Regulating Commercial Banking

RBI/2013-14/281 DBOD.No.Ret.BC.55 /12.01.001/2013-14 September 20, 2013 To All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding Regional Rural Banks) Dear Sir, Section 42(1) of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 - Change in Daily Minimum Cash Reserve Maintenance Requirement Please refer to our Circular DBOD.No.Ret.BC.35/12.01.001/2013-14 dated July 23, 2013 on the captioned subject. 2. @@NBSP@@As announced in the Press Release 2013-14/604 dated September 20, 2013, it has been d

RBI/2013-14/274 DBOD.No.BAPD.BC.54 /22.01.001/2013-14 September 19, 2013 All Domestic Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Madam / Dear Sir Section 23 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 – Relaxations in Branch Authorisation Policy Please refer to Governor’s Statement on taking office on September 04, 2013@@NBSP@@ (extract enclosed - Annex 1) regarding the proposal to completely free bank branching for well managed domestic scheduled commercial banks in every p

RBI/2013-14/262 DBOD.No. Leg. BC. 53/09.07.005/2013-14 September 17, 2013 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Dear Sir/Madam, Unclaimed Deposits/Inoperative Accounts in banks – Treatment of certain savings bank accounts opened for credit of Scholarship amounts and credit of Direct Benefit Transfer under Government Schemes Please refer to Circular DBOD. No. Leg.BC.34/09.07.005/2008-09 dated August 22, 2008 on unclaimed deposits/inoperative accounts wherein

RBI/2013-14/292 DBS.CO.PPD No. 3578 /11.01.005/2013-14 September 17, 2013 The Chairman/Chief Executive All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding RRBs) / Local Area Banks Madam/Dear Sir, Pernicious practices of select banks deterring customer protection and accounting integrity Please refer to our circular DBS.CO.PPD No. 17882/11.01.005/2012-13 dated June 19, 2013, wherein we had observed certain disquieting features in certain practices/products prevalent/ offered by

RBI/2013-14/250 DBS.Dir.OSMOS. No. 3327/33.01.001/2013-14 September 11, 2013 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Dear Sir/Madam Creation of a Central Repository of Large Common Exposures - Across Banks This has a reference to the statement made on September 4, 2013 by Dr. Raghuram Rajan on his taking over the charge as Governor, RBI wherein it was stated “RBI proposes to collect credit data and examine large common exposures across banks. This will enable

RBI /2013-14/246 DBOD.No. Leg.BC.52/09.07.005/2013-14 September 11, 2013 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Dear Sir/Madam, Financial Inclusion- Access to Banking Services – Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account (BSBDA) - FAQs Please refer to Circular DBOD.No. Leg.BC.35 / 09.07.005/2012-13 dated August 10, 2012 on the above subject wherein banks have been advised to offer ‘Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account’ with certain minimum common facilities to all thei

RBI/2013-14/235 DBOD. AML.No.3817/14.06.001/2013-14 September 10, 2013 The Chairmen / CEOs of all Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding RRBs)/ Local Area Banks / All India Financial Institutions Dear Sir, Implementation of Section 51-A of UAPA, 1967- Updates of the UNSCR 1267(1999) / 1989(2011) Committee's Al Qaida Sanctions List Please refer to our circular DBOD. AML No. 3316/14.06.001/2013-14 dated September 2, 2013 on the captioned subject releasing 21st update. We

RBI/2013-14/218 DBOD.BP.BC.No. 49/21.04.018/2013-14 September 3, 2013 The Chairman and Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of all Commercial Banks (Excluding Regional Rural Banks) Dear Sir Disclosure of customer complaints and unreconciled balances on account of ATM transactions Please refer to our circular DBOD.No.Leg BC.60/09.07.005/2006-07 dated February 22, 2007 on Analysis and Disclosure- Disclosure of Complaints / Unimplemented Awards of Banking Ombudsmen

RBI/2013-14/217 DBOD.BP.BC.No. 51/08.12.015/2013-14 September 3, 2013 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Dear Sir, Housing Sector: Innovative Housing Loan Products – Upfront disbursal of housing loans It has been observed that some banks have introduced certain innovative Housing Loan Schemes in association with developers/builders, e.g. upfront disbursal of sanctioned individual housing loans to the builders without linking the disbursals to various stag

RBI/2013-14/216 DIT.CO (Policy) No.674/09.63.025/2013-14 August 30, 2013 The Chairman/Chief Executive Officers All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Dear Sir/Madam Sharing of Information Technology Resources by Banks - Guidelines Please refer to paragraph 101 of the Monetary Policy Statement 2013-14 wherein the need for banks to examine the issue of shared IT resources to optimise costs while maintaining the desired levels of efficiency and security has been