RBI’s missive to online payment firms; CEO shuffle at startups
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Happy Monday! The country’s central bank has asked payment companies to flag high-value suspicious transactions amid the ongoing general elections. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.Also in the letter:■ Zomato hikes platform fee■ IT cos see employee wage cost rise■ Dhruva Space raises Rs 78 crore Track fishy transactions, RBI tells payment firms amid ongoing elections 109485600The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has asked payment system operators (PSOs) to step up their checks on...

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