A Special Non-Resident Rupee (SNRR) Account is opened with Authorized Dealer (AD) banks in India for specified transactions related to trade, foreign investments, External Commercial Borrowings (ECBs), and more. It serves as an alternative to executing inward/outward remittances in convertible foreign currency for each transaction with residents in India. This account allows non-residents with business…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released a Master Direction consolidating guidelines for banks and financial institutions regarding credit information reporting. Issued on January 6, 2025, this directive aims to establish a standardized framework for reporting and disseminating credit information while safeguarding the confidentiality and security of sensitive credit data. Key Highlights of the…
RBI issued a Master Direction on January 7, 2025 – Reserve Bank of India (Non-resident Investment in Debt Instruments) Directions, 2025 Consolidating all earlier regulatory circular for debt instruments in India. These Directions shall be applicable with immediate effect. These Directions shall be applicable to all transactions by eligible non-residents in debt instruments. The following…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has mandated the implementation of a beneficiary account name verification system for fund transfers via Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) and National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) services by April 2025. Currently, payment systems such as the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and Immediate Payment Service (IMPS) allow remitters to verify the…
In the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies, RBI announced that the cash reserve ratio (CRR) of all banks by 50 bps in two equal tranches of 25 bps each to 4.0 per cent of net demand and time liabilities (NDTL) with effect from the fortnight beginning December 14, 2024, and December 28, 2024, respectively.…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced its fifth bi-monthly monetary policy for FY25 today, December 6, 2024. The announcement comes amid economic challenges such as lower GDP growth, inflation, and concerns over tight liquidity conditions in the banking system. The RBI’s rate-setting committee (MPC) kept the benchmark key policy rates unchanged, Repo at 6.5%…
The Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday placed on its website that the deepfake videos of the Governor are being circulated on social media that claim the launch of or support for some investment schemes by the RBI. “These videos attempt to advise people to invest their money in such schemes, through the use of…
RBI on a review amended KYC Master Direction on November 06, 2024. “The amendment has been necessitated to (a) align the instructions with the recent amendments carried out in the Prevention of Money Laundering (Maintenance of Records) Rules, 2005 vide Gazette Notification dated July 19, 2024, (b) incorporate instructions in terms of the corrigendum dated…
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das on Wednesday (October 9) announced changes in transaction limits of UPI 123 and UPI Lite wallet. During the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies announcement, Das said that the per-transaction limit for UPI 123Pay will be increased from ₹5,000 to ₹10,000, while the UPI Lite wallet limit…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced its fourth bi-monthly monetary policy for FY25 today, October 9. The RBI’s rate-setting committee (MPC) kept the benchmark repo rate unchanged at 6.5% for the tenth straight meeting. However, RBI maintains the status quo on policy rates, but changes its stance to Neutral from ‘withdrawal of accommodation’; GDP…