medianama.comadded August 2026
MediaNamaby Azdhan28d ago
“The next generation of reforms has to be to liberate the industry and citizens at large from this stifling chokehold of rules, regulations, and permissions,” said Rajiv Gauba, a member of the...
MediaNamaby Anjali Tripathi28d ago
An artificial intelligence (AI) agent may work out what a user wants. It should not be the thing that approves the payment.
MediaNamaby Prabhanu Kumar Das28d ago
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is working on proof-of-concept (POC) projects to enable international interoperability for Aadhaar, while also developing policy changes that...
MediaNamaby Ann Mary Peter28d ago
Authorities in Doda district, Jammu and Kashmir, have imposed a new two-month ban on Virtual Private Networks (VPNs).
MediaNamaby Azdhan29d ago
“An institution may outsource the computation, but it cannot outsource the consequence,” said Rohit Jain, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India, in a keynote address at Global Fintech Fest (GFF)...
MediaNamaby Amit Singh29d ago
IPO-bound PhonePe is taking its payments business global. The fintech company has received its first overseas licence from the Central Bank of the UAE and will soon launch local operations in the...
MediaNamaby Prabhanu Kumar Das29d ago
“Let us see that sovereignty is not about resisting innovation or technology. We have to see that technological innovation is not interfering with our sovereignty,” said Dr Barendra Kumar Bhoi, who...
MediaNamaby Anjali Tripathi29d ago
Finding a weakness in a payment system and exploiting it took about a year and a half in 2016. It now takes under an hour, Visa’s Subra Kumaraswamy told the Global Fintech Fest.
MediaNamaby Azdhan29d ago
“There were some discussions yesterday. We were looking at gold tokenization as one more avatar that is being explored.
MediaNamaby Amit Singh29d ago
Amazon Pay on Wednesday introduced Smart wallet, a new offering that lets AI agents make UPI payments on behalf of users.
MediaNamaby Anjali Tripathi29d ago
India’s free trade agreements are being used to clear regulatory obstacles for fintech exports. That covers data flows, cloud computing and cybersecurity, Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal said at...
MediaNamaby Rohit Singh29d ago
“The Press Club of India strongly condemns the suspension of the Instagram accounts of three independent journalists following their ground reporting from Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh, on a public...
MediaNamaby Ann Mary Peter29d ago
Cybersecurity researcher Nisarga Adhikary alleged that vulnerabilities in Adalat AI’s systems exposed its database, storage, infrastructure, credentials and private source code.
MediaNamaby Prabhanu Kumar Das29d ago
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) launched a Face Authentication Software Development Kit (SDK) and a testing environment in its Aadhaar sandbox at the Global Fintech Fest 2026.
MediaNamaby Azdhan29d ago
“There are no principles set in place specifically for AI agents,” said Gowree Gokhale, an independent lawyer, to MediaNama after a panel discussion on ‘Cybersecurity in the Age of AI’ at the Youth...
MediaNamaby Azdhan29d ago
“We are now bringing into place the Architecture of Maharashtra Digitisation and Exchange of Land Token Asset Act, that is, the DELTA Act,” said Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis at Global Fintech...
MediaNamaby Anjali Tripathi29d ago
Meta has launched an AI agent that acts on a user’s behalf. Muse sends emails, fills in forms, negotiates and makes purchases, and keeps running after the app is closed.
MediaNamaby Amit Singh29d ago
Paytm is diversifying beyond its core payments and financial services business and expanding into enterprise AI.
MediaNamaby Rohit Singh29d ago
eBay offered gender-prediction kits for delivery to India, where the law bans prenatal sex determination, according to a Reuters review.
MediaNamaby Prabhanu Kumar Das29d ago
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for a fintech consumer protection index that would give every company a transparent rating, making consumer protection, alongside cybersecurity and data...
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