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Thursday, September 4, 2025
TopicOnline transactions

Topic: Online transactions

Trade in rupee can’t afford speed breakers from govt. RBI also needs to take care of a hitch

While RBI move to allow export/import to be invoiced in Indian rupee will solve some problems, there is no guarantee it will circumvent payment issues with Iran or Russia.

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.

Amazon or Big Bazaar, Indians want low prices. Online retail must be a level-playing field

India’s e-commerce rules single out foreign-owned online platforms like Amazon and Flipkart. But the domestic online and offline retailers follow similar marketing tactics.

Apple to start direct online sales of devices in months after Modi govt eased FDI rules

Modi govt Wednesday allowed single brand retailers like Apple to set up online stores before physical shops and also eased local sourcing rules.

RBI to allow 24×7 money transfer facility under NEFT from December

The National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT), operated by the RBI, is used for fund transfers up to Rs 2 lakh.

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.