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| Speak Up on Digital Safety—Plus Updates from Moneylife Foundation |
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| Dear Moneylifers, |
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| Greetings. We have a few important updates and opportunities lined up this month, starting with a quick reminder that you can influence how digital payments are made safer by filling up our survey. I would also like your thoughts on our housing society handbook, and finally a note of thanks for your continued support for our donation matching campaign. |
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| First Up: Your Voice on Digital Payment Safeguards |
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 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has invited public feedback on its proposed measures to improve digital payment safety, in response to the rising incidence of cyber fraud. We have to submit our views before 8th May, so we intend to close the survey on the morning of 6th May. Help us get at least 1000 responses to make the findings more robust. |
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| RBI proposals include short delays in certain transactions, additional authentication for senior citizens, limits on specific accounts, and customer-controlled features such as a "kill switch." |
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| While these steps are intended to enhance safety, they could also affect convenience and ease of use. This is where your feedback matters. |
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| Moneylife Foundation is conducting a short survey to gather public feedback. We have already received nearly 600 responses and are keen to widen participation before submitting a consolidated response. |
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| If you would like a simple breakdown of the proposals, you can read our explainer here: RBI's Proposed Digital Payment Safeguards: What Do They Mean for You? |
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| Your responses will help shape a structured submission to the RBI on this important issue. |
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| Housing Society Handbook: What Next |
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 Our Practical Handbook for Housing Societies is now down to around 25 physical copies, available at our Prabhadevi office. While the Foundation does not sell the book, we may consider printing additional copies at cost if there is sufficient interest from members who can collect them.
If you would like a copy, please write to us at [email protected]. This will help us assess demand. |
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| We are also exploring a Marathi edition of the handbook. If this would be useful to you or your housing society, do let us know—your feedback will guide our next steps. |
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| Thank You for Supporting Our Work |
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| We are grateful to all members who have contributed to our ongoing donation match campaign. Your support enables us to continue our work across helplines, counselling, publications and advocacy. |
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| The campaign remains open for a limited period, with contributions being matched—up to ₹5,000 per donor—doubling the impact of your support. |
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| If you would like to contribute, you can do so here: |
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| Stay Connected – Join Our WhatsApp Channel! |
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| We’ve launched an official WhatsApp Channel to share updates on our events, seminars, workshops, counselling sessions and any other general updates directly with you. |
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| Join here: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VbBWAyKGpLHIIk6yYa3t |
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| If you don’t see updates right away, please note that notifications are turned off by default. Just tap the bell icon in the channel to turn them on — that way, you won’t miss any important announcements. You can also continue to follow our Telegram channel for updates: https://telegram.me/moneylife_foundation |
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| Check our Free Helplines and Guides or Templates as well as our YouTube Channel, where you will find a wide repository of videos on various topics. |
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| Video recordings of all our webinars are available on our YouTube channel and will come to your inbox regularly if you hit the subscribe button. But if you want to be notified about future events through our mailing list, you do need to be a member. |
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| Moneylife TV & Helplines |
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| Financial Literacy Videos in Indian Languages: |
- Credit cards
- Online frauds
- Fallacy of gold loans and more in Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi and Tamil, all on our YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/moneylifetv).
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| Get guidance and counselling through our Legal Helpline or Credit Helpline. |
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| Sucheta Dalal |
| Founder-Trustee, Moneylife Foundation |
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| Trustees: Walter Vieira, Sucheta Dalal, Debashis Basu. | | | | Moneylife Foundation is registered with the Charity Commissioner of Mumbai, is an Affiliate member of OECD's International Network on Financial Education, is a Supporter Member of Consumers International, Development Partner of Advocates for International Development (A4ID), and is a winner of the 10th MR Pai Memorial Award. | | |  | | | | Donations are eligible for tax benefits under Sec 80G of the Income Tax 1961 (50% tax exemption) and MLF is registered under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010. 80(G) Reg No: ITBA/EXM/F/EXM44/2025-26/1086010414(1) dated 13.2.26 effective til AY2031-32 | FCRA Registration No: 08378138  | | | |
