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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