The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed through an order dated March 26, 2018, a monetary penalty of ₹589 million on ICICI Bank Limited (the bank) for non-compliance with directions issued by RBI on direct sale of securities from its HTM portfolio and specified disclosure in this regard. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI under the provisions of Section 47A(1)(c) read with Section 46(4)(i) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, taking

Jana Small Finance Bank Limited has commenced operations as a small finance bank with effect from March 28, 2018. The Reserve Bank has issued a licence to the bank under Section 22 (1) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 to carry on the business of small finance bank in India. Janalakshmi Financial Services Private Limited, Bengaluru was one of the ten applicants which were issued in-principle approval for setting up a small finance bank, as announced in the press rel

(Amount in Billions of ₹) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 17-MAR-2017 02-MAR-2018* 16-MAR-2018* 17-MAR-2017 02-MAR-2018* 16-MAR-2018* I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from bks. 1639.75 1430 1413.87 1704.92 1478.63 1462.33** b) Borrowings from banks 548.14 708.97 708.7 548.94 719.26 716.01 c) Other demand & time liabilities 68.43 100.94 132.33 68.43 102.4 133.79 II LIABILITIES TO OTHERS (A) a) Deposit

With a view to providing greater convenience to tax payers, it has been decided that RBI Offices and all designated branches of agency banks conducting government banking will keep their counters open up to 8.00 p.m. on March 31, 2018, electronic transactions can be done till the midnight of that day. In order to facilitate Government receipts and payments, necessary arrangements have also been made to conduct special clearing operations across the country. Centralise

The Reserve Bank of India has today released Lending Rates of Scheduled Commercial Banks based on data received during the month of February 2018. Ajit Prasad Assistant Adviser Press Release: 2017-2018/2547

(Amount in Billions of ₹) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 03-MAR-2017 16-FEB-2018 * 02-MAR-2018 * 03-MAR-2017 16-FEB-2018 * 02-MAR-2018 * I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from bks. 1603.79 1435.49 1430 1669.26 1483.85 1478.63 ** b) Borrowings from banks 502.01 719.45 705.72 502.54 723.02 716.01 c) Other demand & time liabilities 42.78 76.83 100.67 42.78 78.31 102.13 II LIABILITIES TO OTHERS (A) a) De

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed, on March 07, 2018, a monetary penalty of ₹ 50 million on Airtel Payments Bank Limited (the bank) for contravening the ‘Operating Guidelines for Payments Banks’ and directions issued by RBI on Know Your Customer (KYC) norms. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI under the provisions of Section 47A(1)(c) read with Section 46(4)(i) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, taking into account failure of

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed, on March 01, 2018, a monetary penalty of ₹ one million on Equitas Small Finance Bank Limited (the bank) for non-compliance with one of the licensing conditions stipulated by RBI. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI under the provisions of Section 47A (1) (c) read with Section 46(4) (i) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949. This action is based on deficiencies in regulatory compliance and is not

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed, on March 01, 2018, a monetary penalty of ₹ 4 million on State Bank of India (the bank) for non-compliance with the directions issued by RBI on Detection and Impounding of Counterfeit Notes. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI under the provisions of Section 47A (1) (c) read with Section 46(4) (i) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949. This action is based on deficiencies in regulatory compliance

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed, on February 27, 2018, a monetary penalty of ₹ 20 million on Indian Overseas Bank (the bank) for non-compliance with the directions issued by RBI on Know Your Customer (KYC) norms. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI under the provisions of Section 47A(1)(c) read with Section 46(4)(i) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, taking into account failure of the bank to adhere to the aforesaid directio

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed, on February 27, 2018, a monetary penalty of ₹ 30 million on Axis Bank Limited (the bank) for non-compliance with the directions issued by RBI on Income Recognition and Asset Classification (IRAC) norms. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI under the provisions of Section 47A(1)(c) read with Section 46(4)(i) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, taking into account failure of the bank to adhere to

(Amount in Billions of ₹) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 17-FEB-2017 02-FEB-2018 * 16-FEB-2018 * 17-FEB-2017 02-FEB-2018 * 16-FEB-2018 * I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from bks. 1625.84 1446.05 1411.04 1692.38 1494.86 1459.40 ** b) Borrowings from banks 521.74 703.81 719.45 522.17 715.05 723.02 c) Other demand & time liabilities 38.74 60.16 76.42 38.74 61.61 77.9 II LIABILITIES TO OTHERS (A) a) De

Aditya Birla Idea Payments Bank Limited has commenced operations as a payments bank with effect from February 22, 2018. The Reserve Bank has issued a licence to the bank under Section 22 (1) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 to carry on the business of payments bank in India. Aditya Birla Nuvo Limited, Mumbai was one of the 11 applicants which were issued in-principle approval for setting up a payments bank, as announced in the press release on August 19, 2015. Ashi

Reserve Bank of India (RBI), as part of its ongoing efforts for strengthening of the supervisory framework in the country, has been issuing necessary instructions to banks from time to time on a variety of issues of prudential supervisory concern, including the management of operational risks inherent in the functioning of banks. The risks arising from the potential malicious use of the SWIFT infrastructure, created by banks for their genuine business needs, has alway

There have been reports in the media that in the wake of fraud involving a sum of USD 1.77 billion that has surfaced in Punjab National Bank (PNB), the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has directed PNB to meet its commitments under the Letter of Undertaking (LOU) to other banks. RBI denies having given any such instructions. The fraud in PNB is a case of operational risk arising on account of delinquent behaviour by one or more employees of the bank and failure of internal

(Amount in Billions of ₹) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 03-FEB-2017 19-JAN-2018 * 02-FEB-2018 * 03-FEB-2017 19-JAN-2018 * 02-FEB-2018 * I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from bks. 1637.42 1468.47 1446.05 1705.47 1517.75 1494.86 ** b) Borrowings from banks 511.75 755.69 703.36 512.57 760.71 714.6 c) Other demand & time liabilities 42.49 141.46 60.16 42.49 142.87 61.61 II LIABILITIES TO OTHERS (A) a)

The Reserve Bank of India today placed on its website the report of the Inter-Regulatory Working Group on FinTech and Digital Banking in India. Background The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had set up an inter-regulatory Working Group (Chair: Shri Sudarshan Sen, Executive Director, RBI) to study the entire gamut of regulatory issues relating to FinTech and Digital Banking in India. The Committee had representation from all the financial sector regulators, namely, Reserve

(Amount in Billions of ₹) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 20-JAN-2017 05-JAN-2018* 19-JAN-2018* 20-JAN-2017 05-JAN-2018* 19-JAN-2018* I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from bks. 1676.42 1442.38 1468.33 1746.38 1492.04 1517.61** b) Borrowings from banks 583.49 649.3 756.19 584.3 651.56 761.21 c) Other demand & time liabilities 37.39 68.39 141.46 37.39 70.14 142.87 II LIABILITIES TO OTHERS (A) a) Deposi

The Reserve Bank’s internal Return Governance Group (RGG) has been monitoring the governance structure of regular returns prescribed for reporting entities, with the objective to rationalise and standardise reporting to RBI. As a part of the exercise on harmonisation of banking statistics, a technical guidance note on eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) returns was issued on March 30, 2017 for ensuring quality and uniformity of the inputs received through th

The Reserve Bank of India has today released Lending Rates of Scheduled Commercial Banks based on data received during the month of December 2017. Anirudha D. Jadhav Assistant Manager Press Release: 2017-2018/2035