The Reserve Bank has today released a booklet, “BE(A)WARE” on the common modus operandi used by fraudsters and precautions to be taken while carrying out various financial transactions. The surge in the digital modes of payments witnessed in the past few years gained further momentum during the COVID-19 induced lockdowns. Digital payments enhance customer convenience by improving ease of doing financial transactions. They also contribute to promotion of financial incl

SBI, ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank continue to be identified as Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs), under the same bucketing structure as in the 2020 list of D-SIBs. The additional Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) requirement for D-SIBs was phased-in from April 1, 2016 and became fully effective from April 1, 2019. The additional CET1 requirement will be in addition to the capital conservation buffer. The list of D-SIBs is as follows: Bucket Banks Additional Common

As announced in the ‘Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies’ issued as part of the Monetary Policy statement dated October 8, 2021, the Reserve Bank, in exercise of the powers conferred under Section 45 (L) read with 45 (M) of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, has directed Deposit-taking NBFCs (NBFCs-D) with 10 or more branches and Non-Deposit taking NBFCs (NBFCs-ND) with asset size of Rs.5,000 crore and above having public customer interface to appoint

The Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi launched the following schemes of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in the presence of Hon’ble Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman and Governor, Reserve Bank of India in a virtual event today: RBI Retail Direct (RBI-RD) scheme Reserve Bank - Integrated Ombudsman Scheme (RB-IOS) The event was attended by Hon’ble Ministers from the Government; Senior Government Officials including Secretaries to the Government of India;

The Reserve Bank announces the activation of the RBI Retail Direct Scheme with effect from today. The Scheme was launched today in virtual mode by the Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi. A significant milestone in the development of the Government securities (G-sec) market, the Reserve Bank of India-Retail Direct (RBI-RD) Scheme will bring G-secs within easy reach of the common man by simplifying the process of investment. Under the Scheme, retail individual i

The Reserve Bank - Integrated Ombudsman Scheme, 2021 (the Scheme) was launched today in virtual mode by Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. 2. The Scheme integrates the existing three Ombudsman schemes of RBI namely, (i) the Banking Ombudsman Scheme, 2006; (ii) the Ombudsman Scheme for Non-Banking Financial Companies, 2018; and (iii) the Ombudsman Scheme for Digital Transactions, 2019. The Scheme, framed by the Reserve Bank in exercise of the powers conferred o

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been conducting Financial Literacy Week (FLW) every year since 2016 to propagate financial education messages on a particular theme across the country. 2. The theme selected for current year FLW is “Credit Discipline and Credit from Formal Institutions” which will be observed from February 8-12, 2021. This theme is one of the strategic objectives of the National Strategy for Financial Education 2020-2025. Focus will be on a) responsible

RBI had announced in the ‘Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies’ issued as part of the Monetary Policy statement dated December 4, 2020 that with a view to strengthen and improve the efficacy of the grievance redress mechanism of banks, a comprehensive framework will be put in place during January 2021. Accordingly, a framework comprising of i) enhanced disclosures on complaints to be made by the banks; ii) recovery of the cost of redress of maintainable

SBI, ICICI Bank, and HDFC Bank continue to be identified as Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs), under the same bucketing structure as in the 2018 list of D-SIBs. The additional Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) requirement for D-SIBs was phased-in from April 1, 2016 and became fully effective from April 1, 2019. The additional CET1 requirement will be in addition to the capital conservation buffer. The list of D-SIBs is as follows: Bucket Banks Additional Common

The Reserve Bank of India has today released Lending Rates of Scheduled Commercial Banks based on data received during the month of December 2020. Ajit Prasad Director Press Release: 2020-2021/864