Industry insights

Regulation decoded for fintech operators.

Practical perspectives on the policy shifts, control expectations and payment architecture trends that affect runway and operating freedom.

Featured perspectives

Keeping your fintech secure, compliant and capitalized.

These briefings are general operational perspectives based on the supplied company material and linked RBI sources. Requirements change; obtain advice for your specific model.

RBI · Payment aggregators

Capital is an operating condition, not a one-time hurdle

Payment aggregator frameworks connect authorization, governance, escrow operations and net-worth expectations. Capital planning therefore belongs in the operating model—not only the application checklist.

BK perspective: Align capitalization records, accounting definitions and ownership documents before institutional due diligence begins.
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Cross-border · PA-CB

Cross-border scale requires traceable fund flows

The PA-CB framework brought entities facilitating online import and export payments under direct RBI regulation, with defined roles for authorized dealer banking nodes.

BK perspective: Map import and export flows, merchant diligence and AML monitoring before migration or partner discussions.
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Risk · Merchant monitoring

Onboarding is the beginning of due diligence

Point-in-time checks cannot show whether later transaction velocity, ticket sizes or product behavior remain consistent with the merchant’s declared risk profile.

BK perspective: Define post-onboarding signals, review ownership and escalation paths before volumes expose gaps.
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KYC · CDD

Design due diligence around risk, not friction alone

Customer identification, beneficial-owner verification, risk classification and ongoing review form a connected control system.

Operator question: Can every collected field be tied to a decision, evidence requirement or ongoing control?
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AML · Monitoring

Turn monitoring alerts into accountable operations

A detection tool is only useful when thresholds, ownership, evidence, disposition and escalation are operationally defined.

Operator question: Who owns each alert class, and what evidence demonstrates timely action?
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Banking · Risk

Speak to the bank’s decision framework

A partner proposition becomes stronger when the product story is accompanied by clear fund flows, liabilities, controls and exception handling.

Operator question: Could a risk committee understand your model without relying on product jargon?

Insight themes

What we continue to watch.

Payment aggregator directions

Authorization, governance, merchant onboarding, settlement, escrow and technology expectations.

Cross-border payment corridors

PA-CB structures, authorized dealer bank dependencies and traceability of import/export transactions.

KYC, AML and CDD evolution

Risk-based due diligence, continuous monitoring, beneficial ownership and evidence management.

Operational resilience

Audit readiness, fraud controls, reconciliation, dispute operations and bank-facing governance.

Important note

Insight is not a substitute for current legal or regulatory advice.

RBI instructions and other applicable requirements may be amended. Always confirm the current official text and obtain advice tailored to your entity, authorization status and operating model before acting.

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