The Reserve Bank of India today released on its website, “Draft Guidelines for ‘on tap’ Licensing of Universal Banks in the Private Sector”. It has sought views/comments on the draft guidelines from banks, non-banking financial institutions, industrial houses, other institutions and the public at large. Suggestions and comments on the draft guidelines may be sent by June 30, 2016 to the Chief General Manager, Reserve Bank of India, Department of Banking Regulation, Ce

(Amount in Billions of ₹) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 17-APR-2015 01-APR-2016 * 15-APR-2016 * 17-APR-2015 01-APR-2016 * 15-APR-2016 * I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from bks. 1155.47 1668.72 1553.88 1208.93 1735.08 1621.19 ** b) Borrowings from banks 407.78 511.67 604.04 410.46 514.87 606.17 c) Other demand & time liabilities 58.97 55.32 56.03 59.02 55.32 56.05 II LIABILITIES TO OTHERS (A) a) D

The Reserve Bank of India has today notified that Capital Small Finance Bank Ltd. commenced its operations as a small finance bank (SFB) with effect from April 24, 2016. 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. The Capital Small Finance Bank Ltd. has been set up by converting the erstwhile Capital Local Area Bank Ltd. Consequently, Capital Local 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, chaired the meeting. The meeting was attended by Dr. Arvind Subramanian, Chief Economic Adviser, 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 India (IRDAI); Shri Hemant G

The Reserve Bank of India today issued the Master Directions on Amalgamation of Private Sector Banks. The Master Directions issued today consolidates all relevant instructions issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) so far on the subject and will be applicable to all private sector banks licensed to operate in India by the RBI and to the extent appropriate to the Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFC) registered with the RBI and public sector banks. Background The R

The Reserve Bank of India today issued the Master Directions on Issue and Pricing of shares by Private Sector Banks. The Master Directions issued today consolidates all relevant instructions issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) so far on the subject and will be applicable to all private sector banks licensed to operate in India by the RBI. Background The Reserve Bank of India has started issuing Master Directions on all regulatory matters beginning January 2016 t

(Amount in Billions of ₹) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 03-APR-2015 18-MAR-2016 * 01-APR-2016 * 03-APR-2015 18-MAR-2016 * 01-APR-2016 * I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from bks. 1301.81 1513.43 1668.72 1355.68 1575.75 1735.08 ** b) Borrowings from banks 432.9 647.25 511.67 435.2 648.28 514.87 c) Other demand & time liabilities 66.56 84.16 55.32 66.56 84.16 55.32 II LIABILITIES TO OTHERS (A) a) Dep

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has called on its members and other jurisdictions to apply counter-measures to protect the international financial system from the on-going and substantial money laundering and terrorist financing (ML/FT) risks emanating from the jurisdictions of Iran and Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). FATF has further identified the following jurisdictions as having developed an action plan with the FATF to deal with strategic AML

(Amount in Billions of ₹) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 20-MAR-2015 04-MAR-2016 * 18-MAR-2016 * 20-MAR-2015 04-MAR-2016 * 18-MAR-2016 * I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from bks. 1101.96 1535.99 1513.43 1153.66 1597.79 1575.75 ** b) Borrowings from banks 398.16 613.93 647.25 404.1 618.44 648.28 c) Other demand & time liabilities 61.42 78 84.16 61.47 78 84.16 II LIABILITIES TO OTHERS (A) a) Deposits

The Reserve Bank of India today clarified some of the provisions of Reserve Bank of India (Interest Rate on Advances) Directions, 2016 (hereinafter called the Directions) relating to the Marginal Cost of Funds based Lending Rate (MCLR) system which comes into effect on April 01, 2016. The changes are: 1. Fixed Rate Loans As per Section 13(d)(v) of the Directions, fixed rate loans are exempted from being linked to MCLR as the benchmark for determining interest rate. On