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Digital currency to bring down time, cost for cross-border transactions: RBI’s Sankar
Central bank digital currency, to be launched this year, could become a tool for reducing time and cost for cross-border transactions, Reserve Bank Deputy Governor T. Rabi Sankar said on Wednesday. Explained | RBI’s digital currency plans Observing that India has an excellent, cheap and fast domestic payments system, he said the cost of cross-border payment, however, is still high. Concerning fraud management, Mr. Sankar said digital payment needs to be scaled up while preserving system integrity, which essentially means technical stability. Citing the example of the Unified Payments Interface for non-feature phones, Mr. Sankar said the RBI pays special attention to the fact that digital payment technology should be inclusive.






















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