Articles

India’s Growing FinTech Cooperation : Bridging Borders and Empowering Digital Economies

India has emerged as a leader in the Financial Technology (FinTech) innovation and growing acceptance of its digital payments mark an important milestone in the global expansion of India’s digital payment system. The cross-border digital transactio....

November 01, 2024 Technological and Scientific Studies , RBI , Digital India , Fintech , QR code , Global South , UPI , NPCI , Digital Payments , DPI , Digital Literacy , Fast Payments System , NIPL , RuPay Card , SWIFT System

Neighborhood News Digest- 11 March 2024

Afghanistan

200 Hindu, Sikh Families May Return Over Next Month: Community Leader- Tolo News

Manjeet Singh Lamba, the head of the Sikh and Hindu community in Afghanistan, told TOLO news that currently, around 40 and 50 Sikh an....

March 11, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Hindu , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Bhutan , India-Nepal , Bangladesh , Presidential election , IMF , Coast Guard , PTI , India-Bangladesh , Afghan Taliban , India-Myanmar , Thailand-Myanmar , import , US-Nepal , UPI , Foreign Reserve , National Unity Alliance , Sikh , Pakistan President , Cypher , KIA-AA , Bhutan-India Relations , Aasandha Statistics , Bayraktar TB2 Drone , Maldives-Turkey Relations.

Neighborhood News Digest – 16 February 2024

Afghanistan

World Bank Approves Shift to Channel IDA Funds to Afg Humanitarian Aid-Tolo News

The World Bank Group said on Thursday that its executive board endorsed a new approach to aiding Afghanistan that will deploy some $3....

February 16, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Nepal , Maldives , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Bangladesh , EU , Federalism , PTI , Impeachment , UPI , World Bank Azerbaijan , JUIF , Democracy.

Neighborhood News Digest- 13 February 2024

Afghanistan

Two Guantanamo Prisoners Return to Kabul after 22 Years-Tolo News

Two Afghan prisoners held in the US's Guantanamo detention center have returned to Kabul on Monday after 15 years of imprisonment in the US center, ....

February 13, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , election , Bangladesh , Doha , Awami League , Coast Guard , Environment , PTI , BNP , UPI , Portugal , Maldives Parliamentary Elections , Abu Dhabi Fund (ADF)

Cyber Review - August 2023

National

With an outlay of ? 14,903 crore, the Cabinet approved expansion of the “Digital India” programme.

The Union Cabinet chaired by Bharat’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on 16 August 2023, approved the expansion o....

September 10, 2023 China , Myanmar , United Kingdom , AI , TikTok , Bharat , Cyber , VIF Cyber Review , UPI , Chatbot , Scammers , NCSC , Bitkom , DPPD

Science and Technology (S&T) Digest, 1-15 March 2023, Issue 9

In this Issue

I. Defence and Security

Procurement of 70 HTT-40 Basic Trainer Aircraft and Cadet Training Ships
DRDO Conducts Flight Tests of Very Short-Range Air Defence System M....

April 05, 2023 SCO , Make in India , DRDO , AI , MSMEs , Aatmanirbhar Bharat , ISRO , Science & Technology , IOT , LCA , NASA , semiconductor , ICT , VSHORADS , PLI , Gaganyaan , ML , Chips and Science Act , HAL , Startup , UPI , ASW Rocket , Digital India Bill , Digital Payments , FDIC , IN-SPACe , ISM , ISS , L&T , MANPAD , NISAR , OneWeb , SVB

India-Singapore FinTech Cooperation

Dr Saroj Bishoyi, Research Fellow, VIF Article

On 21 February 2023, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong launched the first payment linkage between India’s Unified Payment Interface (UPI) and Singapore’s PayNow, which opened a new chapter in cross-border FinTech con....

March 21, 2023 Technological and Scientific Studies , Article , India , RBI , Digital India , Singapore , G20 , innovation , Fintech , PayNow , UPI , P2P , MAS , NPCI , P2M , QR , Remittance , VPA