PAYMENT SYSTEMS OPERATORS IN INDIA

  • Recently, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued a framework for payment and settlement related activities by payment system operators.
  • This framework is issued under provisions of Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007.
  • The Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007 provides for the regulation and supervision of payment systems in India and designates the RBI as the authority for that purpose and all related matters.

Payment System

  • A payment system is a system used to settle financial transactions through the transfer of monetary value and consist of the various mechanisms that facilitate the transfer of funds from one party (the payer) to another (the payee).
  • A payment system includes the participants (institutions) and the users (customers/clients), the rules and regulations that guide its operation and the standards and technologies on which the system operates
  • The Board for Regulation and Supervision of Payment and Settlement Systems (BPSS), a sub-committee of the Central Board of the RBI is the highest policy making body on payment systems in India.

Payment System Operators (PSOs)

  • PSOs by virtue of services they provide and the construct of models on which they operate, largely outsource their payment and settlement-related activities to various other entities.
  • It is an institution which has been granted an authorisation for the operation of a payment system.

Important points:

  • Licensed non-bank Payment System Operators (PSOs), cannot outsource core management functions.
  • Core management functions include risk management and internal audit, compliance and decision-making functions such as determining compliance with KYC norms.
  • It will be applicable to all service providers, whether located in India or abroad.
  • To put in place minimum standards to manage risks in outsourcing of payment and settlement-related activities including tasks such as onboarding customers and IT-based services.
  • There is a potential area of operational risk associated with outsourcing by payment system operators and participants of authorised payments systems.
  • India’s tech ecosystem has seen several high-profile cyber attacks such as those at Juspay, Upstox and Mobikwik over the last year targeting customers’ payments data

SOURCE: THE HINDU,THE ECONOMIC TIMES,MINT

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