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RBI penalty on Western Union, MoneyGram, Phonepe

By  CL Jose May 4, 2019

Vodafone m-pesa slapped Rs3.05 cr monetary penalty

MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed monetary penalty on Western Union Financial Services, MoneyGram Payment Systems and five prepaid payment instruments issuers (PPI) including Vodafone m-pesa Ltd in the recent past. RBI has, vide orders dated April 20, 2019, imposed monetary penalty of Rs29.70 lakh and Rs10.12 lakh on Western Union Financial Services and MoneyGram Payment Systems respectively, for non-compliance of regulatory guidelines. In another similar development, RBI has imposed monetary penalty on five PPI Issuers for non-compliance of regulatory guidelines under Section 30 of the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007. The other PPI issuers came under RBI monetary penalty are My Mobile Payments Ltd (Rs1 crore), Phonepe Pvt Ltd (Rs1 crore), Y-Cash Software Solutions Pvt Ltd (Rs5 lakh) and GI Technology Pvt Ltd (Rs1 crore).
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CL Jose

Editor at Business Benchmark News

Have been in the financial media since the early 90s, starting with Financiall Express in Mumbai. Worked in Mumbai editions of Business Standard and Observer of Business and Politics. I spent most of my journalistic career in the GCC - Saudi Arabia, Oman and UAE with various business newspapers, mostly covering banking and finance.