Central Banking

RBI to give some non-banks access to payments systems

Indian central bank to allow non-bank payment service providers to use payments architecture

reserve-bank-of-india-sign

The Reserve Bank of India will start allowing some non-bank payment services providers to use two key national payments systems.

The RBI also announced it will switch off its real-time gross settlement (RTGS) system for 14 hours on April 18 while it undergoes a technical upgrade.

On April 7, the central bank said it would expand access to both its RTGS and National Electronic Funds Transfer (Neft) systems to regulated, non-bank payment service providers. Access will be granted in a “phased

Only users who have a paid subscription or are part of a corporate subscription are able to print or copy content.

To access these options, along with all other subscription benefits, please contact info@centralbanking.com or view our subscription options here: http://subscriptions.centralbanking.com/subscribe

You are currently unable to copy this content. Please contact info@centralbanking.com to find out more.

Sorry, our subscription options are not loading right now

Please try again later. Get in touch with our customer services team if this issue persists.

New to Central Banking? View our subscription options

Register for Central Banking

All fields are mandatory unless otherwise highlighted

This address will be used to create your account

FedNow – at last

The instant payment system might help fix the US’s rusty payment rails, but it also faces competition, says Dave Birch

You need to sign in to use this feature. If you don’t have a Central Banking account, please register for a trial.

Sign in
You are currently on corporate access.

To use this feature you will need an individual account. If you have one already please sign in.

Sign in.

Alternatively you can request an individual account

.