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Thursday, November 13, 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

Trump stoked the Epstein scandal. It’s come back to bite him

The disgraced financier also seemed to allege in documents that Trump kept company for hours with one of Epstein’s victims.

Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.