Twitter was initially denied to comply with government new rules and finally agreed to comply with new policies. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has crackdown on largest third party financial services provided company MasterCard for violating data storage laws. It has been barred from issuing new cards in India by RBI with effect from July 22nd.
MasterCard is the world's second
largest payment network with around 230 million card holders across the globe.
In India, MasterCard holds 30% of all card payments in the country. RBI said
that MasterCard has failed to comply with India’s new guidelines or rules which
also include storing the payments data exclusively in India. Despite repeated
warnings from RBI since 2018, MasterCard violated the new rule. Since it is
banned, MasterCard wouldn’t be able to get new domestic customers in India.
MasterCard will not issue new Credit, Debit and Prepaid cards to Indian
customers. RBI gave a sigh of relief to existing customers. RBI’s ban wouldn't
impact existing MasterCard customers.
RBI decision will impact several
private sector lenders who tied up with MasterCard includes HDFC Bank, Axis
Bank, Yes Bank, ICICI Bank and RBL Bank. Besides these five banks, Bajaj
Finserv and SBI Card may face problems as they were also issuing cards of this
payment gateway.
Who will benefit with the RBI decision?
Almost all banks provide four types
of debit and credit cards like Visa, MasterCard, Maestro and Rupay. RBI’s
decision to ban MasterCard from issuing new debit and credit cards in the
country could be a win for the government’s own payment systems. Home-grown
‘Rupay’ and VISA cards could benefit mostly with the MasterCard ban. As per the
reports, RuPay is Indian could be the one player to see exceptional
gains.
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