Setting Up a Fintech Company in India: Legal Structure, RBI Compliance, Licences, Data Protection and Documentation

Setting up a fintech company in India requires first identifying the business model because fintech is not one single licence. A fintech may operate as a technology service provider, Lending Service Provider, digital lending platform, payment aggregator, payment gateway, prepaid instrument issuer, account aggregator, credit marketplace, wealth-tech platform, insurtech, regtech or embedded-finance platform. The legal...

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LSP Lending Service Provider in Digital Lending: Agency vs Principal-to-Principal Contracts Under RBI Guidelines

A Lending Service Provider, or LSP, in digital lending is generally treated as an agent of the Regulated Entity when it performs lender functions such as customer acquisition, underwriting support, pricing support, servicing, monitoring or recovery on behalf of a bank or NBFC. Even if the agreement between the Regulated Entity and the LSP describes...

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