Category: Banking Sector

Accordingly, the coupon rate on FRSB 2020 (T) for period July 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022 and payable on January 1, 2023 remains at 7.15% (6.80% +0.35%), unchanged from the previous half-year.

All lending institutions shall put in place a board approved plan to ensure that the provisioning made in each of the financial years is not less than one fifth of the required provisioning on this …

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It has been decided to extend the timeline for storing of CoF data by three months, i.e., till September 30, 2022, after which such data shall be purged.

Comments / feedback from REs and other stakeholders may be submitted by July 22, 2022 through email with the subject line ‘Feedback on Master Direction on Outsourcing of IT Services’. The final Master Direction shall …

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Card-issuers shall seek One Time Password (OTP) based consent from the cardholder for activating a credit card, if the same has not been activated by the customer for more than 30 days from the date …

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The Gold Bonds issued under this Scheme can be invested by a Trust, HUFs, Charitable Institutions, Universities, or an individual resident in India, individual, or on behalf of a minor child, or jointly with any …

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The Initial margin shall be calculated at the outset of a transaction and thereafter on a regular and consistent basis upon changes in the potential future exposure including, but not limited to, when trades are …

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The e-mandate framework prescribed an Additional Factor of Authentication (AFA), inter alia, while processing the first transaction in case of e-mandates / standing instructions on cards, prepaid payment instruments and Unified Payments Interface. For subsequent …

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The report, inter alia, contains recommendations on ease of compliance and reduction in regulatory burden, streamlining of reporting mechanism and dissemination and ease of accessibility of regulatory instructions.

It is clarified that ‘Statement for reporting of non-resident guarantees issued and invoked in respect of fund and non-fund based facilities between two persons resident in India has now been decided to be discontinued with …

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