Google Pay: No Longer A Payment Machine Operator.

Google Pay no longer a payment machine operator: RBI to Delhi HC

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has instructed the Delhi High Court that Google Pay is a third-birthday celebration app provider (TPAP) and does no longer operates any price structures. Therefore, its operations are not in violation of the Payment and Settlement System Act of 2007, RBI has instructed a bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan.

RBI has also advised the court that due to the fact Google Pay does no longer operates any price machine, it does no longer find an area in the listing of authorized charge gadget operators published through the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). The RBI's submissions got here in reaction to a PIL by economic economist Abhijit Mishra who has alleged that Google's mobile price app, Google Pay or GPay in short, turned into facilitating financial transactions without the requisite authorization from RBI.

Mishra has claimed that GPay became appearing as a price device company in violation of the Payments and Settlements Act because it has no legitimate authorization from the central financial institution of the country to carry out such functions. He has additionally contended that GPay does now not figure in NPCI's listing of authorized 'fee systems operators' released on March 20, 2019.

The bench stated the matter requires distinct hearing as it influences other third-celebration apps and listed it on July 22.