The Reserve Bank of India has extended the date for sending comments on Report of the Technical Committee on Enabling Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) in Payment System Applications. The comments may now be emailed or sent by post to the Chief General Manager-In-Charge, Department of Information Technology, Reserve Bank of India, Central Office, 14th Floor, Shahid Bhagat Singh Marg, Mumbai-400001 on or before March 15, 2014. Background The Reserve Bank of India had, in

The Reserve Bank of India has issued Certificate of Authorisation to the following four non-bank entities for setting up and operating White Label ATMs (WLAs) in India: I. Tata Communications Payment Solutions Limited, Mumbai II. Prizm Payment Services Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai III. Muthoot Finance Limited, Kochi IV. Vakrangee Limited, Mumbai Of these, first three WLA operators have already launched their services and Vakrangee Limited is likely to commence its service shortl

The Reserve Bank of India has today released, on its website for public comments, the Report of the Technical Committee on Enabling Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) in Payment System Applications. The comments may be emailed or sent by post to the Chief General Manager-In-Charge, Department of Information technology, Reserve Bank of India, Central Office, 14th Floor, Shahid Bhagat Singh Marg, Mumbai–400001 on or before February 28, 2014. Cognisant of the fact that non-

The Reserve Bank of India has selected the Clearing Corporation of India Ltd. (CCIL) to act as a Local Operating Unit (LOU) for issuing globally compatible Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs)in India. The LEI is a 20-character unique identity code assigned to entities which are parties to a financial transaction. As an LOU, CCIL will issue unique identifier codes to all eligible and desirous legal entities participating in financial markets across the globe on a non-profi

The Reserve Bank has today granted the status of a Qualified Central Counterparty (QCCP) to Clearing Corporation of India Ltd. (CCIL) in the Indian jurisdiction. CCIL has qualified as a QCCP in view of the fact that it is authorised and supervised by the Reserve Bank of India under the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007. It is also subjected, on an on-going basis, to rules and regulations that are consistent with the Principles for Financial Market Infrastructur

The Reserve Bank of India has today cautioned the users, holders and traders of Virtual currencies (VCs), including Bitcoins, about the potential financial, operational, legal, customer protection and security related risks that they are exposing themselves to. The Reserve Bank has mentioned that it has been looking at the developments relating to certain electronic records claimed to be “Decentralised Digital Currency” or “Virtual Currency” (VCs), such as, Bitcoins,

Dr. Raghuram Rajan, Governor, Reserve Bank of India, today launched the new Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system of the Reserve Bank of India. Complimenting the entire team for successfully completing the project, the Governor said, "The new RTGS system is a great example of what we are capable of when we put our minds to it." He added that payment system like plumbing has to be efficient and ahead of the financial markets to be able to take care of the future dev

The Reserve Bank of India has announced the constitution of a Technical Committee on Mobile Banking, to examine the options/alternatives including the feasibility of using encrypted SMS based funds transfer using an application that can run on any type of handset for expansion of mobile banking in the country. Terms of Reference of the Committee are: a. to conduct an in-depth study of the challenges faced by banks in taking mobile banking forward to the desired level;

Tata Communications Payment Solutions Limited, Mumbai; a subsidiary of Tata Communications Limited, has been issued Certificate of Authorisation by the Reserve Bank for setting up and operating White Label ATMs (WLAs) in India. Earlier in June 2012, the Reserve Bank of India had issued policy guidelines permitting non-bank entities to set up and operate WLAs in the country after seeking Authorisation under the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007. Hitherto, only b

The Reserve Bank of India has placed on its website today, ISO 20022 standard message formats - Rules, XSDs, Mapping Document, API Web Service information and Revised FAQs for Next Generation Real Time Gross Settlement System (NG-RTGS) for wider dissemination. With reference to the earlier press release dated December 28, 2012 on ISO 200022 Standard Message Formats for the Next Generation Real Time Gross Settlement (NG-RTGS) System, the revised messages formats along

Payments effected through alternate payment products/channels are gaining traction among the customers, with more and more banks providing such facilities to their customers. In this scenario, it is imperative to ensure safety and security of such transactions effected through these channels. Of late, there have been reports of frauds committed through the electronic payment channels and fraudulent usage of cards both at domestic and international locations. Even whil

The Reserve Bank of India, today, released on its website the “Report of Technical Committee constituted to examine uniform routing code and account number structure” in banks in the country. The Committee was formed to look into the feasibility of: (a) doing away with branch identifier in Indian Financial System Code (IFSC); (b) desirability of implementing International Bank Account Number (IBAN) replacing multiple identifiers for all financial transactions; (c) har

The Reserve Bank of India has extended the date for submission of application for deployment of White Label ATMs up to January 15, 2013. The timeline, however, has been extended only for those entities that satisfy all the other criteria stipulated in the Reserve Bank guidelines dated June 20, 2012, but are waiting for capital infusion from their overseas principals and FIPB permission. The Reserve Bank communicated this in a circular placed on its website today. The

The Reserve Bank of India has placed on its website (www.rbi.org.in) today, ISO 20022 standard message formats for Next Generation Real Time Gross Settlement System (NG-RTGS) for wider dissemination. It was announced in the Monetary Policy Statement for 2011-2012 that the Reserve Bank would implement the Next Generation Real Time Gross Settlement (NG-RTGS) System having several advanced features, such as, liquidity management facility, extensible markup language (XML)

The Reserve Bank of India has introduced web-based NDS-OM module for online trading in secondary market of Government securities (G-Secs) by gilt account holders (GAHs). The module, which will facilitate buying and selling of G-secs, is operational from June 29, 2012. The module permits internet-based direct participation of gilt account holders in secondary market for G-secs. As the web-based NDS-OM module is an additional facility to the existing system for trading

There was a delay in the processing of transactions in the Reserve Bank of India’s National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) system on June 5, 2012. Due to some technical glitches transactions were relayed to the destination banks with some delay. By late evening of June 6, 2012, these issues were addressed to a large extent. The Reserve Bank, however, continues to monitor and address some residual issues. Meanwhile, to ensure that customers were not unduly inconvenie

The Reserve Bank of India has, since February 2012, introduced an additional facility of web-based NDS auction module to facilitate online bidding by Constituents Subsidiary General Ledger clients (CSGL clients)/Gilt account holders (GAHs) in primary auctions of Government Securities (G-Secs). Explaining the module, the Reserve Bank stated that the module permits internet-based direct participation of GAHs in primary auctions of G-Secs. However, the access is subject

The Reserve Bank of India today released on its website, the "Draft Circular for Deployment of White Label Automated Teller Machines (WLAs)". The Reserve Bank has sought views/comments on the draft circular from banks, authorised ATM network operators, non-bank entities and members of public. The key features of the draft circular are: Non-bank entities proposing to set up WLAs would have to make an application to the Reserve Bank for seeking authorisation under the P

In exercise of the powers conferred under Section 8 of the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007, the Reserve Bank of India has revoked the Authorisation granted to Kaizen Automation Private Limited, B-601-602, Citi Point, Andheri, Kurla Road, J. B. Nagar, Near Kohinoor Continental, Andheri (East), Mumbai-400059 for issuance and operation of prepaid cards known as ‘Go Mumbai’ cards, with immediate effect. J.D. Desai Assistant Manager Press Release : 2010-2011/1455

The Reserve Bank of India has refused the authorisation application of Zoha Inc, 291-Grove Street, Jersey City, New Jersey, 07302, USA to operate payment system for cross-border in-bound money transfer services. It has asked Zoha Inc, USA to wind-up their existing services for cross border money transfer to India with immediate effect. The Reserve Bank has refused the authorisation application of Zoha Inc in exercise of the powers conferred on the Reserve Bank under s