Regulatory Ramblings
Welcome to Regulatory Ramblings, a new podcast from a team at The University of Hong Kong on the intersection of all things pertaining to finance, technology, law and regulation. Hosted by The Reg/Tech Lab, HKU-Standard Chartered FinTech Academy, Asia Global Institute and the HKU-edX Professional Certificate in FinTech, with support from the HKU Faculty of Law. Join us as we hear from luminaries across multiple fields and professions as they share their candid thoughts in a stress-free environment - rather than the soundbites one typically hears from the mainstream press.
Regulatory Ramblings
India: The Regulatory Landscape for FinTech, Digital Assets & Payment Systems
Regulatory Ramblings episode 17 with Aaron Kamath and Purushotham Kittane of the law firm Nishith Desai Associates.
Aaron, Bangalore-based leader of the FinTech Law & Policy Practice at firm Nishith Desai Associates, and his colleague Purushotham, speak to Regulatory Ramblings host Ajay Shamdasani about the following:
- The evolving landscape of fintech models in India: Contributing factors and investments
- The traditional role of payment service providers viz card networks and banks: Recent fundamental shift in the licensing regime
- Digital lending: Evolving models, buy-now-pay-later, and recent guidelines on lending apps
- E-wallets: Co-branding and white-labeling issues, and cross-border fund flow issues
- UPI and mobile-based banking: Arteries of India’s digital payments ecosystem
- The regulatory conundrum around cryptocurrencies
- Taxation and virtual digital assets
- CBDCs and the move towards ‘E-Rupees’
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