The Reserve Bank of India, has appointed Shri Naresh Takkar, Managing Director & Group CEO, ICRA Limited as member of External Advisory Committee (EAC) for evaluating applications of payment banks in place of Ms. Roopa Kudva. Ms. Kudva has recused herself from the Committee. It may be recalled that Reserve Bank of India announced the names of the members of the External Advisory Committee (EAC) for payments banks on February 04, 2015. These were: Chairman: Shri Na

The Reserve Bank of India, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on “Exchange of information and mutual assistance in banking sector supervision” with Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS). The MoU was inked by Mr. C. Edmond, First Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Seychelles and Mr. S. S. Mundra, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India. The Reserve Bank of India has been signing the Memorandum of Understanding / Exchange of Letters (EoL) / Statement of Co-operation (So

The Reserve Bank of India has appealed to income tax assessees to remit their income tax dues sufficiently in advance of the due date. It has also stated that assessees can use alternate channels like select branches of agency banks or the facility of online payment of taxes offered by these banks. These will obviate the inconvenience involved in standing in long queues at the Reserve Bank offices. It is observed that the rush for remitting Income –Tax dues through th

(Amount in Billions of ₹) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 02-MAY-2014 17-APR-2015 * 01-MAY-2015 * 02-MAY-2014 17-APR-2015 * 01-MAY-2015 * I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from bks. 824 1166.3 1177.03 870.46 1220.3 1230.29 ** b) Borrowings from banks 427.36 412.93 418.27 430.09 413.33 420.34 c) Other demand & time liabilities 54.77 58.8 60.04 54.84 58.8 60.09 II LIABILITIES TO OTHERS (A) a) Deposits (

The Reserve Bank of India has advised all public sector banks and some private sector and foreign banks to appoint an internal ombudsman. The internal ombudsman would be designated Chief Customer Service Officer (CCSO), it has stated. The CCSO should not have worked in the bank in which he/she is appointed as CCSO. The Reserve Bank has taken this initiative to further boost the quality of customer service and to ensure that there is undivided attention to resolution o

The Reserve Bank of India has imposed monetary penalty on the following three banks for violation of Reserve Bank of India instructions, inter alia, on Know Your Customer (KYC)/ Anti Money Laundering (AML). The details of the penalty are: Sl. No. Name of the bank Penalty Amount (in ` mn) 1. Bank of Maharashtra 15 2. Dena Bank 15 3. Oriental Bank of Commerce 15 Eight other banks, namely, Central Bank of India, Bank of India, Punjab and Sind Bank, Punjab National Bank,

(Amount in Billions of ₹) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 18-APR- 2014 03-APR- 2015 * 17-APR- 2015 * 18-APR- 2014 03-APR- 2015 * 17-APR- 2015 * I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from bks. 827.62 1301.65 1166.3 874.34 1355.46 1220.30 ** b) Borrowings from banks 425.19 401.52 412.93 428.76 403.87 413.33 c) Other demand & time liabilities 64.91 66.53 58.8 64.97 66.53 58.8 II LIABILITIES TO OTHERS (A) a)

A meeting of the Sub-Committee of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) was held today in Mumbai. Dr. Raghuram G. Rajan, Governor, Reserve Bank of India (RBI), chaired the meeting. The meeting was attended by Dr. Hasmukh Adhia, Secretary, Department of Financial Services (DFS), Ministry of Finance; Shri U. K. Sinha, Chairman, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI); Shri T.S. Vijayan, Chairman, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of I

The Reserve Bank of India has imposed a monetary penalty of ₹ 1.00 lakh (Rupees one lakh only) on the Bhavana Rishi Co-operative Urban Bank Ltd., Hyderabad, Telangana, in exercise of the powers vested in it under the provisions of Section 47A(1)(b) read with Section 46(4) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949(As Applicable to Co-operative Societies), for violation of Section 20A of Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (AACS) and directives/guidelines of the Reserve Bank on loan

The Reserve Bank of India has imposed a monetary penalty of ₹ 5.00 lakh (Rupees Five Lakh only) on the The Halol Mercantile Co-operative Bank Ltd., Halol Dist. Panchmahals (Gujarat) in exercise of the powers vested in it under the provisions of Section 47A (1)(b) read with Section 46(4) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (As applicable to Co-operative Societies), for violation pertaining to sanctioning unsecured loans despite operational restriction imposed on it und