The Government has introduced various measures to increase the investment inflow in the fintech sector. Recently the Ministry of Commerce and Industry issued a statement specifying the measures that have played a pivotal role in boosting the investment inflow in the fintech sector. In this article, we will take a look at the measures taken by the government for the fintech ecosystem in India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The word ‘fintech’ means ‘financial technology’. Fintech term was coined in the 21st<\/sup> century to describe technology used in the back end systems of established financial institutions. Fintech helps companies, business owners and users to manage their financial operations and processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n India enjoys a great place in the global digital market<\/a>. It has a fintech adoption rate of 87% as against the global average of 64%. India has a huge number of smartphone users which runs into millions. Further, there are more than 1 billion telecom subscribers as of March 2021. Also, there has been a significant rise in the digital payment transactions in India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n India is placed third globally in respect of start-up ecosystem. Various fintech companies have become unicorn<\/a> with a valuation of more than 1 billion dollars. Over the years, the government has taken numerous initiatives for the fintech ecosystem in India that has resulted in the overall growth of the Digital ecosystem in India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Ministry of Commerce and Industry, in a statement given as a written reply, highlighted the following measures:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n It is a scheme which allows new bank account enrolment of beneficiaries for the transfer of direct benefits and helps in accessing various financial services applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With the help of Aadhaar, one can access Aadhaar enabled payment system. Aadhaar enabled payment system allows individuals to transact on a micro-ATM by furnishing their Aadhaar numbers and verifying it by scanning their fingerprint or iris. Aadhar payment bridge system facilitates operations from Aadhaar linked bank account with the help of biometric authentication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Various authentication solutions have been introduced, like digital KYC, digital signature on documents, and video-based identification process. It has helped in creating different safeguards for not only customers but also for fintech start-ups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The government has introduced a central repository called CKYC to reduce the issue of going through multiple KYCs for various financial institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The customer onboarding costs has reduced significantly, which has caused improvement in the access of financial services to the rural India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n By setting up of payments bank and extending licenses to payment banks<\/strong><\/a>, the government has sought to push for financial inclusion. Additionally, the RBI has increased the maximum end of day balance for payment banks to 2 lakh rupees.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGrowth of Fintech ecosystem in India<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Fintech ecosystem in India: Measures taken by the government<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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