In March 2015, RBI issued a Discussion Paper titled “Large Exposures Framework and Enhancing Credit Supply through Market Mechanism” for stakeholders’ comments. Apart from introducing the contours of ‘Large Exposures Standards’ for banks in India, the Discussion Paper also focused on the need to encourage sources of funding other than bank credit for the corporate sector to finance growth. Specifically, the paper proposed ways to encourage large corporates with borrow

Preamble The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had issued guidelines for licensing of new banks in the private sector on February 22, 2013. Reserve Bank issued in-principle approval to two applicants and they have since established the banks as per the licences. Recognising the need for having an explicit policy on banking structure in India in line with the recommendations of the Narasimham Committee, Raghuram G. Rajan Committee and other viewpoints, the Reserve Bank came

Derivatives are an integral risk management tool for most of the business entities and financial institutions. Most of the bigger and mid-size companies in India use derivatives to manage foreign currency, interest rate and commodity price risks. Derivatives foster financial innovation and contribute to the completeness of financial markets. However, if not regulated and supervised appropriately, derivatives markets can also be a source of systemic risk. One of the le

INDEX 1. Introduction 2. P2P Lending Globally 3. P2P Lending India 4. Arguments for and against Regulating the Sector 5. The Way Forward 6. Feedback/Comments Introduction The financial sector is not immune from the advent of online industry and its potential impact. For this reason, it is attracting attention of analysts, investors, customers, businesses and regulators in a major way. Peer-to-Peer (P2P) lending is one such business model that has gathered momentum glo

Under the extant regulatory framework under FEMA, 1999 and Regulations1 thereunder, the various routes available to residents intending to hedge currency risk are as follows: Exposure based on underlying contracts Probable Exposures based on Past Performance Special Dispensation for SMEs and Individuals Under (i), the Contracted Exposure route, clients have to submit evidence of underlying foreign currency exposure to AD Cat-I banks at the time of booking the derivati

The Reserve Bank of India, (the Bank) issued a Notification No..........DNBS.(AA) / CGM (CDS)-2016 dated XXXX 2016 in terms of sub-clause (iii) of clause(f) of section 45I of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (hereinafter referred to “the Act”) and on being satisfied that it is necessary to do so, in exercise of the powers conferred under section 45JA of the Act, and of all the powers enabling it in this behalf, hereby issues these directions for compliance of the s

The basic objective of the extant External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) policy is to supplement domestic capital for creation of capital assets in the country, limited by considerations for capital account management. With the above objective in view, the ECB regime has been progressively liberalised over the years, allowing different entities to raise ECB. Within the overarching stance of calibrated approach to the capital account liberalisation, an attempt has now be

Background 1. Under Base Rate system which came into effect from July 1, 2010, all categories of domestic rupee loans should be priced only with reference to the Base Rate, subject to the conditions mentioned in our circulars DBOD.No.Dir.BC.88/13.03.00/2009-10 dated April 9, 2010 and DBR. Dir.BC.No.63/13.03.00/2014-15 dated January 19, 2015. For monetary transmission to occur, lending rates have to be sensitive to the policy rate. At present, banks follow different me

Under the existing regulatory framework, persons resident in India are permitted to buy plain vanilla European call or put options to hedge foreign currency exposures in accordance with Schedule I of Notification No. FEMA/25/RB‐2000 dated May 3, 2000 as amended from time to time from any AD Category‐I bank who has been accorded onetime approval by the Reserve Bank to run a FCY-INR options book. Writing of options by the users, on a standalone basis, is not permitted.

Issuance of Rupee linked bonds overseas Attention of members of public is invited to paragraph 31 of the first Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement, 2015-16 announced by the Reserve Bank on April 07, 2015 proposing to expand the scope of issuance of Rupee linked bond overseas by the international financial institutions as also permit Indian corporates, eligible to raise external commercial borrowings (ECB), issue such bonds with an appropriate regulatory framework. 2.

RBI/2014-15/ DBR.BP.BC.XX/21.04.098/2014-15 May 28, 2015 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Dear Sir, Basel III Framework on Liquidity Standards – Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR) – Draft Guidelines Please refer to the ‘First Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement, 2015-16’ announced on April 7, 2015, wherein the following proposal was made: 19. The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision issued the final rules on the Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR) in Octobe

DPSS.CO.PD.No./02.14.003/2014-2015 May 28, 2015 All Prepaid Payment Instrument Issuers, System Providers, System Participants and all other Prospective Prepaid PaymentInstrument Issuers (DRAFT CIRCULAR FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS) Madam/Dear Sir Prepaid Payment Instrument (PPI) guidelines – Introduction of New Category of PPI for Mass Transit Systems (PPI- MTS) A reference is invited to the Master circular issued vide RBI/2014-2015/105 DPSS.CO.PD. PPI.No. 3/02.14.006/2014-15

1. Introduction 1.1 NBFCs have been outsourcing various activities and are hence exposed to various risks as detailed in para 1.2. Further, the outsourcing activities are to be brought within regulatory purview to a) protect the interest of the customers of NBFCs and b) to ensure that the NBFC concerned and the Reserve Bank of India have access to all books, records and information available with service provider. Typically outsourced financial services include applic

DNBR (PD) CC.No. /03.10.001/2014-15 March, 2015 All NBFCs (excluding Primary Dealers) Dear Sirs, DRAFT FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS Requirement for obtaining prior approval of RBI in cases of acquisition/ transfer of control of NBFCs Please refer to DNBS (PD) CC.No.376/03.10.001/2013-14 and Notification No. DNBS(PD) 275/ GM(AM)-2014 dated May 26, 2014 on the ‘Non-Banking Financial Companies (Approval of Acquisition or Transfer of Control) Directions, 2014’. Reserve Bank has re

March 27, 2015 Background A bank’s exposure to its counterparties may result in concentration of its assets to a single counterparty or a group of connected counterparties. Internationally, concentration risk has been addressed by prescribing regulatory and statutory limits on exposures towards counterparties and various sectors of the economy. The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) too recognised the need for banks to measure and limit the size of large ex

DPSS.CO.PD.No. /02.14.003/2014-2015 March 13, 2015 The Chairman and Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks including RRBs / Urban Co-operative Banks / State Co-operative Banks / District Central Co-operative Banks/Authorised Card Payment Networks (Draft Circular for comments) Madam / Dear Sir Card Payments - Removal of requirement of Additional Factor of Authentication for small value card present transactions Reserve Bank of India

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today announced the guidelines for setting up and operating the Trade Receivables Discounting System (TReDS). TReDs is a scheme for setting up and operating the institutional mechanism to facilitate the financing of trade receivables of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) from corporate and other buyers, including government departments and public sector undertakings (PSUs) through multiple financiers.

Introduction 1. Bill payment is a major component of the retail payment transactions. The Committee to study the Feasibility of Implementation of GIRO based Payment Systems (Chairman: Shri G. Padmanabhan, Executive Director, RBI) (2013) had estimated that over 30,800 million bills amounting to Rs.6223 billion are generated each year in the top 20 cities in the country. Though various forms of payments are accepted, cash and cheque payments continue to be predominant,

Introduction Some banks, due to their size, cross-jurisdictional activities, complexity, lack of substitutability and interconnectedness, become systemically important. The disorderly failure of these banks has the potential to cause significant disruption to the essential services they provide to the banking system, and in turn, to the overall economic activity. Therefore, the continued functioning of Systemically Important Banks (SIBs) is critical for the uninterrup