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          Traditionally, one of the four Deputy  downsides  and  capitalise  on  the
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          decides to appoint someone from the  stantly remind themselves,” he said at  Insurance Times Journal to receive
          private sector, it would be a first for  a Conference of PSOs in Kochi.  copy of the journal uninterruptedly.
          the Reserve Bank of India.
                                            PSOs in India include Clearing Corpora-  You can now pay by GPAY, Phonepe,
                                            tion of India, National Payments Cor-  Paytm, Amazon, ICICI Pay, BHIM UPI
          RBI  injects  Rs.  1.1  trn
                                            poration of India, Cards Payment Net-
          funds into banking system         works, Cross border Money Transfer,
                                            ATM networks, Prepaid Payment In-
          With the onset of corporate advance
                                            struments, White Label ATM Opera-
          taxes  leading to  significant outflows
                                            tors,  Instant  Money  Transfer,  and
          from the banking system, the Reserve
                                            Trade Receivables Discounting System,
          Bank of India injected  Rs 1.1 trillion
          into the system for the largest liquid-  Bharat Bill Payment System.
          ity infusion in a day since April 24,
          2019.                             Indian banking system is
          According to its data, the RBI injected
                                            stable, resilient: RBI Gover-
          net liquidity worth Rs 110, 772 crore
                                            nor
          into the banking system on March 16.
          Injection of funds also marks the first  Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor
          time since April 24, 2019 that the RBI  Shaktikanta Das said that the country’s
          infused more than Rs 1 trillion into the  banking system continues to be stable
          banking system.                   and  resilient, and lenders have built
                                            sufficient buffers to shield themselves
          Payment System operators          from any unforeseen stress. His com-
                                            ments come amid the recent turmoil
          urged to embrace online
                                            in the banking sector globally.
          dispute resolution model
                                            Das also said that the worst of inflation
          Every  failed  transaction,  fraud  at-  is behind us and that the rupee exhib-
          tempted or actually carried out, and  ited the least volatility among its peers.  Sashi  Publications Easy Payment
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                                            ening  by  central  banks  across the  iv) NEFT: Current A/C
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