RBI to allow inter-operability in prepaid payment instruments
Posted Date : 05-Oct-2017 , 07:45:44 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Users will be able to transfer funds from one mobile wallet to another as Reserve Bank is allowing inter-operability among prepaid payment instruments (PPI) very soon.
PPIs which include the likes of e-wallets, gift cards and meal coupons are used as substitutes for cash. RBI today said in ...
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RBI eases foreign investment regulations for corporate debt
Posted Date : 23-Sep-2017 , 10:39:59 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday changed the rules pertaining to the calculation of the foreign investment limit in so-called masala bonds, potentially opening up space for Indian companies to sell more such securities.
Starting 3 October, masala bonds, or rupee-denominated bonds sold ov...
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Almost 99% of demonetised notes back in system - RBI
Posted Date : 30-Aug-2017 , 10:12:46 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Reserve Bank of India today in its annual report says that almost 99 per cent of banned Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes that were demonetised last November have returned to the system.
In the report for 2016-17, the RBI said that out of 632.6 crore pieces of Rs 1,000 currency notes in circulat...
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RBI sends second list of 26 defaulters to banks
Posted Date : 30-Aug-2017 , 08:37:50 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has sent commercial banks a second list of at least 26 defaulters with which it wants creditors to start the process of debt resolution before initiating bankruptcy proceedings, three bankers aware of the development said.
In a letter, the central bank said these a...
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RBI mulls ombudsman for NBFC customers
Posted Date : 24-Aug-2017 , 10:44:14 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The central bank is considering an 'ombudsman' scheme for redressal of customer grievances at non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) in line with banks, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Deputy Governor NS Vishwanathan said on Wednesday.
He also said the Reserve Bank is not in favour of NBFCs ac...
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RBI directive on auditors to benefit second-tier firms
Posted Date : 03-Aug-2017 , 07:05:57 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI's) recent diktat, that statutory auditors in private and foreign banks should be repeated only after the mandatory rest period of six years, opens up an opportunity for firms outside the famed Big Four — PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte, KPMG and EY.&...
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Repo rate cut by 25 bps to 6%; reverse repo by 25 bps to 5.75%
Posted Date : 02-Aug-2017 , 10:24:54 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Reserve Bank of India in its 3rd bi-monthly monetary policy decision of FY 2017-18 on Wednesday reduced the Repo Rate under the Liquidity Adjustment Facility by 25 basis points from 6.25 percent to 6.0 percent, citing reduction in upside risk to inflation. This move is expected to lower EMIs for...
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RBI plans to extend Cyber Audit to all Banks
Posted Date : 01-Aug-2017 , 03:07:52 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Reserve Bank of India is planning to conduct a cyber-audit of all banks in the country instead of just a few bigger banks as it did in the past, a policy shift that comes in the wake of an increase in cyber-attacks.
The banks which do not have security measures in place as per the RBI s...
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RBI asks banks to work towards account number portability
Posted Date : 01-Aug-2017 , 07:57:45 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor S S Mundra has asked banks to work towards account number portability, as it will be a far-reaching step towards enhancing competition and improving customer service.
Speaking at the annual conference of banking ombudsmen in Mumbai , he said banks shoul...
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Govt suggests RBI to freeze accounts of defaulting firms
Posted Date : 29-Jul-2017 , 07:36:29 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The government has requested the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to freeze accounts of the defaulting firms who have not filed their financial statements and returns. The central bank, however, said that it has no powers to freeze such accounts. The finance ministry also suggested that the RBI circulate...
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Cabinet approves revision of guidelines of Sovereign Gold Bonds Scheme
Posted Date : 26-Jul-2017 , 10:54:04 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given approval for revision of guidelines of Sovereign Gold Bonds (SGB) Scheme with a view to achieve its intended objectives.
Two sets of changes have been made in the scheme:
I. Specific changes have been made...
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Supreme Court to hear out RBI objection to information under RTI
Posted Date : 18-Jul-2017 , 11:02:40 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Reserve Bank of India on Monday told the Supreme Court that a host of laws mandate the banking regulator to maintain secrecy on borrowings and borrowers — information that cannot be revealed to all and sundry under RTI, the 2005 transparency law.
This prompted the apex court to sa...
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Non-executive chairman can be part of bank's audit committee - RBI
Posted Date : 14-Jul-2017 , 07:38:40 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Reserve Bank said the non-executive chairman of a bank can also be nominated to the audit committee of board of directors.
Earlier, any one of the non-executive/non-official directors was supposed to chair the audit committee of the board of the directors of a public sector bank.
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RBI to guide banks on provisioning under Ind AS
Posted Date : 07-Jul-2017 , 08:28:41 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) plans to guide banks in their transition to Indian Accounting Standards (IndAS) from 1 April next year—particularly on bad-loan provisioning, which will be based on expected future losses.
The transition will be challenging for banks in terms of the skills re...
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RBI fixes customer liability for unauthorised transactions
Posted Date : 07-Jul-2017 , 08:18:14 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Customers will not suffer any loss if unauthorised electronic banking transactions are reported within three days and the amount involved will be credited in the accounts concerned within 10-days, the Reserve Bank of India said on Thursday.
In case the third party fraud is reported with a delay o...
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RBI makes Banks responsible for misselling third party products
Posted Date : 25-Jun-2017 , 09:54:03 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Banks for the first time have been made accountable for misselling third-party products like insurance policies or mutual fund schemes. Customers can also file complaints against banks for problems with mobile and digital banking services.
The RBI on Friday said that it has widened the scop...
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RBI amends Banking Ombudsman Scheme
Posted Date : 25-Jun-2017 , 09:40:32 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The central bank has extended the scope of Banking Ombudsman Scheme. The Reserve bank said that under the amended scheme, a customer would also be able to lodge a complaint against the bank for its non-adherence to RBI instructions with regard to mobile banking/ electronic banking services in India....
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GST to lower overall tax burden over time - RBI governor
Posted Date : 23-Jun-2017 , 06:57:49 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
As the four-rate structure, Goods and Services Tax will come into force in all states across the country except Jammu & Kashmir from the midnight of June 30, the Reserve Bank of India Governor Mr. Urjit Patel today expressed optimistic view that GST would eventually reduce taxes and inefficienci...
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RBI identifies 12 mega defaulters for insolvency, their total NPA Rs 175000 Cr
Posted Date : 14-Jun-2017 , 07:59:37 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is moving to resolve the bad loan crisis with an Internal Advisory Committee (IAC) of the RBI having identified 12 accounts of corporate borrowers who owe over Rs 5,000 crore each — and overall involve an amount of close to Rs 175,000 crore — for insolvenc...
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RBI directs bank branches to comply with PPO order
Posted Date : 09-Jun-2017 , 09:26:43 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Reserve Bank has asked bank branches to record pension payment order (PPO) number in the passbooks of pensioners to avoid any hassle in case the PPO is lost.
The Finance Ministry's Central Pension Accounting Office in September 2014 had issued a memorandum asking Centralised Pension Proce...
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RBI clarifies PCA does not restrict bank's public operation
Posted Date : 06-Jun-2017 , 08:11:17 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Reserve Bank of India has clarified that the Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) framework invoked on banks will not restrict operations for the general consumers or public at large.
Amid some misinformed reports in media including social media, the RBI has clarified in a statement on Monday that ...
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Bank account number portability can be reality soon - RBI
Posted Date : 31-May-2017 , 08:16:37 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Customers may soon get to seamlessly switch to another bank with the same account number without losing any transaction details such as credit/debit history — all thanks to Reserve Bank of India's push.
With increase in Aadhaar enrollment and technology advancements, banks and stakehold...
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RBI invites applications for Dy Governor, may hire from pvt sector for 1st time
Posted Date : 26-May-2017 , 07:43:42 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday released a public notice inviting applications for the post of a Deputy Governor. This is the first time that RBI may be inviting applications from the private sector.
Currently, the RBI has four Deputy Governors of whom two are internal appointees. Th...
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RBI refuses to disclose list of loan defaulters
Posted Date : 24-May-2017 , 06:41:21 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has refused to make public the list of loan defaulters with public sector banks despite an order of the Supreme Court in 2015 to make this information public.
The case relates to an RTI application filed by activist Subhash Agrawal who had sought to know the list o...
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RBI to reconstitute oversight committee to deal with bad loans
Posted Date : 23-May-2017 , 07:46:04 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Reserve Bank said it will reconstitute the oversight committee (OC) under its aegis to operationalise the banking ordinance for resolving the issue of bad loans that have soared to over Rs 8 lakh crore.
The central bank said it has been decided to reconstitute the OC under the aegis of the ce...
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RBI ombudsman for one redressal system for all financial transactions
Posted Date : 22-May-2017 , 07:39:49 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
There is a need for a single redressal mechanism for all types of financial transactions in the country , feels Ranjana Sahajwala, ban of the RBI. king ombudsman of the RBI.
The RBI created the office of banking ombudsman (OBO) to act as a mediator or adjudicator between the customer and the bank...
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RBI liberalises tier-I presence in new bank branch policy
Posted Date : 18-May-2017 , 10:19:25 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
RBI today came out with final guidelines on branch authorisation, with a refined definition on what constitutes a bank branch and liberalised policies on presence in tier-I centres.
It also widened the role of bank boards, making them responsible for complying with the new guidelines.
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RBI's hiring a CFO - Here’s your chance to earn Rs 4 lakh a month
Posted Date : 16-May-2017 , 10:30:01 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
If you are a Chartered Accountant (CA) aged 45-55 years of age, a job is awaiting you. The Reserve Bank of India has opened applications for the job of Chief Financial Officer at the rank of Executive Director.
This is a first by the central bank as till now, it did not have a dedicated official ...
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RBI makes substantial changes in norms for dealing with stressed loans
Posted Date : 06-May-2017 , 09:13:26 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
RBI has made substantial changes in the norms for dealing with stressed loans and warned banks they will be penalised for missing Non-Performing Assets (NPA) resolution timelines.
RBI, through a notification, eased the decision making process in the Joint Lenders' Forum and Corrective Action ...
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RBI gets proactive to tackle India's Rs.7 Lakh crore bad loans pileup
Posted Date : 03-May-2017 , 09:36:41 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
In April, the Reserve Bank of India advised banks to closely monitor loans to telecom operators after Airtel, Vodafone and Idea got caught up in a price war with Reliance Jio. The apex bank had asked banks to consider setting aside higher provisions for loans in stressed sectors by June 30. The advi...
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