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India

The RBI licenses prepaid issuers and payment aggregators separately, including cross-border.

4 licences · 6 institutions

Regulator sites

Licence types

4

What the regime looks like

  • Prepaid Payment Instrument issuerPPIRBI authorisation to issue prepaid instruments — wallets, gift cards and transit cards.E-money & stored valueOfficial source
  • Payment AggregatorPAAuthorisation to aggregate merchants and settle domestic payments; non-banks must hold the licence directly.Payment institution / PSPOfficial source
  • Cross-border Payment AggregatorPA-CBA separate RBI authorisation for cross-border payment aggregation, in import and export variants.Payment institution / PSPOfficial source
  • Bharat Bill Payment Operating UnitBBPOUAuthorisation to operate within India's bill payment system.Payment institution / PSPOfficial source

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A curated reference, not legal advice and not exhaustive. Confirm the scope of any licence with its regulator before relying on it.