Net-worth requirement for non-bank Bharat Bill Payment units reduced to ₹25 cr

May 27, 2022
Net-worth requirement for non-bank Bharat Bill Payment units reduced to ₹25 cr

At current, a internet value of 100 crore is required to acquire authorisation for a non-bank BBPOU (Bharat Invoice Cost Working Models).

The RBI on Thursday eased norms for non-bank entities to arrange Bharat Invoice Cost working items by decreasing the net-worth reqirement to 25 crore, with a view to encourage extra gamers within the phase.

At current, a internet value of 100 crore is required to acquire authorisation for a non-bank BBPOU (Bharat Invoice Cost Working Models).

Bharat Invoice Cost System (BBPS) is an interoperable platform for invoice funds and the scope and protection of BBPS extends to all classes of billers who elevate recurring payments.

“…the minimal net-worth requirement for non-bank Bharat Invoice Cost Working Models (BBPOUs) stands diminished to 25 crore,” the Reserve Financial institution of India mentioned in a round.

Customers of BBPS take pleasure in advantages like standardised invoice cost expertise, centralised buyer grievance redressal mechanism and prescribed buyer comfort price.

The discount in net-worth necessities follows an announcement relating to the identical by the central financial institution in April.

The RBI had mentioned whereas BBPS has seen a rise within the quantity of transactions in addition to variety of onboarded billers, it’s noticed that there has not been a corresponding progress within the variety of non-bank BBPOUs.

The requirement of 100 crore internet value for a non-bank BBPOU to acquire authorisation was seen as a constraint to higher participation, it had mentioned.

To extend participation, the RBI had determined to align the web value requirement of non-bank BBPOUs with that of different non–financial institution contributors which deal with buyer funds (like cost aggregators) and have an analogous danger profile.


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