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RBI Deputy Governor Urges Risk-Based And Proportionate KYC

RBI Deputy Governor Swaminathan J argued that KYC should protect customers and financial-system integrity while relying on sound judgement, current customer profiles and proportionate implementation. The signal matters for digital finance and VASP-related controls in India because it frames KYC as risk-based rather than mechanical document collection.

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APAC FINSTAB analysis

For APAC operators, this creates a medium-impact signal around aml, regulation in India. Named institutions or platforms: RBI, Reserve Bank of India, Swaminathan J. Teams should monitor the original source, map the change to licensing, custody, disclosure, and market-access obligations, and update their jurisdiction playbooks before the next compliance review.

Compliance read-through: map this event to entity licensing, market-access, custody, disclosure, token listing, and operational-risk obligations before expanding or marketing in the affected jurisdiction.

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