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RBI and Banks to develop the Digital Payment Intelligence Platform (DPIP)

Posted 24 Jun 2025

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DPIP will be developed as a Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) under the supervision and guidance of the RBI.

  •  DPI refers to foundational digital systems that are accessible, secure, and interoperable, supporting essential public services e.g., Aadhaar, Unified Payment Interface (UPI) etc.

About DPIP

  • It seeks to bolster fraud risk management by facilitating real intelligence sharing and gathering by harnessing advanced technologies
  • It will also strengthen existing fraud detection systems by enabling coordination among banks.
  • A committee under Chairman Shri A.P. Hota constituted to examine various aspects of setting up of DPIP.
  • The Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH) has been assigned to build a prototype of DPIP in consultation with 5-10 banks.
    • Both Private and Public banks will be consulted.
  • Need of DPIP
    • As per RBI’s annual report, fraud cases in the banking sector saw a significant increase. 
    • The total value of frauds jumped to ₹36,014 crore in FY25, compared to ₹12,230 crore in FY24.

Other Initiatives Initiatives by RBI to Curb Bank Frauds

  • Multi factor authentication: All banks are supposed to implement multi-factor authentication for all payments through electronic modes.
  • Zero liability for customers: For losses due to   negligence by the bank or a third-party breach.
  • bank.in and fin.in : To help customers to easily distinguish legitimate banking websites from fraudulent ones.
  • Tags :
  • RBI
  • Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI)
  • Digital Payment Intelligence Platform
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