Reserve Bank of India, on 29th September, 2016 directed banks and financial institutions to publish photographs of only wilful defaulters in the newspapers. RBI directed that photographs of other defaulters, who have not been declared as wilful defaulters are not to be published by banks and financial institutions. You may Read more…
RBI/2016-17/62 DBR.No.Leg.BC. 13/09.07.005/2016-17 September 8, 2016 The Managing Directors/Chief Executive Officers All Scheduled Commercial Banks (including RRBs) Dear Sir, Income Declaration Scheme, 2016 – Acceptance of Cash Over the Counter Please refer to the Circular DBOD.No.Leg.BC.38/09.07.005/2008-09 dated August 28, 2008 wherein banks have been advised to ensure that their branches Read more…
RBI has issued fresh FAQs on Know Your Customer (KYC) guidelines. (Updated up to September 02, 2016) (This is a summarised and simplified version of the Reserve Bank of India’s Know Your Customer guidelines.) Q1. What is KYC? Why is it required? Response: KYC means “Know Your Customer”. It is Read more…
Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme, 2016; and Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme 2016 – Series II were announced by the Government of India vide notifications dated January 14, 2016 and March 04, 2016, respectively. In terms of Para 17 of the Scheme, it is notified that the Sovereign Gold Bonds (issued on Read more…
The Reserve Bank of India today issued Master Directions on six subjects relating to Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) under its regulation. These directions consolidate/reorganise instructions issued in various Circulars/Directions/ Notifications/Master Circulars. The six Master Directions replace instructions contained in existing Master Circulars. The subjects on which Master Directions have been Read more…
The Reserve Bank of India today placed on its website the Draft Large Exposures (LE) Framework for comments. The salient features of the proposed Large Exposures (LE) Framework include: The Large Exposure (LE) limit in respect of each counterparty and group of connected counterparties, under normal circumstances, will be capped Read more…