The Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday raised the minimum capital requirement for asset reconstruction companies (ARC) and widened the scope of their activities by allowing them to act as resolution applicants under the bankruptcy law. Previously, the Central Bank opposed the proposal allowing ARCs to bid for debt resolution under bankruptcy courts. ARCs are…
Updated on November 17, 2023 RBI on Thursday (November 17, 2023) increased risk weights on consumer credit exposure of banks, and NBFCs to 125% from 100%. Measures announced to contain the risk emanating from a sharp rise in unsecured loans – mostly personal loans and credit cards. It has been also decided to increase the…
The Reserve Bank of India has today released a Concept Note on Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) for India. “The Reserve Bank will soon commence limited pilot launches of e₹ for specific use cases. It is expected that this note would facilitate a deeper appreciation and understanding of the digital Rupee and help members of…
Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das on Thursday launched a new ‘SupTech’ initiative DAKSH (दक्ष) – the bank’s Advanced Supervisory Monitoring System, which is expected to make supervisory processes robust. ‘DAKSH’ means ‘efficient’ & ‘competent’ which is a web-based end-to-end workflow application through which RBI shall monitor compliance requirements in a more focused manner with the…
RBI today directed all Credit Information Companies (CICs) to appoint an internal ombudsman (IO) at the top of their internal grievance redress mechanism by April 1 of 2023. “These Directions are introduced with a view to strengthening the internal grievance redress mechanism within the Credit Information Company (CIC) by enabling a review of customer complaints…
In the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies announced by RBI on Friday, RBI said that as a step towards converging with globally accepted prudential norms, it will issue a discussion paper on the proposed transition for stakeholder comments. Banks currently follow the incurred loss approach for provisioning on their loan assets, whereby provisions on…
The six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) headed by RBI Governor on Friday announced the hike in the repo rate by 50 basis points to 5.90%, the fourth straight increase in the current cycle, to tame the sustained above-target retail inflation rate. The standing deposit facility (SDF) rate and the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate were…
The government on Thursday has effected minor hikes of 0.1% to 0.3% in interest rates payable on five small savings instruments out of a bucket of 12 instruments, including Kisan Vikas Patra, Senior Citizens’ Savings scheme, and time deposits for two and three years, for the quarter beginning 1 October. The previous change of interest…
Updated: September 30, 2022 The government on Thursday has effected minor hikes of 0.1% to 0.3% in interest rates payable on five small savings instruments out of a bucket of 12 instruments, including Kisan Vikas Patra, Senior Citizens’ Savings scheme, and time deposits for two and three years, for the quarter beginning 1 October. The…
The Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) communicated to all member banks informing them that National Insurance Company has been allotted the Group Medical Insurance Policy 2022-23 for the bank retirees. According to the communication received by banks, the National Insurance Company has sent their revised rates for Flexible Option coverage of Sum Insured for the year…