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The Digital Rupee Is Getting Serious: Could India Eventually Pay Without UPI?
Finance & MoneySep 19

The Digital Rupee Is Getting Serious: Could India Eventually Pay Without UPI?

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has urged the RBI to accelerate the digital rupee as tokenisation, agentic AI and new forms of programmable finance reshape money itself. But e₹ is not simply another payment app — and its relationship with UPI could define the next chapter of India’s digital economy.

Leonard Simon18 min
AI Cyberattacks Emerge as India’s Biggest Near-Term Banking Threat: Is the Financial System Ready?
Finance & MoneyJul 5

AI Cyberattacks Emerge as India’s Biggest Near-Term Banking Threat: Is the Financial System Ready?

The RBI says AI-enabled cyberattacks are now the most serious immediate cyber risk facing India’s financial sector, as criminals weaponise phishing, cloned voices, synthetic identities and automated malware against banks and customers.

Priya Nair12 min
India Opens the Bond Door: Why FPI Tax Relief Matters for Your Economy
Finance & MoneyJun 9

India Opens the Bond Door: Why FPI Tax Relief Matters for Your Economy

India’s tax exemption for foreign investors in government securities is more than a bond-market reform. It is a strategic attempt to attract stable capital, support the rupee, deepen the sovereign debt market, and strengthen India’s case for greater global bond-index inclusion.

Priya Nair7 min
Banking Stocks Lead the Recovery: Why Financials Remain Market Anchors
Market PulseMay 25

Banking Stocks Lead the Recovery: Why Financials Remain Market Anchors

Indian equities rebounded as cooling crude prices, resilient credit growth and stronger bank balance sheets brought financial stocks back to the centre of market confidence.

Leonard Simon5 min
Rupee Strengthens on Oil Relief: What Currency Traders Are Pricing In
Market PulseMay 25

Rupee Strengthens on Oil Relief: What Currency Traders Are Pricing In

The Indian rupee has recovered from record lows as crude oil retreats below the danger zone, but traders are treating the rally as a relief move—not a full reversal—until oil, geopolitics, RBI action, and capital flows turn decisively supportive.

Leonard Simon5 min
Oil, Dollar, and Inflation: The Three Numbers Every Indian Household Should Track
Finance & MoneyMay 25

Oil, Dollar, and Inflation: The Three Numbers Every Indian Household Should Track

As crude oil, the rupee-dollar rate, and consumer inflation move together, Indian families are feeling the pressure through fuel bills, groceries, EMIs, education costs, travel, and savings decisions.

Leonard Simon6 min
Rupee Recovery Watch: Can Lower Oil Prices Give India Breathing Space?
Finance & MoneyMay 25

Rupee Recovery Watch: Can Lower Oil Prices Give India Breathing Space?

The rupee has clawed back from record lows as crude prices eased, but India’s currency relief depends on one fragile condition: oil must stay calm long enough for trade, inflation and capital flows to stabilize.

Leonard Simon4 min
RBI’s ₹2.87 Lakh Crore Windfall: A Record Transfer That Gives New Firepower to India’s Fiscal Engine
Finance & MoneyMay 25

RBI’s ₹2.87 Lakh Crore Windfall: A Record Transfer That Gives New Firepower to India’s Fiscal Engine

The Reserve Bank of India’s highest-ever surplus transfer gives the Centre a major fiscal cushion, but it also raises questions about borrowing, spending discipline, central-bank buffers, and how long such windfalls can be relied upon.

Leonard Simon6 min
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