Sebi rolls out validated UPI handles to safeguard investors from cyber frauds

Sebi rolls out validated UPI handles to safeguard investors from cyber frauds

In order to safeguard investors from cyber frauds, the market regulator, Sebi has rolled out a new sub-system of UPI – “Validated UPI handles” have been enabled for securities market, Tuhin Kanta Pandey, Chairman, SEBI said in Kautilya Economic Conclave 2025. According to the chairman, along with the “SEBI Check” facility, any investor can easily … Read more

Digital India Trust Agency: How this RBI’s initiative can regularise lending apps

Digital India Trust Agency: How this RBI’s initiative can regularise lending apps

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is planning to set up a public register of white-listed lending apps to curb the menace of illegal lending apps in the country. As part of the new step, the central bank is looking to create an agency, Digital India Trust Agency (DIGITA), that will enable verification of digital … Read more

Mobile phone evidence key in 70 percent of cybercrime cases, says forensics expe

Mobile phone evidence key in 70 percent of cybercrime cases, says forensics expe

About 70% of cyber frauds occur through mobile phones, and the usage of phones in crimes is rising by the day, said A.P. Forensic Science Laboratory (APFSL) Joint Director D. Venkateswarlu. Speaking on ‘Evidence collection in POCSO Act – Forensic Analysis’ at the State-level consultation on POCSO cases organised by APSLSA and CRAF on the … Read more