RBI announced two new domain extension of .in Registry
RBI announced the new banking ccTLDs under the .in ccTLD of India. There new ccTLDs are bank.in and fin.in and will be operated by IDRBT exclusively. These new ccTLDs (domain extension) are meant for banking and financial sector within India. As such, .bank.in will be reserved for banks in India and .fin.in will be reserved for other finanacial organisations operating within India. So you may be able to see banking site like hdfc.bank.in or sbi.bank.in domains in near future. If you are interested to register .IN or .CO.IN domain for your Indian business, startup or organisation or just you would like to host your personal blog or a wordpress site, then The-Online.com domain registrar does offers .IN domains for cheap. Prices start INR 300 a year!
From April 2025 all Indian banks will have to use .bank.in domain extension. RBI has taken this measure so that they can curb phishing sites or illegal bank sites. Right now bank websites are hosted on many domains like .com, .in, .co.in, etc. There was a need to single authentic domain for Indian banks. This change will make it easier for customers to identify legitimate banking platforms and reduce the risk of falling victim to fake websites created by cybercriminals.
The central bank to introduce the ‘bank.in’ domain exclusively for Indian banks. This initiative aims to curb cyber threats and phishing attacks.
Yes finally RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra has announced the launch of an exclusive ‘.bank.in’ internet domain for Indian banks to curb financial fraud.
there is already a .Bank new gTLD which revolutionizes online security for banks and their customers with an exclusive do-main extension that shields against cyberattacks and fraud. But India will get its own .bank.in domain name extension.