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RBI Finquiry Invite Keeps Tokenisation In India Policy Dialogue

The Reserve Bank of India invited fintech firms to its July 31 Finquiry structured interaction, with tokenisation included in the official topic tags. The signal keeps Indian tokenisation and digital-finance infrastructure inside a supervised central-bank consultation track rather than a purely market-led rollout.

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APAC FINSTAB analysis

For APAC operators, this creates a medium-impact signal around regulation, tokenization in India. Named institutions or platforms: RBI. 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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