Regulating Commercial Banking

RBI/2012-13/434 DBOD. AML.No. 12913/14.01.001/2012-13 March 11, 2013 The Chairmen/CEOs of all Scheduled Commercial Banks(Excluding RRBs)/ Local Area Banks / All India Financial Institutions Dear Sir, Anti-Money Laundering (AML)/Combating of Financing of Terrorism (CFT) - Standards Please refer to our letter DBOD. AML.No.8422/14.01.001/ 2012-13 dated December 12, 2012 on risks arising from the deficiencies in AML/CFT regime of certain jurisdictions. 2. Financial Action

RBI/2012-13/427 DBOD.No.BAPD.BC.82/22.01.001/2012-13 March 4, 2013 Phalguna 13 , 1934 (Saka) All Domestic Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Madam / Dear Sir, Branch Authorisation Policy - Information to be submitted by banks along with Annual Branch Expansion Plan (ABEP) Please refer to our circular DBOD. No. BL. BC. 24/22.01.001/2011-12 dated July 15, 2011, wherein banks were advised, inter alia that branch authorisation would be based on critical assessmen

RBI/2012-13/415 DBOD.No.IBD.BC. 81/23.67.001/2012-13 February 14, 2013 All Scheduled Commercial Banks authorized to deal in Gold Dear Sir / Madam Gold Deposit Scheme The Central Government, with a view to bringing privately held stock of gold in circulation, reduce the country’s reliance on import of gold and providing its owners with some income apart from freeing them from the problems of storage, movement and security of gold in their possession, had notified Gold

RBI/2012-13/411 UBD.BPD.(PCB) Cir No.36/13.05.001/2012-13 February 6, 2013 The Chief Executive Officers All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks Madam / Dear Sir, Bank Finance for Purchase of Gold Please refer to our circular UBD.PCB.Cir.No 24/13.05.001/08-09 dated November 10, 2008 on ‘Advances against Pledge of Gold / silver ornaments’ advising UCBs to observe certain safeguards while granting loan against pledge of gold/ silver ornaments. 2. In terms of announcements

RBI/2012-13/409 DBOD.BP.BC.No.80/21.04.132/2012-13 January 31, 2013 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Dear Sir, Disclosure Requirements on Advances Restructured by Banks and Financial Institutions Please refer to paragraph 16 of Master Circular on Prudential norms on Income Recognition, Asset Classification and Provisioning pertaining to Advances dated July 2, 2012 in terms of which banks should disclose in their published Annual Balance Sheets, under "N

RBI/2012-13/402 Ref:DBOD.No.Ret.BC. 77/12.01.001/2012-13 January 29, 2013 All Scheduled Commercial Banks & Local Area Banks Dear Sir, Bank Rate As announced in the Third Quarter Review of Monetary Policy 2012-13, the Bank Rate stands adjusted by 25 basis points from 9.00 per cent to 8.75 per cent with effect from January 29, 2013. 2. All penal interest rates on shortfall in reserve requirements, which are specifically linked to the Bank Rate, also stand revised as

RBI/2012-13/401 Ref: DBOD.No.Ret. BC.76/12.01.001/2012-13 January 29, 2013 All Scheduled Commercial Banks & Local Area Banks (Excluding Regional Rural Banks) Dear Sir, Maintenance of Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) Please refer to our Circular DBOD.No.Ret.BC.52/12.01.001/2012-13 dated October 30, 2012 on the captioned subject. 2. As set out in the Reserve Bank's Press Release 2012-2013/1267 dated@@NBSP@@ January 29, 2013, it has been decided to reduce the Cash Reserve Ra

RBI/2012-13/399 DBOD.AML.BC. No. 78 /14.01.001/2012-13 January 29, 2013 The Chairmen / CEOs of all Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding RRBs)/Local Area Banks / All India Financial Institutions Dear Sir, Know Your Customer (KYC) Norms /Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Standards/Combating of Financing of Terrorism (CFT)/Obligation of banks under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 Please refer to our circular DBOD.AML.BC. No. 65/14.01.001/ 2012-13 dated Decembe

By Dr. D. Subbarao Governor Introduction Since the Second Quarter Review (SQR) of Monetary Policy in October 2012, headwinds holding back the global economy have begun to abate gradually, although sluggish conditions prevail. In the US, activity gathered momentum in Q3 of 2012 but this is unlikely to have been sustained in Q4. While a political consensus to avert the ‘fiscal cliff’ has calmed financial markets, how the debt ceiling is managed will be crucial in shapin

RBI/2012-13/395 UBD.BPD (PCB) Cir. No.34/14.01.062/2012-13 January 28, 2013 The Chief Executive Officer of All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks Madam/Dear Sir, Know Your Customer (KYC) Norms/Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Measures/Combating of Financing of Terrorism (CFT) / Obligations of banks under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 Please refer to paragraph 2.4 (a) of Master Circular UBD.BPD. (PCB).MC.No. 16/12.05.001/2012-13 dated July 02, 2012 on Know