A Subsidiary company can be described as an enterprise, the management of which is controlled by a parent company. The parent company is one which has one or more subsidiaries. In all cases the parent company will hold more than half of the voting power of the subsidiary company and controls financial and operating policy…
As per the existing RBI guidelines, the banks cannot open the current account of prospective customers without obtaining a ‘No-objection letter’ from the lending banks and in case no response is received from the existing bankers after a minimum waiting period of a fortnight. The Reserve Bank of India in their notification informed that they…
The Government of India has provided additional relaxation for the purpose of address in addition to the relaxation in proof of identity under simplified measures of PML rules. Accordingly RBI has notified that the following additional documents are deemed to be Officially Valid Documents (OVD) for proof of address. Utility bill which is not more…
In case of opening accounts of proprietorship concerns, apart from customer identification procedure as applicable to the proprietor, banks and financial institutions call for and verify the activity proof of the concern. The default rule under KYC is that any two documents, out of following documents listed in paragraph 2.5(h) of RBI Master Circular should…
Hither to, banks were deducting TDS (Tax Deducted at Source) only if the interest earned from FDs made in a particular branch exceeds threshold limit of Rs.10000.00. Therefore it was common for investors to open FDs at multiple branches of their bank to circumvent TDS. The budget 2015 proposes important change in the rules relating to…
Under the PMJDY scheme, a person opening a Bank account for the first time is offered a RuPay Card free of charge. In addition, people who have opened a bank account during the period from 15-08-14 to 26-01-15, or any additional period as may be extended further by the government of India, will be covered…
The aim of introducing ‘Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account'(BSBDA) is a part of the efforts of RBI to promote ‘Financial Inclusion’ objectives. BSBDA is the new word coined to substitute the nomenclature ‘no-frills’ account. In BSBDA, the account holder gets the basic banking services with minimum common facilities either with nil or very low minimum…
The Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna (PMJDY), a mega financial inclusion scheme, launched by government of India to cover those households who do not have bank accounts at present and belonging to poor section. Special Benefits under PMJDY Scheme The account can be opened in any bank branch or Business Correspondent (Bank Mitr) outlet. Accidental…
RBI has been imposing heavy penalties on banks that have not complied or the account opened in contravention of various directions and instructions issued by it, which includes failure to obtain adequate documents for opening accounts, failure to carry out identification procedures, and failure to examine the control structure of entities. However, to help the…
[This web page offers information on how banks open accounts of illiterate persons, blind and partially blind persons other disabled persons] Blind, illiterate, and other disabled persons can open and make certain bank account operations using thumb impressions. Bankers customarily extend helping hand to the disabled persons like sick/old/incapacitate who cannot be physically present to…