Regulating Commercial Banking

RBI/2012-13/393 DBOD.No.Dir.BC. 74/13.03.00/2012-13 January 24, 2013 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Dear Sir/Madam Interest Rates on and Premature Withdrawal of Rupee Term Deposits In terms of our mailbox clarification dated May 16, 2007, deposits of `15 lakh or any higher threshold approved by the Boards of banks have been termed “wholesale deposits”. The term “bulk deposit”, though not specifically defined, has been inter-changeably used with wholes

RBI/2012-13/391 A. P. (DIR Series) Circular No.80 January 24, 2013 To All Category-I Authorised Dealer Banks Madam / Sir, Foreign investment in India by SEBI registered FIIs in Government securities and corporate debt Attention of Authorized Dealer Category-I (AD Category-I) banks is invited to Schedule 5 to the Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident outside India) Regulations, 2000 notified vide Notification No. FEMA.20/2000-R

RBI No. 2012-13/392 DBOD.BP.BC. No.72/21.01.002/2012-13 January 24, 2013 The Chairman and Managing Directors/ Chief Executive Officers of All Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Dear Sir Retail issue of Subordinated Debt for raising Tier II capital Please refer to our circular DBOD.BP.BC.No.69/21.01.002/2009-10 dated January 13, 2010 on the above subject, advising banks to adhere to certain conditions, while issuing subordinated debt to retail investors, for raising Tie

RBI/2012-13/389 UBD.BPD. (AD) Cir.No.2 /13.05.000/2012-13 January 22, 2013 Chief Executive Officer Scheduled Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks (holding AD Category I licence) Dear Sir/Madam Interest Rates on Rupee Export Credit -UCBs Please refer to circular UBD.BPD.(AD) Cir. No.8 /13.05.000/2011-12 dated June 26, 2012 extending the interest subvention on rupee export credit on specified export sectors till March 31, 2013. 2. The Government of India has decided to wi

RBI/2012-13/387 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.78 January 21, 2013 To, All Category - I Authorised Dealer Banks Madam / Sir, External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) Policy – Repayment of Rupee loans and/or fresh Rupee capital expenditure – USD 10 billion scheme Attention of Authorized Dealer Category - I (AD Category - I) banks is invited to A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 134 dated June 25, 2012 and A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 26 dated September 11, 2012. 2. As per the

Reserve Bank of India Foreign Exchange Department Central Office Mumbai- 400 001 Notification No. FEMA. 255/2013-RB Dated January 19, 2013 Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident outside India) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2013 In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (b) of sub-section (3) of Section 6 and Section 47 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999), the Reserve Bank of India hereby makes the fo

RBI/2012-13/385 DBOD.AML.BC. No.71/14.01.001/2012-13 January 18, 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 paragraph 2.4 (a) of Master Circular DBOD.AML.BC. No.11/14.01.001/2012

RBI/2012-13/363 DBS.FrMC.BC.No.5/23.04.001/2012-13 January 04, 2013 The Chairmen & Chief Executive Officers of all Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) and All India Select Financial Institutions Dear Sir, Frauds – Classification and Reporting Please refer to our letter DBS. FrMC. BC. No.1 /23.04.001/2012-13 dated July 02, 2012 i.e. the Master Circular on 'Frauds – Classification and Reporting'. 2. In view of the suggestions received from banks in the matte

RBI 2012-13/357 DBOD.No.BP.BC- 68/21.04.048/2012-13 January 1, 2013 The Chairman and Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of All Scheduled Commercial Banks in Private Sector (excluding Foreign Banks) Dear Sir, Review of Circulars Issued to Private Sector Banks on Writing-off of Bad Debts/Losses, Compromise Proposals – Delegation of Powers Please refer to our circular DBOD.No.BC.148/16.13.100/93 dated August 13, 1993 and DBOD.No.Fol.BC.70/C.581/89 dated February

RBI/2012 -13/355 DPSS (CO) RTGS No. 1052/04.04.017/2012-13 December 31, 2012 The Chairman and Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer of all RTGS participants Dear Sir / Madam, Adoption of ISO 20022 messaging standard in Next Generation RTGS (NG-RTGS) system In the Second Quarter Review of Monetary Policy 2011-12 it was announced that the NG-RTGS system would be developed using extensible markup language (XML) messages conforming to ISO 20022 standards. 2. Accordi