The Reserve Bank on Wednesday came out with revised guidelines for the hiring of lockers under which the liability of banks will be limited to 100 times its annual rent in case of fire, theft, building collapse, or frauds by bank employees. The banks will have to put in place a Board-approved policy outlining their…
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) in association with the Department of Financial Services (DFS), National Health Authority (NHA), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), and partner banks, has launched an innovative digital solution – ‘e-RUPI’ on August 2, 2021. ‘e-RUPI’ is in essence, like a prepaid voucher except that the voucher is entirely…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has on Wednesday indefinitely barred Mastercard (Mastercard Asia / Pacific Pte. Ltd) from issuing new debit or credit cards to domestic customers in India from July 22, 2021, for violating data storage rules. Citing its circular on ‘storage of payment system data’ dated April 6, 2018, the RBI said…
Updated and re-posted on 11.06.2021 Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) are the alternative banking channels available to bank customers primarily for withdrawal of cash. The money can be withdrawn from ATM at any point of time round the clock convenient to the bank customers. The Automatic Teller Machines are generally identified as White Label, Brown Label,…
Edited and re-posted on 19.05.2021: Prepaid cards also known as virtual cards. They are issued by the banks and non-bank entities against the value paid in advance by the cardholder. As per RBI’s circular dated May 19, 2021, it shall be mandatory for PPI issuers to give the holders of full-KYC PPIs (KYC-compliant PPIs) interoperability…
The Union Budget 2021 proposed an Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess (AIDC) effective from February 2, 2021on specific goods as below. Items Petrol – Rs.2.50 per litre Diesel – Rs.4 per litre Gold, Silver and Dore bars -2.50% Alcoholic beverages (falling under chapter 22)-100% Crude palm oil -17.50% Crude soyabean and sunflower oil- 20%…
The Reserve Bank of India has released today (January 22, 2021), the Discussion Paper on Revised Regulatory Framework for NBFCs- A Scale-Based Approach. The paper proposes the regulatory and supervisory framework of NBFCs shall be based on a four-layered structure– Base Layer, Middle Layer, Upper Layer and a possible Top Layer. NBFCs in lower layer…
On Monday (11.01.2021), the Financial Stability and Development Council in its report bi-annual report said that Indian banks may see bad loans double despite signs of an improvement in the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The council is an umbrella group of regulators and releases the FSR report twice yearly to give a detailed…
The Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) is a 20-digit number used worldwide that will uniquely identify every legal entity or structure to a financial transaction. Pursuant to the Global Financial Crisis, the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) code is conceived at the initiative of ‘Group of 20, financial stability Board’ for the purpose of better risk management.…
“Enhancing Security of Card Transactions”, wherein users were provided the option of a switch on / off or set limits for various card features, including for contactless transactions at Points of Sale (PoS) terminals. RBI has relaxed the AFA (Additional Factor of Authentication) requirement for values up to Rs. 5000- per transaction with effect from…