Payment and Settlement Systems

RBI/2010-11/261 DPSS.CO.No. 1041/02.14.006/ 2010-2011 November 04, 2010 To All System Providers, System Participants and any prospective prepaid payment instrument Issuer Madam/ Dear Sir Issuance and Operation of pre-paid payment Instruments in India (Reserve Bank) Directions- Additional guidelines. A reference is invited to the guidelines appended to our circular RBI/2008-09/458- DPSS.CO.PD.No.1873/02.14.06/2008-09 dated April 27, 2009 and subsequent circular RBI/200

RBI/2010-11/259 DPSS (CO) RTGS No.1008/04.04.002/2010-2011 November 03, 2010 Chairman and Managing Director /Chief Executive Officer of all banks participating in RTGS and NEFT Madam / Dear Sir, Electronic Funds Transfer Infrastructure in India – Usage of RTGS and NEFT Please refer to our earlier circulars DPSS (CO) RTGS No. 729/04.04.002/2006 – 2007 dated December 1, 2006 (introducing the threshold value limit for customer transactions in RTGS to Rs 1 lakh) and DPSS

RBI/2010-11/200 DPSS.CO.AD.No.552/02.27.004/2010-2011 September 15, 2010 All the entities Authorized to operate Payment Systems in India Madam/Dear Sir Prevention of Money-laundering (Maintenance of Records of the Nature and Value of Transactions, the Procedure and Manner of Maintaining and Time for Furnishing Information and Verification and Maintenance of Records of the Identity of the Clients of the Banking Companies, Financial Institutions and Intermediaries) Seco

RBI/2010-11/190 DPSS.CO.CHD.No.485/03.06.01/2010-11 September 1, 2010 The Chairman and Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks including RRBs / Urban Co-operative Banks / State Co-operative Banks / District Central Co-operative Banks Madam / Dear Sir, Dishonour / Return of Cheques - Need to Mention the 'Date of Return' in the Cheque Return Memo As you are aware, the 'Cheque Return Memo' that should accompany a cheque dishonoured / re

RBI/2010-11/188 DPSS (CO) EPPD No.@@NBSP@@ 477/ 04.03.01 / 2010-11 September 1, 2010 The Chairman and Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer of member banks participating in / NEFT / NECS / ECS Madam / Dear Sir, Uniformity in penal interest payable by banks for delays in credit / return of NEFT / NECS / ECS transactions As you are aware, the recent past has been witness to significant growth in retail electronic payment products - both in terms of reach and volum

RBI/2009-10/452 DPSS.CO (CHD) No. 2387/03.06.01/2009-2010 May 6, 2010 The Chairman and Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks including RRBs / Urban Co-operative Banks / State Co-operative Banks / District Central Co-operative Banks Madam / Dear Sir, Levy of interest on clearing-related overdraft extended by Clearing House managing banks for settling clearing obligations of member banks As you are aware, in terms of provisions conta

RBI/2009-10/398DPSS CO No. 2232 / 02.27.005/2009-2010 13th April 2010 To All the Payment Systems Operators authorized under the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007 Know Your Customer (KYC) Norms/Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Standards/Combating of Financing of Terrorism (CFT) Please refer to our letter DPSS.CO.AD.1320/02.27.005/2009-10 dated December 22, 2009. 2. Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has issued a further Statement on February 18, 2010 on the subject (

RBI/2009-10/269 DPSS.CO.AD.No./1320/02.27.005/2009-10 December 22, 2009 To All the Payment System Operators authorized under the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007 Madam/Dear Sir, Know Your Customer (KYC) norms/Anti-Money Laundering (AML) standards/ Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) obligation of Payment System Operators under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, (PMLA), 2002, as amended by Prevention of Money Laundering (Amendment) Act, 2009 Attention o

RBI/2009-10/265 DPSS (CO) RTGS No. 1313/ 04.04.002 / 2009 – 2010 December 18, 2009 Chairman and Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer of all banks participating in RTGS Madam / Dear Sir, Extension of Service Window for RTGS Transactions Please refer to our previous circular RBI/2008-09/362 (DPSS CO RTGS No.1288/04.04.002/2008-2009) dated January 28, 2009 on the captioned subject. On a review of RTGS timings and the volume of business handled by RTGS on Saturdays

RBI/2009-10/215 DPSS (CO) RTGS No.949/ 04.04.002 / 2009 - 2010 November 11, 2009 Chairman and Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer of all banks participating in RTGS Madam / Dear Sir, RTGS System – Mandatory Beneficiary Account Number The R41 message format in RTGS at present allows transmission of messages even if the beneficiary account number is not given. Further, messages may also flow even if the account number is given in an inappropriate field. 2. Subst