RBI guidelines on opening and operation of current accounts and CC/OD accounts by banks
RBI today (19.04.2022) issued a consolidated circular for the opening and operation of current accounts and CC/OD accounts by banks with a view to enforce credit discipline amongst the borrowers as well as to facilitate better monitoring by the lenders. Banks may compute the aggregate exposure of the prospective customers based on the information collected…
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FBIL and its responsibilities for all the aspects related to the benchmarks it issues
Financial Benchmarks India Pvt. Ltd. (FBIL) was jointly formed by Fixed Income, Money Market and Derivatives Association of India (FIMMDA), Foreign Exchange Dealers’ Association of India (FEDAI) and Indian Banks’ Association (IBA), was incorporated in December 2014 as a private limited company and had commenced operations in February 2015. It develops and administers benchmarks relating…
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RBI revives instructions on SLR maintenance for balance held under SDF and SLR holding in HTM category
In partial modification to notification DBR.Ret.BC No.11/12.02.001/2018-19 dated December 05, 2018, the Reserve Bank of India notified on Friday (08/04/2022) that the balances held by banks with the RBI under the SDF shall be an eligible Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) asset and such balances shall form part of “Cash” for SLR maintenance. Banks shall report…
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RBI to operationalise Standing Deposit facility (SDF)
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…
Read article MPC Meeting Apr 2022: SDF to be the new floor for policy rates, Repo rate unchanged
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…
Scheduled commercial banks can now establish separate Digital Banking Units (DBU): RBI
The Reserve Bank of India today (April 7, 2022) released the guidelines on the “Establishment of Digital Banking Units (DBUs)”. These guidelines are applicable to all Domestic Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding Regional Rural Banks, Payments Banks, and Local Area Banks). As per the guidelines, scheduled commercial banks with past digital banking experience are permitted to…
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