Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Friday 4 May 2018

Inter-operability of Wallets





Business Line ( 04 May , 2018 ) carries following news :



 



The Reserve Bank of India is likely to unveil this month the final guidelines for digital wallets to be interoperable. The banking regulator also wants the wallet players to integrate the functions and procedures by the end of June.

“The final guidelines on interoperability are likely to come this month. The RBI is working with the NPCI (National Payments Corporation of India) and a few other groups to frame the guidelines, but these are complex processes and systems and everyone wants to be 100 per cent sure before the final roll-out. Technology has to be tested, and hence, it is taking time,” said a banker requesting anonymity.

The RBI, in its master directions for prepaid payment instruments (PPIs), had proposed the idea of interoperability among digital wallets within six months, following which digital wallets present in the ecosystem will be able to interact or transact with each other.

At present, a user of a wallet, such as Paytm, can only send or receive money through another Paytm account. Once wallets become interoperable, users will be able to transact with each other, irrespective of the platform they have subscribed to.

Sources said that the RBI wants to test out the whole process with 10 digital wallets initially, and added that the central bank wants to make the NPCI the “centre of switch” for all kinds of transactions.




Congratulations , RBI  !



To overcome any resistance to this excellent idea, either from the bankers or from users of Mobile Wallets,  I suggest that the advantages of this reform , as highlighted below , be widely publicized / debated :

 

Source :


A Matter of Time  [  03  Jan  2017  ]


https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2017/01/a-matter-of-time.html

 



*  All bank accounts of a person ( in different banks ) become inter- operable / fungible ,

   through seamless interlinking , using Aadhar / UPI Interface in a Mobile Wallet .


   No need to " select " a particular bank name


  
*  All transactions using a Mobile Wallet, automatically entered in BLOCK-

   CHAIN database commonly shared by ALL banks



  
*  Wallet based algorithm will move funds across different bank accounts for best yield ,

   constantly searching for best interest rates offered by banks on Fixed Deposits


   This will happen automatically , much like algorithm-based share trading , taking

   advantage of price differences in two bourses located 300 km apart ( in one

   thousandths of a second ! )


  
   No rocket science here considering availability of " BEST PRICE " apps for thousands of

   goods and services



   And since computing power of mobiles are doubling every 18 months ( Moore's Law ),

  nothing will stop algotrading through a Mobile Wallet  as well ( Demat A/C on Wallet ? )

   



*  Of course , future Mobile Wallets will subsume within itself , ALL AUTOMATIC

    PAYMENT APPS , using which ( individually ) , currently I make following digital

    payments :


    
     #  Property Taxes / Locker Fees / Housing Society Charges / MTNL bill


     #  Mahanagar Gas / Tata Power / YOU broadband / Vodafone / TATA Sky TV etc



   I expect , a future Mobile Wallet to take care of ALL my periodic dues, automatically

 

 

Same page of Business Line , also carries following news :

 

Bank Account portability still some time away


https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/money-and-banking/bank-account-portability-still-some-time-away/article23763055.ece

 

I have no doubt that interoperability of mobile wallets , will hasten the Bank Account Portability

 

04  May  2018

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