Analysis of News relating to the Digital Money Ecosystem

Amazon India gears up to expand scope of digital payments service in India - Livemint

15/06/2017 Link to source

Amazon India gears up to expand scope of digital payments service in India Amazon India, which had applied for what is called a prepaid payment instrument (PPI) licence nearly a year ago, has got the go-ahead from RBI to launch its own digital wallet service, but it is not clear whether the company will launch a new payments ... Amazon India all set to launch digital payment platform Moneycontrol.com all 15 news articles »

Context

	India The Republic of India is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area and the second-most populous country.
	Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Reserve Bank of India is the Central Bank responsible for the monetary stability in India.
	Amazon Payments, Inc. Amazon Payments, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary of Amazon.com.
	Digital Payment The Digital Payments domain has been described by Shift Thought™ as a way to understand the different ways in which monetary value may be transferred between persons, businesses, government and other entities.
	Digital Wallets The Digital Wallet domain has been described by Shift Thought™ as a means of understanding the whole range of stored value products including the provision of e-money, mobile wallets and e-wallets.
	Amazon China/ Amazon.cn (formerly Joyo.com) Amazon China/ Amazon.cn (formerly Joyo.com) is the China operation of Amazon, the world’s leading e-commerce company.
	Amazon India/ Amazon Seller Services Private Ltd Amazon.in is operated by Amazon Seller Services Private Ltd, an affiliate of Amazon.com.
	ACI Gift Cards Inc. (Amazon) ACI Gift Cards Inc. with its afffiliates runs the Amazon Coins program in USA.
	Amazon - USA Amazon Payments, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary of Amazon.com.
	Amazon Payments Europe S.C.A. Amazon Payments Europe S.C.A. is authorised as an electronic money institution in Luxembourg.
	Digital Wallet The Digital Wallet topic discusses the use of an account and stored value or e-money across multiple channels and services. This includes prepaid cards, vouchers and mobile wallets.
	Payments The Payments Topic includes knowledge related to a variety of services such as mobile payments, online payments, bill payments and more.
	Digital Money in India 2014 India, the second-most populous country in the world has ambitious plans for financial inclusion, putting in place infrastructure to spread low cost mobile financial services throughout the country.
	Mobile money in India A concise look at mobile financial services in India.

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