GOP blasts consumer agency over push to regulate digital wallets, payment apps

GOP blasts consumer agency over push to regulate digital wallets, payment apps

House Republicans took aim at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) at a Wednesday hearing over its proposed rule regulating financial services like digital wallets and payment apps.  The agency announced its proposal to supervise the nonbank financial technology in November, with CFPB Director Rohit Chopra saying the rule “would crack down on one avenue …

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Inactive UPI IDs: NPCI to Google Pay, Paytm, PhonePe and others: Deactivate these UPI IDs by December 31

Inactive UPI IDs: NPCI to Google Pay, Paytm, PhonePe and others: Deactivate these UPI IDs by December 31

The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has an important message for third-party UPI apps like Google Pay, Paytm, PhonePe etc. and others. In a circular issued recently, NPCI has asked third-party apps and banks to deactivate the UPIIDs and numbers that have been inactive for more than a year. For those unaware, NPCI is …

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