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KYC compliance loop continues to strain bank staff & account holders
March 15, 2026 9:39 pm
“Happy to inform that I have successfully updated my KYC for the 18th time in my rather short adult life. Gratitude to my Investment Adviser, my father (he is overjoyed his name is spelt correctly) and my smart phone,” a customer wrote on X recently.
A Kerala story: Marriage, love and the benefits of a video KYC
October 25, 2025 7:08 am
A couple in Kerala registered their marriage using video KYC, which verifies identities using Aadhaar-based OTPs or email authentication. This must be placed in the context of Kerala’s strides in digital literacy
OpenAI introduces mandatory ID verification for developers amid concerns of misuse, IP theft
April 15, 2025 1:07 pm
As part of the verification process, developers would have to furnish a government-issued ID from one of the countries supported by OpenAI’s API.
Why has RBI put restraints on a certain card network?
February 16, 2024 3:31 pm
There are five card networks in India: Visa, Mastercard, RuPay, Diners Club, AmEx. The network in question has allegedly allowed businesses to make payments through intermediaries to entities that cannot accept card payments.
RBI revises definition of politically-exposed persons for KYC purpose
January 05, 2024 4:31 pm
The central bank has also asked chairpersons and chief executives of banks and other financial services, which are into lending business, to make the changes effective immediately.
KYC verification for SIM cards to soon go fully digital
April 08, 2023 6:01 am
In order to identify fraud SIM cards and block them, solutions powered by AI and facial recognition for telecom SIM subscriber verification (ASTR) is also being implemented by the government pan-India.
Independently validate KYC records from July 1: Sebi to KRAs
April 07, 2022 12:27 am
Sebi said KRAs will independently validate records of those clients (existing as well as new) whose KYC has been completed using Aadhaar as an Officially Valid Document (OVD).
Payment operators can’t outsource core management functions: RBI
August 04, 2021 10:38 am
The service provider, unless it is a group company of the PSO, should not be owned or controlled by any director or officer of the PSO or their relatives.
Over 1 lakh national IDs of Indians put on dark net for sale: Cyber intelligence firm
June 03, 2020 4:15 pm
The scanned ID documents indicate that the data may have been leaked from a company's data base in the segment where they have to comply with 'Know Your Customer' (KYC) norms.
Telcos begin rolling out alternate digital KYC process for new connections
November 07, 2018 11:43 am
In the wake of the recent Supreme Court verdict on Aadhaar, the Telecom Department had issued detailed instructions to telcos on stopping the use of Aadhaar-based electronic-know your customer (e-KYC) and had asked them to report compliance by November 5.
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