The central bank is worried about banks not doing enough to boost their market share vis-a-vis fintechs, but there is little incentive for private sector lenders to up their UPI game.
Reserve Bank of India deputy governor T. Rabi Sankar recently said at a conference hosted by the Indian Banks’ Association that banks have conceded the Unified Payments Interface market to a handful of fintech firms.
“How is it that a system of transactions between two bank accounts has evolved in a way that most businesses are owned by non-banks? Clearly, banks have missed a step here.” The Times of India quoted Sankar as saying. “Probably the feeling that small-value transactions are an insignificant business to put your resources into.”
Interestingly, his comments came soon after the National Payments Corporation of …
Ashwin covered fintech and banking at The Morning Context. Previously, he was at The Economic Times, where he worked across the finance, tech and startup verticals, breaking stories related to India’s banking system, startups in the new economy, digital payments, insurance and cryptocurrencies.
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