as the deadline for all banks to replace magnetic strip debit & credit cards with chip-based ones.

On Camera

Controversial dog-walker IAS Sanjeev Khirwar is back in Delhi. What happened to his wife?

In 2022, athletes claimed they were asked to wind up training early at Thyagraj Stadium so that the IAS couple could walk their dog. Then came the memes and public outrage.

IndiGo profit plunges 78% as Dec meltdown with 3k flight cancellations takes a toll

Net income for InterGlobe Aviation Ltd slipped 78 percent to Rs 5.5 billion for the three months ended Dec 31 compared with the year-ago period.

Rafale saga: 25 yrs of detours, deadlocks & political hesitation. Now IAF getting what it always wanted

Instead of buying more Mirages outright in early 2000s, the requirement was tweaked in favour of a medium-weight, multi-role fighter with Mirage-like performance. 

Pakistan se azaadi. Grow up India, stop giving it prime real estate in your psyche

Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.