Reserve Bank of India (RBI) grants Payoneer India in-principle PA-CB approval

Exam-focused facts from the 23 January 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

Payoneer India has received in-principle approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to operate as a Payment Aggregator – Cross Border (PA-CB).
The RBI has already fully authorised 19 entities with a PA-CB licence.
Payoneer Global claims to support customers in more than 190 countries and territories.
Over the trailing 12 months as of the third quarter of 2025, Payoneer Global served nearly two million active customers and processed over $80 billion in transaction volume.