India: Promoting Regional Partnerships for Adoption of Fintech and Digital Payments Systems
The proposed knowledge and support technical assistance (TA) aims to provide institutional support to the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) in accelerating adoption of digital payments and promoting financial technology (fintech ) cooperation across Asia.
Project Details
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Project Officer
Challa, Keerthi Kumar
South Asia Department
Request for information -
Country/Economy
India -
Sector
- Finance
| Project Name | Promoting Regional Partnerships for Adoption of Fintech and Digital Payments Systems | ||||
| Project Number | 54094-001 | ||||
| Country / Economy | India |
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| Project Status | Active | ||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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| Strategic Agendas | Inclusive economic growth Regional integration |
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| Drivers of Change | Gender Equity and Mainstreaming Governance and capacity development Knowledge solutions Partnerships Private sector development |
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| Sector / Subsector |
Education / Non-formal education - social protection initiatives Finance / Finance sector development |
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| Gender Equity and Mainstreaming | Some gender elements | ||||
| Description | The proposed knowledge and support technical assistance (TA) aims to provide institutional support to the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) in accelerating adoption of digital payments and promoting financial technology (fintech ) cooperation across Asia. | ||||
| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | While the government has promoted an enabling climate for the fintech industry including deepening international transactions, a dynamic policy and regulatory architecture will need to match the speed of innovation in this sector. Upgrading the existing techno-legal expertise is pivotal to NPCI for not only ensuring compliance with evolving domestic regulations but also for advancing its international engagements with other nodal fintech agencies operating in other countries. | ||||
| Impact | Seamless digitization of payments accelerated (Digital India Program) | ||||
| Project Outcome | |
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| Description of Outcome | Regional partnerships and collaborations that facilitate adoption of fintech-based digital payments systems established |
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| Implementation Progress | |
| Description of Project Outputs | Fintech Market Development plans for promoting cross-border digital payments by NPCI/NIPL created. NPCI and NIPL institutional capacity improved. |
| Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues) | |
| Geographical Location | Nation-wide |
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| Involuntary Resettlement | |
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| Business Opportunities | |
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| Consulting Services | ADB will engage a consulting firm and two individual consultants for the implementation of TA activities. The consultants will help NPCI in conducting market assessment, enable digital outreach across countries and help in establishing fintech collaborations. ADB will engage both national and international individual consultants following its Procurement Policy (2017, as amended from time to time) and its associated staff instructions. |
| Procurement | NA |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Challa, Keerthi Kumar |
| Responsible ADB Department | South Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | India Resident Mission |
| Executing Agencies |
Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance 3rd floor, Jeevan Deep Building, 10 Sansad Marg National Payments Corporation of India 1001A, B wing, 10th Flr., The Capital, Bandra East, Mumbai, Maharasthra, 400051 |
| Timetable | |
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| Concept Clearance | 28 Apr 2020 |
| Fact Finding | 28 Sep 2020 to 21 Dec 2020 |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 05 Oct 2021 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 05 Oct 2021 |
TA 6790-IND
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 05 Oct 2021 | 22 Mar 2022 | 22 Mar 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | - | - |
| Financing Plan/TA Utilization | Cumulative Disbursements | |||||||
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 0.00 | 500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 500,000.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 0.00 |
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| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Promoting Regional Partnerships for Adoption of Fintech and Digital Payments Systems: Technical Assistance Report | Technical Assistance Reports | Oct 2021 |
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Tenders
| Tender Title | Type | Status | Posting Date | Deadline |
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| Fast Payments Infrastructure UPI | Firm - Consulting | Closed | 27 May 2022 | 17 Jun 2022 |
Contracts Awarded
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Procurement Plan
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