RBI bans issuance of Mastercard from July 22
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…
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Different types of ATMs: What do White Label, Brown Label, and On-line, off-line ATM mean?
Updated on 28.05.2025 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 The money can be withdrawn from ATM at any point of time round the clock convenient to the bank customers.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, and on-…
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What is agri-cess? Whether it affects the general public?
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%…
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RBI’s discussion paper proposes a 4-tier regulatory framework for NBFCs
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…
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“Worst is behind us, though the recovery path remains uncertain,” says Financial Stability Report
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…
From April 1, entities to quote LEI for all payment transactions of above 50 crores
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.…
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