Setting up BTC <--> INR exchange in India - page 2.

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Quote from: Pinwheel on January 27, 2013, 04:04:51 AM

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BitPay has a network of certified and trained integration partners, that can assist merchants with integrating our Payment Gateway API or any of our payment tools.

integrating payment tools for merchants, but where is merchants. just another born dead project.

it takes 20 minutes to integrate bitpay into prestashop.

Everything must start somewhere. If you want to start to make bitcoin grown i a country where it is not very known, you just have to start, talk to people you think may be interested, and go on from there. Credit cards were at one point something new that nobody used, and before that even a paper bill was something new that nobody used. Everything starts with an idea, then it builds from there. If everyone always dismissed something as dead from the get go, then nothing would ever change.

Keep working hard to advance bitcoin!

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They not only integrate, but also process the payments.

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BitPay has a network of certified and trained integration partners, that can assist merchants with integrating our Payment Gateway API or any of our payment tools.

integrating payment tools for merchants, but where is merchants. just another born dead project.

it takes 20 minutes to integrate bitpay into prestashop.

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Website is not yet in place for IndiaBitcoin, but they have partnered.

https://bitpay.com/bitcoin-integration-partners

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Quote from: Benson Samuel on January 27, 2013, 12:55:26 AM

Anyone who wants to process Bitcoins - INR is a sorted problem.

IndiaBitcoin.com and Bitpay have partnered, so this is half a problem gone.

good to know, but how it done practically, I got blank page on http://www.indiabitcoin.com/

I presume you have some processing form from bitpay on your website and when somebody pay you get money via bank from bitpay and then pay to guy who sell bitcoins to you. well ... have you been down that road already. Recently usd transactions become requiring clearance before it can be credited. I have such transaction from MtGox already for 2 weeks still under clearance and not credited to my account. If you have current account on company then it is even worse, every transaction goes under scrutiny of your bank Forex department and have to be explained before it will be credited. The situation here is getting complete ...t
Only way I see as workable to get money from foreign exchanges is debit cards with IBAN.

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Anyone who wants to process Bitcoins - INR is a sorted problem.

IndiaBitcoin.com and Bitpay have partnered, so this is half a problem gone.

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I think for exchange there is no volume in India. Something like spendbitcoins.com can quite functional.

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Yeah, thats the plan for now.

No one will look at us till something ugly happens.. lol

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What about selecting the non-fear route?

Just start, just get started trading, and then in parallel look into the legalities. Then, if someone complains, you could just point to that you're working with lawyers.

Also, there's a lot of people in India, will there be anyone in the govt. that has resources to have an eye on you at all ?

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Having spoken to 2 NGO's in the last few weeks to accept Bitcoin, their fear seems to be in the taxation.

Here is my simple solution:
Use 1 single signed address for any transactions to that organization. This will enable easy accounting for that firm.

The Exchange problem will be sorted quite soon, so that should not be a reason not to adopt Bitcoin.

Also talking to a lawyer/hacktivist in Bangalore - He has agreed to do the legal workup for Bitcoin in India, but says that it will take a lot of time. I will be spending more time with them in 2013 to get more documentation ready for Bitcoin.

He mentioned that on a small scale, Bitcoin will not create much confusion and can be used in closed circles.

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Quote from: Benson Samuel on December 27, 2012, 07:58:35 AM

most likely will be classified as a virtual currency. this is regulated by the rbi. .

but can't be too sure..

We are starting off.. will deal with regulations when they come up.

We should define it as a "product" or "commodity" of some sort, and list out points as to why it does not fit the description of a "virtual currency" (e.g., decentralized.. mined/produced all over the world ). then dealing with regulations should not be a problem, right?

That's part of the solution. But not entirely. For bitcoin to work at fullpotential there has to be a currency component to it. Besides, as another poster mentioned, a product attracts value/sales tax and if this comes in, there could be a possible way for the government to try and tax/categorize inflow of bitcoins.

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Quote from: StLucifer on December 30, 2012, 09:03:11 PM

Quote from: Benson Samuel on December 27, 2012, 07:58:35 AM

most likely will be classified as a virtual currency. this is regulated by the rbi. .

but can't be too sure..

We are starting off.. will deal with regulations when they come up.

We should define it as a "product" or "commodity" of some sort, and list out points as to why it does not fit the description of a "virtual currency" (e.g., decentralized.. mined/produced all over the world ). then dealing with regulations should not be a problem, right?

Of course, unless the govt. want to have value added tax on it.

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Quote from: Benson Samuel on December 27, 2012, 07:58:35 AM

most likely will be classified as a virtual currency. this is regulated by the rbi. .

but can't be too sure..

We are starting off.. will deal with regulations when they come up.

We should define it as a "product" or "commodity" of some sort, and list out points as to why it does not fit the description of a "virtual currency" (e.g., decentralized.. mined/produced all over the world ). then dealing with regulations should not be a problem, right?

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most likely will be classified as a virtual currency. this is regulated by the rbi. .

but can't be too sure..

We are starting off.. will deal with regulations when they come up.

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Quote from: vibs on December 27, 2012, 07:47:58 AM

Within India for forex you will need a licence.

What is bitcoin classified as in India ?

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Quote from: Benson Samuel on December 27, 2012, 01:06:31 AM

Do we need a Banking/ MSB (Not in India) license??

Cannot find the link, but I believe that Banking licenses are needed only for businesses holding deposits for over 7 days. (Would be cool if someone finds this link - was a document by RBI)

http://www.professionz.com/in/businesses-in-india/how-to-start-a-forex-business.html - Good read if anyone wants to take the forex route.

Depends on how it is defined. RBI doesnot allow you to conduct foreign exchange transactions outside India directly. Even if it through your international credit/debit card. Most people dont know this but if it passes a certain volume you incur some penalty.

Within India for forex you will need a licence.

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Quote from: vibs on December 26, 2012, 11:39:30 PM

Quote from: Herodes on December 26, 2012, 06:01:28 AM

Banking/MSB licence.

What would this cost in India ? I think the bitcoin community should go together and actually fund entities like this, it will spread bitcoin. When we have a problem working with the existing system, we should simply morph in with them. Banks are rejecting bitcoin business all the time, but if we own the bank, then we can't reject ourselves.

So, if it was established how much it would cost to get a Banking/MSB license, it could be crowdfunded.

I might actually have a solution around the licence part. But for that I need certain estimates of volumes. Need not be crowd funded cause the setup cost is low. But it would need volumes to justify it's existence to the authorities.

Estimating volumes would be a tad hard. It's very hard to do. For volume to grow, there must be a need for bitcoin trade, and people must take it up. Using selling points like it will never be frozen for 180 days like paypal, and selling it in to it-houses in India, should make sure that there's some uptake.

So I think the potantial is huge, after all there's 1 173 108 018 inhabitants in India...

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Do we need a Banking/ MSB (Not in India) license??

Cannot find the link, but I believe that Banking licenses are needed only for businesses holding deposits for over 7 days. (Would be cool if someone finds this link - was a document by RBI)

http://www.professionz.com/in/businesses-in-india/how-to-start-a-forex-business.html - Good read if anyone wants to take the forex route.

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Quote from: Herodes on December 26, 2012, 06:01:28 AM

Banking/MSB licence.

What would this cost in India ? I think the bitcoin community should go together and actually fund entities like this, it will spread bitcoin. When we have a problem working with the existing system, we should simply morph in with them. Banks are rejecting bitcoin business all the time, but if we own the bank, then we can't reject ourselves.

So, if it was established how much it would cost to get a Banking/MSB license, it could be crowdfunded.

I might actually have a solution around the licence part. But for that I need certain estimates of volumes. Need not be crowd funded cause the setup cost is low. But it would need volumes to justify it's existence to the authorities.

Herodes

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Banking/MSB licence.

What would this cost in India ? I think the bitcoin community should go together and actually fund entities like this, it will spread bitcoin. When we have a problem working with the existing system, we should simply morph in with them. Banks are rejecting bitcoin business all the time, but if we own the bank, then we can't reject ourselves.

So, if it was established how much it would cost to get a Banking/MSB license, it could be crowdfunded.

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