RBI in its circular dated April 8, 2022, announced that a Standing Deposit Facility (SDF) is being operationalised with immediate effect, i.e., from April 8, 2022. The existing Fixed Rate Reverse Repo (FRRR) henceforth be replaced by SDF as the floor of the LAF corridor. So far, RBI used three policy rates under the LAF…
The six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting headed by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das kept the repo rate unchanged at 4 per cent, while the newly introduced SDF rate has been set at 3.75%, higher than the 3.35% fixed reverse repo rate, which is the rate at which banks park their excess…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday has extended the timeline for banks to use lockable cassettes, which could be swapped at the time of cash replenishment, in their ATMs by a year to March 31, 2023. The RBI had come out with the circular in 2018 advising banks to consider using lockable Cassette…
Banks will conduct special clearing operations for the annual closure of government accounts on March 31, to facilitate accounting of all government transactions for the current financial year (2021-22). The Reserve Bank said that the above direction of the Central bank is mandatory for all banks to participate in the proposed special clearing operations for…
RBI today clarified that the Central Bank does not have arrangements with third parties to redress grievances against RBI-regulated entities. The above clarification was given in view of instances of misinformation being spread through certain sections of the social media about the Reserve Bank – Integrated Ombudsman Scheme 2021 (RB-IOS) has come to the notice…
In today’s (10.02.2022) meeting, the MPC decided by a majority of 5 to 1 to continue with the accommodative stance as long as necessary to revive and sustain growth on a durable basis and continue to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on the economy, while ensuring that inflation remains within the target going forward. Accordingly,…
In terms of the recently amended Factoring Regulation Act, 2011which widens the scope of companies that can undertake factoring business, permits Trade Receivables Discounting System (TReDS) to file the particulars of assignment of receivables transactions with the Central Registry on behalf of the Factors for operational efficiency. The Act empowers the Reserve Bank of India…
To push digital transactions in rural and semi-urban areas, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday issued a framework allowing offline payments up to Rs.200 per transaction, subject to an overall limit of Rs 2,000 until the balance in the account is replenished. Balance replenishment can only occur in an online mode. The new…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday extended the deadline to comply with new card storage rules by another six months till 30th June 2022, following requests from industry bodies and other stakeholders. “In light of various representations received in this regard, we advise…the timeline for storing of a card on file (CoF) data…
The Reserve Bank of India has today issued the Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) Framework for Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs). In a notification on its website, the RBI said the new framework; the first of its kind for NBFCs will come into effect from October 1 next year. It may be recalled that the revised Prompt…