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RBI Urges Banks To Ditch SMS OTPs For Enhanced Authentication

Banking industry experts have raised concerns about the vulnerability of SMS-based one-time passwords (OTPs).

Feb 11, 2024, 13:46 PM IST

How Many SIM Cards Are Issued On Your Aadhaar Card? Here's Step-By-Step Guide To Check

On one Aadhaar card, a person is permitted to have nine SIM cards, per Department of Telecom (DoT) regulations.

Aug 11, 2023, 20:31 PM IST

Google Pay Enables Aadhaar-Based Authentication For UPI Activation

"With the Aadhaar-based UPI onboarding flow, Google Pay users will be able to set their UPI PIN without a debit card," Google Pay said in a statement.

Jun 07, 2023, 21:42 PM IST

Rajasthan Govt Employees Can Withdraw Their Salary In Advance

The new rule went into effect on June 1, 2023.

Jun 02, 2023, 17:22 PM IST

OTP rule changes from today! Debit, credit card users must know new regulations before making payment

The RBI recently increased the minimum amount on e-mandates requiring One Time Passwords (OTPs) to Rs 15000, up from Rs 5000, previously. 

Jun 17, 2022, 14:44 PM IST

Banks to allow users to enable UPI with Aadhaar-OTP from THIS date

Despite the fact that NPCI introduced this service, it was always up to the banks to make it available to their consumers.

Mar 11, 2022, 16:33 PM IST

How this spam call can empty your bank account | Fraud call | Scam call

India is now the 4th most-affected country by spam calls. Just one phone number made over 202 million spam calls in India, as per the Truecaller report. Roughly, 6.64 lakh calls were made every day by the spam number in India; 27,000 calls/hour. As per a 2017 survey, 6 out of 10 people in India received spam calls when they were busy.

Dec 22, 2021, 20:52 PM IST

WhatsApp OTP scam: What is the modus operandi used by scammers and how to protect yourself

WhatsApp OTP scam is a very tricky affair were-in the scammers hack hack into your WhatsApp account using an OTP. 

Nov 26, 2020, 15:04 PM IST

ATM Fraud: Over 100 cases registered in Kolkata; money withdrawal from Delhi, NCR

Many people under the jurisdiction of Jadavpur PS lodged their complaint of unauthorized withdrawal of Rs 10,000/- to 30,000/-  after receiving text messages of withdrawal from banks including SBI, HDFC, AXIS, PNB, Indian Bank, etc. 

Dec 02, 2019, 16:44 PM IST

Now, link Aadhaar with PAN through ID proof scan, OTP

Individuals struggling to link their Permanent Account Number with Aadhaar because of differently spelt names can now simply upload a scanned copy of PAN to get the work done.

Apr 09, 2017, 13:40 PM IST

Now, OTP not required for online transactions less than Rs 2,000

In a bid to ease the online transaction process, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has relaxed two-factor authentication for online payments below Rs 2,000.

Dec 08, 2016, 11:03 AM IST

Government sets a target of 90% OTP for Air India

Concerned over its on-time performance (OTP), Government has asked Air India to achieve higher efficiency in its operations and set a target of 90 percent OTP for this month.

Nov 04, 2015, 21:22 PM IST

I-T Department launches OTP facility for online ITR filing

The Income Tax Department Monday launched its ambitious One Time Password (OTP) based e-filing verification system for taxpayers, thereby ending the practice of sending paper acknowledgement to its office in Bengaluru.

Jul 13, 2015, 18:09 PM IST

Nasscom for one-step authentication for small online payments

A two-step authentication is generally prevalent in the country unlike developed nations. First step of authentication is feeding PIN and the next step is punching in secure code or one-time pin (OTP).

Dec 10, 2014, 19:57 PM IST