Payment and Settlement Systems

RBI/2016-17/255 DPSS.CO.CHD.No./2656/03.01.03/2016-17 March 23, 2017 The Chairman and Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks including Regional Rural Banks/Urban Co-operative Banks / State Co-operative Banks /District Central Co-operative Banks/Local Area Banks Madam / Dear Sir, Special Clearing operations on March 30 and 31, 2017 A reference is invited to the circular issued by our Department of Government and Bank Accounts (DGBA.G

RBI/2016-17/203 DPSS.CO.PD.No.1669/02.14.006/2016-2017 December 30, 2016 All Prepaid Payment Instrument Issuers System Providers, System Participantsand all other Prospective Prepaid Payment Instrument Issuers Dear Madam/ Sir, Special measures to incentivise Electronic Payments – Extension of time A reference is invited to circular DPSS.CO.PD.No.1288/02.14.006/2016-17 dated November 22, 2016 advising enhancements in the limits of semi-closed PPIs issued with minimum d

RBI/2016-17/202DPSS.CO.PD. No.1621/02.10.002/2016-17 December 30, 2016 The Chairman and Managing Director / Chief Executive Officers All Scheduled Commercial Banks including RRBs /Urban Co-operative Banks / State Co-operative Banks /District Central Co-operative Banks /Authorised ATM Network Operators /Card Payment Network Operators/White Label ATM Operators Dear Madam/ Sir, White Label ATM Operators (WLAOs) - Sourcing of cash from retail outlets Following the withdra

RBI/2016-17/196 DPSS.CO.PD.No.1610/02.14.006/2016-17 December 27, 2016 All Prepaid Payment Instrument Issuers, System Providers, System Participants andall other Prospective Prepaid Payment Instrument Issuers Dear Madam / Sir, Master Circular on Issuance and Operations of Prepaid Payment Instruments – Amendments to paragraph 7.9 A reference is invited to paragraph 7.9 of our Master circular DPSS.PD.CO.PPI.No.01/02.14.006/2016-17 dated July 01, 2016 on Issuance and Ope

RBI/2016-17/185 DPSS CO.PD.No.1516/02.12.004/2016-17 December 16, 2016 The Chairman and Managing Director / Chief Executive Officers All participants in Immediate Payment Service (IMPS), Unified Payment Interface (UPI) and Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) based *99# Systems Dear Madam/ Sir, Special Measures upto March 31, 2017 : Rationalisation of customer charges for Immediate Payment Service (IMPS), Unified Payment Interface (UPI) & Unstructured Su

RBI/2016-17/184 DPSS.CO.PD.No.1515/02.14.003/2016-17 December 16, 2016 The Chairman and Managing Director / Chief Executive Officers All Scheduled Commercial Banks including RRBs / Urban Co-operative Banks / State Co-operative Banks / District Central Co-operative Banks / Payments Banks and Small Finance Banks / All Card Network Providers Dear Madam / Sir, Special measures upto March 31, 2017: Rationalisation of Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) for transactions upto ₹ 200

RBI/2016-17/178 DPSS.CO.OSD.No.1485/06.08.005/2016-17 December 09, 2016 All Prepaid Payment Instrument Issuers, System Providers, System Participants and all other Prospective Prepaid Payment Instrument Issuers Dear Sir, Security and Risk Mitigation measure - Technical Audit of Prepaid Payment Instrument issuers With the withdrawal of legal tender characteristics of existing ₹ 500/- and ₹ 1000/- Bank Notes (Specified Bank Notes – SBN), the use of alternate modes of pa

RBI/2016-17/150 DPSS.CO.PD.No.1288/02.14.006/2016-17 November 22, 2016 All Prepaid Payment Instrument Issuers, System Providers, System Participants and all other Prospective Prepaid Payment Instrument Issuers Dear Madam / Sir, Special measures to incentivise Electronic Payments – (i) Enhancement in issuance limits for Pre-Paid Payment Instruments (PPIs) in India (ii) Special measures for merchants Following the withdrawal of legal tender characteristics of existing ₹

RBI/2016-17/140 DPSS.CO.PD.No.1280/02.14.003/2016-17 November 18, 2016 The Chairman and Managing Director / Chief Executive Officers All Scheduled Commercial Banks including RRBs / Urban Co-operative Banks /State Co-operative Banks / District Central Co-operative Banks /All Card Network Providers Dear Madam / Sir, Cash Withdrawal at Point-of-Sale (POS) - Withdrawal limits and customer fee/charges - Relaxation A reference is invited to our circulars DPSS.CO.PD.No.147/0

RBI/2016-17/132 DPSS.CO.PD.No.1240/02.10.004/2016-2017 November 14, 2016 The Chairman and Managing Director / Chief Executive Officers All Scheduled Commercial Banks including RRBs / Urban Co-operative Banks / State Co-operative Banks / District Central Co-operative Banks White Label ATM Operators Dear Madam/ Sir, Usage of ATMs – Waiver of customer charges A reference is invited to the circular DPSS.CO.PD.No.316/02.10.002/2014-2015 dated August 14, 2014 on rationalisa