Why India cannot build a world-class fintech champ yetIndia boasts world-class digital finance but lacks global consumer fintechs. Regulatory hurdles prevent innovation, unlike in markets with ...
18 May, 2026, 05.46 PM IST
SC likely to hear petitions challenging sections of India’s first privacy law this monthThe petitioners are the Reporters' Collective, the Editors Guild of India, the National Campaign for People's Right to Information, Mazdoor...
13 May, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
IT companies fast aligning compliance architecture with DPDP enrouteAs India's May 2027 Digital Personal Data Protection Act deadline looms, IT majors like Infosys, Wipro, SAP, and TCS are actively strengthe...
05 May, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Beyond KYC: Why digital trust needs real-time intelligenceAshok Hariharan of IDfy argues that digital trust must evolve beyond one-time KYC to continuous, intelligence-led risk assessment across th...
14 Apr, 2026, 10.12 AM IST
Lost insurance records? Here’s how IRDAI’s Public Insurance Registry aims to fix the problem for policyholdersIndia's insurance sector is set for a major upgrade. The IRDAI is creating a Public Insurance Registry and Bima Sugam platform. These initi...
26 Mar, 2026, 04.02 PM IST
Banks and fintechs up privacy play with DPDP Act in phased rolloutNon-state lender Yes Bank has constituted a dedicated data privacy office and appointed a data privacy officer. “In line with the DPDPA, we...
27 Jan, 2026, 06.32 AM IST
Rules notified for DPDP two years after act passedThe privacy law in the world’s largest data market with over 800 million internet users has been 15 years in the making. Several provisions...
15 Nov, 2025, 06.00 AM IST
MeitY Startup Hub throws open innovation challenge to build open-source consent systems for data protection lawThe winning solution will be made available by the MeitY as a downloadable public good. It would help standardise consent handling practice...
16 Apr, 2025, 08.20 PM IST
Govt may release personal data bill rules in a fortnightThe government is likely to release the administrative rules under the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules within the next fortni...
21 Dec, 2023, 06.01 AM IST
Big Tech coalition seeks 12-18 month extension to comply with India's DPDP ActThe Asia Internet Coalition (AIC), an industry group representing Big Tech companies like Meta, Google, Apple and Microsoft, on Thursday ur...
26 Oct, 2023, 04.04 PM IST
Fintechs scramble to tweak systems as DPDP Act loomsServices like co-lending, payments, cross selling of financial products depend on multiple companies working together. With the DPDP Act th...
28 Sep, 2023, 06.01 AM IST
New data law will be an ever-evolving act: MoS IT Rajeev ChandrasekharMinister of State for Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, says the new data law will be an ever-evolving act and its provisions will ...
27 Aug, 2023, 10.29 AM IST
India has taken a great techno-legal approach to data privacy: Tata Sons chairman N ChandrasekaranChandrasekeran added that all the strides taken by India in the space of digital transformation and infrastructure will be applicable to co...
25 Aug, 2023, 02.15 PM IST
Decoding the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2023The opposition has expressed several concerns over the legislation and has been demanding that the bill be sent to a parliamentary panel fo...
09 Aug, 2023, 12.59 PM IST
FM Nirmala Sitharaman for strengthening global architecture to combat financial crimesddressing a 'G20 High-Level Tax Symposium on Combating Tax Evasion, Corruption and Money Laundering', Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman e...
16 Jul, 2023, 07.52 PM IST
Digital capital will aid formalisation of economy: Infosys cofounder Nandan NilekaniDigital capital or information collateral, as in the case of the Account Aggregator model, lays the foundation of increased formalisation o...
25 May, 2023, 06.00 AM IST
IFF says government must ensure informed consent for data empowerment policyDEPA categorises individuals or organisations into four types
01 Dec, 2020, 05.42 PM IST