The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed, by an order dated March 10, 2021, a monetary penalty of ₹1.00 lakh on the United India Co-operative Bank Limited, Nagina (the bank) for contravention of section 27 read with section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI under the provisions of Section 47 A (1) (c) read with Section 46 (4) (i) and Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, taking into a

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed, by an order dated March 08, 2021, a monetary penalty of Rupees Five Thousand only on Walchandnagar Sahakari Bank Ltd., Pune (the bank) for contravention of the provisions of the Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005 (CIC Act) and RBI directions on membership of Credit Information Companies by Co-operative Banks. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred upon RBI under the provisions of Sect

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed, by an order dated February 25, 2021, a monetary penalty of ₹2 crore on Bank of Maharashtra (the bank) for contravention of / non-compliance with certain provisions of the directions contained in Reserve Bank of India (Frauds classification and reporting by commercial banks and select FIs) directions 2016 and the circulars on Concurrent Audit System in Commercial Banks - Revision of RBI's Guidelines, Disclosure of customer c

The Reserve Bank of India (RBl) has, by an order dated February 22, 2021, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1.00 lakh (Rupees one lakh only) on Jilla Sahakari Kendriya Bank Maryadit, Sidhi (the bank) for non-compliance with the provisions of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (the Act) and the Depositor Education and Awareness Fund Scheme, 2014. The penalty has been imposed on the bank in exercise of powers vested in RBI under the provisions of Section 47 A (1) (c) read wi

The Reserve Bank of India (RBl) has, by an order dated February 05, 2021, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1.00 lakh (Rupees one lakh only) on The Gondia District Central Co-operative Bank Limited, Gondia (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI contained in the “Master Direction - Know Your Customer (KYC) Direction, 2016”. The penalty has been imposed on the bank in exercise of powers vested in RBI under the provisions of Section 47 A (1) (c)

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated February 03, 2021, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹5.00 lakh (Rupees five lakh only) on The Guntur Women Cooperative Urban Bank Ltd., Guntur, Andhra Pradesh (the bank) for contravention of the directions issued by RBI on prohibition of loans and advances to Directors or their relatives, income recognition and asset classification and grant of loans against security of gold jewellery. The penalty has been imposed on

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated February 02, 2021, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹55 lakh (Rupees Fifty Five lakh only) on Seva Vikas Cooperative Bank Limited, Pune (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI contained in the “Master Circular - Management of Advances -UCBs” and “Master Circular - Income Recognition, Asset Classification, Provisioning and Other Related Matters - UCBs.” The penalty has been imposed on the b

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated February 2, 2021, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1.00 lakh (Rupees one lakh only) on The Kalpavruksha Co-operative Bank Limited (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI contained in the “Master Circular on Board of Directors-UCBs”. The penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI under the provisions of Section 47 A (1) (c) read with Section 46 (4) (i) of the Banking Regu

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by orders dated January 29, 2021 imposed monetary penalties on the following co-operative banks for contravention of/non-compliance with the directions issued by RBI on “Exposure Norms and Statutory/Other Restrictions-UCBs”: Sl. No. Name of the Bank Penalty Amount (₹ In lakh) 1 Konnagar Samabaya Bank Limited, Hoogly, West Bengal 2.00 2 The Santragachi Co-operative Bank Limited, Howrah, West Bengal 2.00 The penalties have been impos

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated January 21, 2021, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹2 Crore (Rupees Two Crore only) on Standard Chartered Bank–India (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI contained in the “Reserve Bank of India (Frauds - Classification and Reporting by commercial banks and select FIs) Directions 2016”. The penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI under the provisions of Section 47 A

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed, by an order dated January 13, 2021, a monetary penalty of ₹1 lakh on The Mandvi Mercantile Co-operative Bank Ltd., Mandvi, Dist. Kutch (Gujarat) (the bank) for contravention of RBI directions on ‘Loans and Advances to Directors, Relatives and Firms/Concerns in which they are Interested’ and ‘Placement of Deposits with Other Banks by Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks (UCBs)’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of pow

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed, by an order dated January 13, 2021, a monetary penalty of ₹0.50 lakh on Alavi Co-operative Bank Ltd., Vadodara (Gujarat) (the bank) for contravention of RBI directions on ‘Loans and Advances to Directors, Relatives and Firms/Concerns in which they are Interested’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI under the provisions of Section 47 A (1) (c) read with Section 46 (4) (i) and Section 56 of the

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated January 12, 2021, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹2 crore (Rupees Two Crore only) on Deutsche Bank AG (the bank) for non-compliance with certain provisions of directions issued by RBI contained in the “Reserve Bank of India (Interest Rate on Deposits) Directions, 2016”. The penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI under the provisions of Section 47 A (1) (c) read with Section 46 (4) (i) of the B

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a monetary penalty of ₹2.50 crore (Rupees Two crore Fifty lakh only) on Bajaj Finance Limited, Pune (the company), by an order dated January 05, 2021, for violation of (i) directions issued by RBI on Managing Risks and Code of Conduct in Outsourcing of Financial Services by NBFCs and Fair Practices Code (FPC) for applicable NBFCs, contained in the Non-Banking Financial Company - Systemically Important Non-Deposit taking Comp

The Reserve Bank of India (RBl) has imposed, by an order dated January 04, 2021 a monetary penalty of ₹2.00 lakh on Maharashtra Nagari Sahakari Bank Maryadit, Latur (the bank) for non-compliance with directions issued by RBI on Know Your Customer (KYC). The penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI under the provisions of Section 47 A (1) (c) read with Section 46 (4) (i) and section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, taking into account the fai

The Reserve Bank of India (RBl) has imposed, by an order dated January 04, 2021 a monetary penalty of ₹5.00 lakh on Vyavasayik Sahakari Bank Maryadit, Raipur (the bank) for non-compliance with directions issued by RBI on opening of On-site ATM and Know Your Customer (KYC). The penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI under the provisions of Section 47 A (1) (c) read with Section 46 (4) (i) and section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, taking

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed, by an order dated December 11, 2020, a monetary penalty of ₹50.00 lakh (Rupees fifty lakh only) on The Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd. No. 1758, Perinthalmanna, (the bank) for non-compliance with directions issued by RBI on Income Recognition and Asset Classification (IRAC) norms and on Management of Advances-UCBs. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI under the provisions of Section 47 A (1) (c) re

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed monetary penalties on the following co-operative banks for contravention of/non-compliance with the directions issued by RBI on “Exposure Norms and Statutory/Other Restrictions-UCBs”. Sl. Name of the Bank Penalty Amount (₹ In lakh) Order Date 1 The Berhampur Co-operative Urban Bank Ltd. (Odisha) 2.00 December 03, 2020 2 The Boral Union Co-operative Bank Ltd. (West Bengal) 2.00 December 03, 2020 3 Khatra People’s Co-operative

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed, by an order dated December 1, 2020, a monetary penalty of ₹10 lakh (Rupees Ten lakh only) on The Karad Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd. (the bank) for contravention of certain directions issued by RBI under the Supervisory Action Framework. The 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) and Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, taki

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed, by an order dated November 19, 2020, a monetary penalty of ₹10.00 lakh (Rupees Ten lakh only) on Muthoot Finance Limited, Ernakulam (the company), for non-compliance with directions issued by RBI on maintenance of Loan to Value ratio in gold loans and on obtaining copy of PAN card of the borrower while granting gold loans in excess of ₹ 5.00 lakh, contained in Non-Banking Financial Company - Systemically Important Non-Depos