Regulating Commercial Banking

RBI / 2008-09 /261 DBOD.No.Leg.BC. 75 /09.07.005/2008-09 November 3, 2008 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding RRBs) Dear Sir, Master Circular on Customer Service As you are aware, Reserve Bank has been time and again issuing various instructions / guidelines in the area of customer service to bring about improvements in the quality of customer service in banks and their branches. 2. In order to have all current instructions on the subject at one place, we have c

RBI/2008-2009/31 DBOD.No.BP.BC. 2 /21.01.002/2008-09 July 1, 2008 All Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Dear Sir, Master Circular - Prudential Norms on Capital Adequacy-Basel I Framework Please refer to the Master Circular No. DBOD.BP.BC.4/21.01.002/2007-2008 dated July 2, 2007 consolidating instructions / guidelines issued to banks till June 30, 2007 on matters relating to prudential norms on capital adequacy. The Master Circular has been suitably updated by incorpor

RBI/2008-09/ 34 DBOD No. BP. BC. 5 / 21.04.141 / 2008-09 July 1, 2008 All Commercial Banks (excluding Regional Rural Banks) Dear Sir, Master Circular – Prudential norms for classification, valuation and operation of investment portfolio by banks Please refer to the Master Circular No. DBOD. BP. BC.15 / 21.04.141/ 2007-08 dated July 2, 2007, containing consolidated instructions/guidelines issued to banks till June 30, 2007, on matters relating to prudential norms for c

RBI/2008-09/29 DBS. CO.FrMC. BC. No. 15 /23.04.001/2008-09 July 01, 2008 The Chief Executives of all commercial banks (Excluding RRBs), and Financial Institutions Dear Sir, Frauds – Classification and Reporting Please refer to our letter DBS. FrMC. BC. No.1 /23.04.001/2007-08 dated July 02, 2007 forwarding the Master Circular on 'Frauds – Classification and Reporting'. It may be noted that the Master Circular consolidates and updates all the instructions issued during

RBI/2008-09/37 Ref. MPD. No. 302/07.01.279/2008-09 July 1, 2008 Ashadha 10, 1930 (S) The Chairmen/Chief Executives of all Scheduled Banks (excluding RRBs) Dear Sir, Master Circular on Export Credit Refinance Facility We enclose the Master Circular on Export Credit Refinance Facility which consolidates and updates all instructions/guidelines issued on the subject up to June 30, 2008. This Master Circular has also been placed on the RBI's website (www.rbi.org.in). Instr

RBI/2008-09/68 DBOD.No.BP.BC. 11 /21.06.001/2008-09 July 1, 2008 All Commercial Banks (excluding Local Area Banks and Regional Rural Banks) Dear Sir, Master Circular - Prudential Guidelines on Capital Adequacy and Market Discipline - Implementation of the New Capital Adequacy Framework (NCAF) Please refer to the circulars DBOD.No.BP.BC.90/20.06.001/2006-07 dated April 27, 2007 and DBOD.No.BP.BC.66/21.06.001/2007-08 dated March 26, 2008, in terms of which the ‘Guidelin

RBI/ 2008-2009/72DBOD. AML. BC. No. 12 /14 .01.001/2008-09July 1, 2008 The Chairman/CEOs of all Scheduled Commercial Banks ( Excluding RRBs) / all Financial Institutions Dear Sir,Master Circular – Know Your Customer (KYC) norms /Anti-Money Laundering (AML) standards/Combating of Financing of Terrorism (CFT)/Obligation of banks under PMLA, 2002Reserve Bank of India has issued regulatory guidelines on Know Your Customer (KYC) norms / Anti Money Laundering (AML) Standard

RBI/2008-09/32 DBOD.BP.BC No.3/21.04.018/2008-09 July 1, 2008 The Chairmen/Chief Executives of All Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Dear Sir, Master Circular - Disclosure in Financial Statements - Notes to Accounts Please refer to the master circular DBOD.BP.BC.No.14/21.04.018/2007-08 dated July 2, 2007 consolidating all operative instructions issued to banks till June 30, 2007 on matters relating to disclosures in the ‘Notes to Accounts’. The Master Circular has now

RBI/2008-09/85 DBOD.No. BL.BC. 21 /22.01.001/2008-09 July 1, 2008 Ashadha 10, 1930(Saka) All Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Dear Sir, Section 23 of Banking Regulation Act, 1949 – Master Circular on Branch Authorisation Please refer to the Master Circular DBOD.No. BL.BC.16/22.01.001/2007-08 dated July 2, 2007 consolidating instructions / guidelines issued to banks on Branch Authorisation@@NBSP@@ till June 30, 2007.@@NBSP@@@@NBSP@@ The Master Circular has been suitab

RBI/2008-09/26 DBOD No.DL.BC.1/20.16.003/2008-09 July 1, 2008 i) All scheduled commercial banks (excluding RRBs and LABs) and ii) All India Notified Financial Institutions Dear Sirs, Master Circular on Wilful Defaulters As you are aware, the Reserve Bank of India has, from time to time, issued a number of circulars to banks and financial institutions (FIs) containing instructions on matters relating to wilful defaulters. In order to enable the banks/FIs to have all th