The Reserve Bank of India has extended the Directions earlier issued to Navodaya Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd, Nagpur for further four months. The Directions are now valid up to October 15, 2017, subject to review. The bank was earlier placed under directions from March 16, 2017 to June 15, 2017. The Directions were imposed in exercise of powers vested in the Reserve Bank under sub section (1) of Section 35A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (AACS). A copy of the Dir

It has come to the notice of the Reserve Bank of India that the captioned Society is misleading the public by displaying false statements on its website http://prithvisociety.com that RBI has issued NOC for converting multistate Prithvi Credit Cooperative Society Ltd. into Multistate Co-operative Bank by wrongly quoting the contents of the Reserve Bank’s letter LK.DCBS.1391/10.10.016/2016-17 dated February 08, 2017. It is brought to the notice of the general public th

Sanmitra Sahakari Bank Maryadit, Mumbai, Maharashtra, was placed under directions for a period of six months vide directive dated June 14, 2016 from the close of business on June 14, 2016. The validity of the directions was extended for a period of six months vide order dated December 07, 2016. It is hereby notified for the information of the public that the period of operation of the directive dated June 14, 2016 read with the directive dated December 07, 2016 has be

The Reserve Bank of India has today released Lending Rates of Scheduled Commercial Banks based on data received during the month of May 2017. Ajit Prasad Assistant Adviser Press Release: 2016-2017/3297

Financial Literacy is the first step towards financial prosperity. Financial literacy empowers the common man with knowledge which enables better financial decision making and ultimately financial well-being. In order to create awareness at a large scale on key topics every year, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to observe one week in a year as ‘Financial Literacy Week’. RBI this year, across the States, will observe June 5 to 9 as the Financial Literacy Week.

The Reserve Bank of India has imposed a monetary penalty of ₹ 5.00 lakh (₹ Five lakh only) on the Jalore Nagrik Sahakari Bank Limited, Jalore, in exercise of powers vested in it under the provisions of Section 47 A (1) (c) read with 46 (4) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (As Applicable to Co-operative Societies), for violation of RBI instructions / guidelines relating to (i) breach of prudential interbank single and gross exposure limit and (ii) giving donation ex

To emphasize the importance of financial literacy, the Reserve Bank of India is observing June 5-9, 2017 as Financial Literacy Week across the country. The Week will focus on four broad themes, viz. Know Your Customer (KYC), Exercising Credit Discipline, Grievance Redress and Going Digital (UPI and *99#). During this week, the Financial Literacy Centres (FLCs) and rural branches will conduct special camps and all bank branches in the country will display posters on th

Paytm Payments Bank Limited has commenced operations as a payments bank with effect from May 23, 2017. 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. Shri Vijay Shekhar Sharma was one of the 11 applicants who was issued in-principle approval for setting up a payments bank, as announced in the press release on August 19, 2015.Alpana Killawala Principal Advise

In a Release today, the Reserve Bank of India outlined the steps taken and those on the anvil post the promulgation of the Banking Regulation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2017. 2. The amendments to the BR Act 1949, introduced through the Ordinance, and the notification issued thereafter by the Central Government empower RBI to issue directions to any banking company or banking companies to initiate insolvency resolution process in respect of a default, under the provisions

Lokseva Sahakari Bank Ltd., Pune, Maharashtra, was placed under directions for a period of six months vide directive dated May 19, 2014 from the close of business on May 20, 2014 for a period of six months. The validity of the directions were extended five times for a period of six months each, vide order dated November 12, 2014; dated May 06, 2015; dated November 04, 2015; dated May 13, 2016 and dated November 11, 2016. Besides, the bank, vide Directive dated January