Regulating Commercial Banking

RBI/2013-14/582 DBOD. Dir.BC.No.110/13.03.00/2013-14 May 7, 2014 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding RRBs) Dear Sir/Madam Levy of foreclosure charges/pre-payment penalty on Floating Rate Term Loans Please refer to our circular DBOD. No. Dir.BC.107/13.03.00/2011-12 dated June 5, 2012 on ‘Home Loans- Levy of Fore-closure Charges/ Pre-payment Penalty’. 2. A reference is invited to Part B of the First Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement 2014-15 announced on April 1

RBI/2013-14/580 DBOD. Dir.BC.No. 109 /13.03.00/2013-14 May 6, 2014 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding RRBs) Dear Sir/Madam Levy of penal charges on non-maintenance of minimum balances in inoperative Accounts Please refer to Part B of the First Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement 2014-15 announced on April 1, 2014, proposing certain measures towards consumer protection such as non-levy of penal charges for non-maintenance of minimum balance in any inoperative a

RBI/2013-14/581DBOD.No.Leg.BC.108/09.07.005/2013-14 May 6, 2014 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Dear Sir/Madam, Opening of Bank Accounts in the Names of Minors Please refer to our circular DBOD.No.Leg.BC.158/C.90(H)-76 dated December 29, 1976 wherein banks were advised to allow minors’ accounts (fixed and savings deposit accounts) with mothers as guardians to be opened subject to safeguards in allowing operations in such accounts by ensuring that the m

RBI/2013-14/579UBD.BPD (PCB) Cir No.56/13.04.00/2013-14 May 5, 2014 The Chief Executive Officers of All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks Dear Sir, Interest Tax Act 1974 – Collection from borrowers Please refer to our circular UBD.BPD (PCB) Cir No.18/13.04.00/2008-09 dated September 22, 2008 on the captioned subject. 2. It is observed from the Supreme Court Order dated February 21, 2014 in Writ Petition (Civil) No.301 of 2005 that credit institutions which were in ex

RBI/2013-14/564 DBOD.Dir.BC.No.106/13.03.00/2013-14 April 15, 2014 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Dear Sir / Madam Differential Rate of Interest for Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) A reference is invited to part ‘B’ of the First Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement, 2014-15 announced on April 1, 2014 wherein certain measures have been proposed to be adopted by banks in order to give a fillip to the flow of credit to micro and small enterprises (MSE

RBI/2013-14/559 DBOD.IBD.No.105/23.01.001/2013-14 April 09, 2014 All Scheduled Commercial Indian banks having offices abroad Dear Sir, Policy for sale and purchase of property and acquiring/letting out property on lease/rental basis by banks at their overseas centres It has come to our notice that some Indian banks have committed certain lapses in purchase/sale of real estate as well as in acquiring/letting out property on lease/rental basis at some places in foreign

RBI/2013-14/555 UBD.BPD (PCB) Cir.No. 54/14.01.062/2013-14 April 7, 2014 The Chief Executive Officer All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks. Madam / Dear Sir, Reporting of Cross Border Wire Transfer Report on FINnet Gateway - Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks (UCBs) Please refer to our circular UBD.BPD (PCB) Cir.No.19/14.01.062/2012-13 dated October 15, 2012 on ‘Uploading of Reports in ‘Test Mode’ on FINnet Gateway’ wherein UCBs were advised to upload reports as requ

RBI/2013-14/552 DBOD.AML.BC.No.103/14.01.001/2013-14 April 3, 2014 The Chairpersons/ CEOs of all Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding RRBs)/Local Area Banks / All India Financial Institutions Madam / 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 – Harmonization of KYC norms for Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) Pleas

RBI/2013-14/551 DBOD.No.IBD.BC.104/23.67.001/2013-14 April 2, 2014 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Dear Sir / Madam Gold (Metal) Loans (GMLs) Please refer to our circular@@NBSP@@DBOD.No.IBD.BC.33/23.67.001/2005-06 dated September 5, 2005 and circular DBOD.No.IBD.BC. 71/23.67.001/2006-07 dated April 3, 2007 wherein banks had been advised to ensure the end use of gold loans and also to lay down appropriate risk management and lending policy to obviate th

RBI/2013-14/544 DBOD. AML. No. 16415/14.01.001/2013-14 March 28, 2014 The Chairpersons/CEOs of all Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding RRBs)/ Local Area Banks / All India Financial Institutions Madam/Dear Sir, Reporting of Cross Border Wire Transfer Report on FINnet Gateway Please refer to our circular DBOD.AML.BC. No. 49/14.01.001/2012-13 dated October 11, 2012 on ‘Uploading of Reports on FINnet Gateway’ wherein banks and financial institutions were advised to uplo