India Soon To Be A Cashless Society, Says Governor
India has been a little slower than many Western - and indeed Asian - nations in its adoption of digital currency, but it looks as though we are finally seeing some movement in the right direction. In a television interview released earlier today, Raghuram Rajan, Gov of the reserve bank of India, voiced is opinion on bitcoin and its likely future in India. Seemingly in strong support for bitcoin adoption, the governor responded to a question from the audience of the television programme being filmed. He had this to say: I have no doubt that down the line, we will be moving towards....
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New Delhi Television Limited, one of India's largest TV networks, aired a show featuring an interview with the Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Raghuram Rajan. The show, which was titled "India Forecast," gathered students from several local universities to ask the head of India's central bank various questions about the economy. Rajan said that Bitcoin "is fascinating." "I have no doubt that down the line, we will be moving towards primarily a cashless society and we'll have some kind of currencies like this which will be at work. For us at the Reserve Bank, this may happen in 10....
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This is the year that eCommerce will see big development in India. Morgan Stanley Research reports a 50% increase from last year. They rank India as the 10th largest economy in the world, with a forecasted GDP growth of around 5.5%. The National Payments Corp of India is projected to make e-commerce dealings easier by enabling micropayments and person-to-person payments. They will use a unified payment interface (UPI). In India, this UPI is one of many innovations taking place in the financial sector that will benefit the customer, and will help make India a cashless society, says Reserve....
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