RBI imposes Rs 8 crore fine on 3 banks for non-compliance in Swift operations
Posted Date : 04-Mar-2019 , 10:28:11 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Reserve Bank of India has imposed a total monetary fine of Rs 8 crore on three banks - Karnataka Bank, United Bank of India and Karur Vysya Bank - for non-compliance of directions on Swift messaging software.
While the RBI imposed a Rs 4 crore fine on Karnataka Bank, United Bank is facing a p...
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RBI approves amalgamation of DBS Bank
Posted Date : 01-Mar-2019 , 08:17:26 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday said it has approved the amalgamation of 'DBS Bank, India' with 'DBS Bank India', the entity which has been granted permission to operate as a wholly owned subsidiary (WOS) of the Singaporean lender.
It can be noted that DBS used to operate in...
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RBI proposes tightening compensation norms for private, foreign banks
Posted Date : 27-Feb-2019 , 08:24:01 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Seeking to curb excessive salary payout practices, the Reserve Bank has proposed strict compensation norms for senior officials of private as well as foreign banks, including minimum 50 per cent variable component and money clawback provisions.
Floating a discussion paper, the central bank has al...
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RBI removes Allahabad Bank, Corporation Bank and Dhanlaxmi Bank from PCA framework
Posted Date : 27-Feb-2019 , 08:11:56 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on February 26 said that Allahabad Bank, Corporation Bank and Dhanlaxmi Bank have been taken out of the Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) framework.
In a statement, RBI said the Board for Financial Supervision (BFS) reviewed the performance of banks under PCA and note...
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RBI to give Rs 28,000 cr to Centre as dividend
Posted Date : 19-Feb-2019 , 06:43:33 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Reserve Bank has announced that it will transfer an interim surplus of 28,000 crore rupees to the central government for the half-year ended 31st December 2018.
In a statement, the RBI said the decision has been based on a limited audit review and after applying the extant economic capital fr...
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CIC pulls up RBI for non-disclosure of demonetisation records
Posted Date : 18-Feb-2019 , 09:26:44 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Central Information Commission has pulled up the Reserve Bank of India for "perfunctory handling" of an RTI application seeking records of its board meetings where the issue of demonetisation was deliberated, and issued a show-cause notice to its Central Public Information Officer.&nbs...
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RBI to transfer Rs 28,000 cr interim surplus to Centre
Posted Date : 18-Feb-2019 , 09:18:35 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Reserve Bank has announced that it will transfer an interim surplus of Rs 28,000 crore to the central government for the half-year ended 31st December, 2018.
In a statement issued on Monday evening, the RBI said the decision has been based on a limited audit review and after applying th...
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RBI penalises banks for violating various norms
Posted Date : 13-Feb-2019 , 09:52:00 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Reserve Bank has imposed monetary penalty of two million rupees each on HDFC Bank, IDBI Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank for non-compliance of various Know Your Customer/ Anti-Money Laundering norms.
In a statement issued from Mumbai yesterday, RBI informed that it has imposed monetary penalty ...
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RBI slaps Rs 3.5-cr fine on Corp Bank, Allahabad Bank for flouting norms
Posted Date : 09-Feb-2019 , 10:35:29 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Reserve Bank has imposed a cumulative penalty of Rs 3.5 crore on state-owned lenders Corporation Bank and Allahabad Bank for violation of various norms.
"This is to inform that Reserve Bank of India...has imposed an aggregate penalty of Rs 20 million on our bank due to some lapses in mon...
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RBI slaps fine of Rs 1 Cr on State Bank of India
Posted Date : 08-Feb-2019 , 09:02:41 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
State Bank of India Thursday said the Reserve Bank of India has slapped Rs 1 crore penalty on the country's largest lender for violating norms.
RBI "in exercise of powers conferred under Section 47 A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 has levied a penalty of Rupees one crore on th...
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RBI slaps penalties on Axis Bank, UCO Bank and Syndicate Bank
Posted Date : 06-Feb-2019 , 09:25:21 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Tuesday said it has imposed a total penalty of Rs 2.2 crore on private sector lender Axis Bank in two separate cases. A penalty of Rs 2 crore has also been imposed on UCO Bank and Rs 1 crore on Syndicate Bank for violation of norms.
The RBI said penalty of Rs...
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RBI to punish Auditors for lapses in Bank Audit
Posted Date : 05-Feb-2019 , 07:34:59 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Reserve Bank of India said it would punish statutory auditors for lapses in conducting banks’ statutory audit and may even bar them from taking fresh audit assignment depending on the magnitude of it.
The regulator said the quantum of punishment will depend on the magnitude of divergence fr...
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SC issues contempt notices to RBI for denying info under RTI on loan defaulters
Posted Date : 27-Jan-2019 , 08:27:38 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Supreme Court on Friday issued contempt notices to the RBI for failing to reveal under the Right to Information Act intelligence received on loan defaulters and details of action taken against banks in connection with fraud.
In December 2015, a bench of the top court — comprising ...
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Companies can raise $750 mn yearly via external commercial borrowings - RBI
Posted Date : 17-Jan-2019 , 09:37:09 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday allowed entities that are eligible to receive foreign direct investment (FDI) to raise external commercial borrowings (ECBs), by enabling them to raise funds through automatic route up to $750 million per year.
The ECBs raised would be within the overa...
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RBI slaps Rs 1 crore Penalty on Bank of Maharashtra
Posted Date : 17-Jan-2019 , 09:32:53 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 1 crore on Bank of Maharashtra for deficiencies in regulatory compliance.
According to the RBI, the fine was imposed by an order dated January 4, 2019 "for non-compliance with `Master Directions on Frauds-Classification and...
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RBI slaps Rs 1 Crore Penalty on Bajaj Finance
Posted Date : 15-Jan-2019 , 10:51:30 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Reserve Bank of India has imposed a penalty of Rs 1 crore on Bajaj Finance for deficiencies in regulatory compliance.
According to RBI, the penalty has been imposed, by an order on January 3, for violation of 'fair Practices Code of Master Direction DNBR'.
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RBI slaps Rs 3 crore penalty on Citibank India
Posted Date : 12-Jan-2019 , 08:59:47 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a penalty of Rs 3 crore on Citibank India for not complying with directions regarding the 'fit-and-proper criteria' for directors of the bank.
The RBI in a statement, however, added that the action is based on deficiencies in regulatory co...
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RBI issues guidelines on use of Tokenisation to make contactless card payments safer
Posted Date : 09-Jan-2019 , 08:21:56 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
In a move aimed at enhancing the safety and security of the payment systems in the country, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday issued guidelines on the use of tokenisation - a way to mask sensitive card data with unique symbols or elements.
The tokenisation for debit/credit/prepaid card t...
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Nandan Nilekani to head RBI committee on digital payments
Posted Date : 08-Jan-2019 , 05:28:18 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday appointed Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani as chairman of a committee to look into the digitisation of payments in India. Nilekani, who is known as the architect of the Aadhaar, and the former Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) chairman, will be a...
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Will take steps if there is liquidity shortage: RBI Governor
Posted Date : 07-Jan-2019 , 02:49:51 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das Monday said the central bank will take steps if there is a liquidity shortage in the economy, though currently liquidity needs are largely met.
Das, who met associations of small and medium enterprises in the national capital, will meet non-banking financial ...
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RBI enforces Rs 14-crore penalty on 7 banks for flouting norms
Posted Date : 02-Jan-2019 , 06:46:19 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Reserve Bank of India has undertaken enforcement action against seven banks (including a payments bank and a cooperative bank) and has imposed an aggregate penalty of Rs 14.20 crore for a wide range of contraventions in the period between July 1, 2018 and October 31, 2018, according to the lates...
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RBI offers relief to MSMEs; allows restructuring of debt up to Rs 25 crore
Posted Date : 02-Jan-2019 , 09:46:00 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Reserve Bank has allowed a one-time restructuring of existing debt of up to 25 crore rupees for the companies which have defaulted on payment but the loans given to them have continued to be classified as standard assets. The decision will help the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) which a...
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Banks lost Rs 41,167 crore to fraud in 2017-18 - RBI
Posted Date : 31-Dec-2018 , 01:16:50 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Fraudsters have looted Rs 41,167.7 crore from the banking system in 2017-18, a sharp jump of 72 per cent from Rs 23,933 crore the previous year, despite “stringent monitoring and vigilance”, according to data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
There were 5,917 instances of b...
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Strengthen NCLT infrastructure to speed up resolutions: RBI
Posted Date : 29-Dec-2018 , 04:32:30 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The central bank has called for strengthening the infrastructure at the National Company Law Tribunals (NCLT) to ensure time-bound resolution of stressed-asset loans in the banking sector, where the problem of mounting bad debt has prompted curbs on the normal operations at several high-street lende...
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Bimal Jalan to head panel on RBI reserve; Rakesh Mohan to be vice chairman
Posted Date : 27-Dec-2018 , 10:34:31 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Reserve Bank of India has named former Governor Bimal Jalan as the head of the expert panel that will decide on the appropriate size of reserves that the central bank should maintain and the dividend it should give to the government.
RBI said in a statement yesterday that expert committee has bee...
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RBI launches survey to capture retail payment habits in 6 cities
Posted Date : 27-Dec-2018 , 10:24:48 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will capture payment habits of individuals in six cities, including four metropolitan towns. For the purpose, the central bank has launched a 'Survey on Retail Payment Habits of Individuals (SRPHi)'.
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RBI guidelines for agencies to deposit money in ATMs
Posted Date : 18-Dec-2018 , 09:36:00 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) vide its guidelines issued on 6.4.2018 on ‘Cash Management activities of the banks - Standards for engaging the Service Provider and its sub-contractor’, advised banks to put in place certain minimum standards in their arrangements with the service provi...
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Shaktikanta Das appointed as the new RBI Governor
Posted Date : 11-Dec-2018 , 02:20:41 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Former bureaucrat Shaktikanta Das, who spearheaded the post-demonetisation normalisation of the economy, was Tuesday named the new governor of the Reserve Bank of India.
Das, 61, replaces Urjit Patel, who shocked the establishment and markets by announcing his exit from the central bank Monday.
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RBI Governor Urjit Patel Resigns
Posted Date : 10-Dec-2018 , 05:48:40 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Urjit Patel on Monday resigned from his post with immediate effect, citing "personal reasons".
"On account of personal reasons, I have decided to step down from my current position effective immediately," he said in a brief statement releas...
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RBI proposes new method to benchmark floating rate of loans for MSMEs
Posted Date : 09-Dec-2018 , 12:47:51 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
In a bid to ensure greater transparency, Reserve Bank has proposed that floating interest rates on personal, home, auto and MSMEs loans be linked to external benchmarks like repo rate or treasury yields. In a statement issued from Mumbai yesterday, RBI said that the final guidelines to link the inte...
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