The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), an initiative led by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and 247 Indian banking companies, is looking for a blockchain technologist to head and investigate opportunities for blockchain in current-day payment systems. The ideal candidate should have at least 6 years of experience in developing and implementing blockchain, and have an in-depth technical understanding of multiple blockchain platforms.The Unified Payments Interface (UPI), India’s home-grown instant payment system, is owned and operated by NPCI. UPI has been adopted by other jurisdictions such as Singapore, Malaysia, UAE, France, BENELUX countries, Nepal and the UK. Infusing blockchain elements in UPI can potentially expose the technology to millions of users.The job application for the blockchain head position has already received over 200 applicants. NPCI is expected to increase its blockchain hiring drive in the near future once viable blockchain use cases are discovered.The United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has also set out to hire four senior investigators for its Complex Financial Crime Team to work on crypto-related crimes. The investigators will be tasked with pursuing high-end crypto fraud, money laundering and other blockchain-based crime carried out by organized crime groups. The NCA has launched its digital assets team to focus on illicit crypto activities.

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