| Guideline No. | PT001 |
| Purpose | To clarify the purpose of the AA Ecosystem Participation Terms |
| Description | The RBI Master Directions and open API specifications published by ReBIT provide an overarching techno-legal standard framework for the AA ecosystem.The Master Directions state that the interactions between the citizen, an account aggregator and an FIP must be backed by appropriate agreements.Further, the interactions between an FIU and an account aggregator also have to be backed by appropriate agreements.Legal agreements Implemented as a set of non-uniform, independent bilateral agreements between various parties would make dispute resolution a very inefficient purpose.
The community has therefore evolved a uniform, standard set of terms and conditions, that are directly derived from the RBI Master Directions and bind all AA participants (FIPs, FIUs, AAs) and citizens into a common legally enforceable framework. This greatly simplifies the operational aspects of having appropriate legal agreements amongst parties and also makes dispute resolution efficient. |
| Stage | Finalised |
| Guideline No. | PT002 |
| Purpose | To clarify if the Participation Terms are an “agreement with Sahamati” |
| Description | The Participation Terms are NOT a (bilateral) agreement between a single AA participant and Sahamati.They are akin to a multilateral treaty, between all the participants in the AA ecosystem. Each participant independently becomes a signatory to the treaty, rather than two (or more parties) jointly “signing” an agreement amongst themselves.Sahamati plays a role in the AA ecosystem and is obliged to adhere to astandard set of terms and conditions as well. These are codified in the Participation Terms, much like the terms and conditions binding AAs, FIPs and FIUs as well. Sahamati itself is also an independent signatory to the Participation Terms. |
| Stage | Finalised |
| Guideline No. | PT003 |
| Purpose | To clarify if the Participation Terms are legally enforceable |
| Description | The Participation Terms are a legally enforceable document. |
| Stage | Finalised |
| Guideline No. | PT005 |
| Purpose | To clarify if being a “member” of Sahamati is a prerequisite to being a signatory to the Participation Terms |
| Description | The Participation Terms are Digital Commons, part of a community-driven techno-legal stack of techno-legal assets meant to drive efficiency and scale in the AA ecosystem amongst FIPs, FIUs and AAs.“Membership of Sahamati” is meant to enable participation in the workings of Sahamati and to benefit from a set of services that Sahamati offers exclusively only to its members.An AA participant may become a signatory to the Terms without becoming a member of Sahamati.However, to become a member of Sahamati, becoming a signatory to the Participation Terms is a prerequisite.
Thus, AA participants may join and leave membership of Sahamati, without it affecting them remaining as a signatory to the Participation Terms. |
| Stage | Finalised |
| Guideline No. | PT006 |
| Purpose | To clarify if the Participation Terms also include “commercial” terms between AA participants |
| Description | The Participation Terms do NOT include any reference to commercials between AA participants.AA participants therefore have to enter into bilateral commercial agreements (such as between an FIU and an AA), based on negotiations amongst themselves. |
| Stage | Finalised |
