Crypto readiness score
2/3 status dimensions verified · 1 initiative · last verified 2026-11-11
Score breakdown
How the number above is built — every input is a verified tracker status with a dated source.
| Component | Weight | Points | Basis (verified input) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial availability | 35 | 10.5 | Pilot / proof of concept · initiative |
| Regulatory standing | 25 | — | No verified status — not scored |
| Technical delivery | 20 | 8 | Pilot / proof of concept · initiative |
| Product breadth | 15 | 5 | 1 product category with a verified status: Retail CBDC distribution |
| Recent verified activity | 5 | 0 | No verified change in the last 365 days |
Score = sum of points, rounded. Only verified tracker statuses count; “Unknown” earns nothing and is never estimated. Methodology
Initiatives (1)
Regulatory, technical and commercial status are kept separate: an authorisation is not a launch.
Retail CBDC distribution · India
IndusInd Bank retail digital rupee (e₹-R) wallet in the RBI CBDC pilot
- regulatory
- Unknown
- technical
- Pilot / proof of concept2023-11-24
- commercial
- Pilot / proof of concept2026-11-11
IndusInd Bank is described as one of the pilot banks in the Reserve Bank of India's CBDC initiative in a joint release with Indraprastha Gas filed on 24 November 2023, which enabled digital rupee payments at select IGL stations in Delhi NCR with UPI QR interoperability. IndusInd's current product page says the e₹ is held in a wallet issued by the bank.
Scope: Retail CBDC pilot run by the RBI; IndusInd Bank as distributing bank.
In tracker · last verified 2026-11-11
Licences & registrations
Regulator records (or MiCA Art. 60 notifications — a notification, not an authorisation).
No licence or registration record in our verified data. This means “not reviewed”, not “unlicensed”.
Partners & providers
From tracker records and verified item text only. “Co-named” means both appear in the same source — open it for context. Full map
- BCV · named role (tracker) · issuer and pilot operator
Regulator records & actions
Register entries and regulator publications that name this institution.
None in our verified data.
Markets (from stated target markets): India
Timeline
Status changes (tracker history), verified items and regulatory dates, newest first.
2026-11-11 · Status
Current IndusInd product page: e₹ held in a wallet issued by IndusInd Bank (page undated, live 11 Nov 2026).
2023-11-24 · Status
Joint IGL–IndusInd release (IGL stock-exchange filing, 24 Nov 2023): IndusInd Bank is one of the pilot banks in the RBI CBDC initiative; e₹ payments enabled at select IGL stations, UPI QR interoperable.
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