Regulating Commercial Banking

A) Analysis of the performance under the Citizen’s Charter during the month of December 2025 has been carried out, and the summary thereof is given below – Description No. of Applications A Applications pending at the beginning of the month 3,217 B Applications received during the month 24,544 C Referred back to applicants for additional information 388

The Reserve Bank of India had, on October 24, 2025, issued draft Reserve Bank of India (Non-Banking Financial Company – Scale Based Regulation) Amendment Directions, 2025 seeking feedback from stakeholders. The amendment directions were aimed primarily at aligning risk weights with the actual risk characteristics of operational infrastructure projects thereby promoting better risk assessment and capital allocation.

Today, in compliance with Section 36 (2) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, the Reserve Bank of India released the Report on Trend and Progress of Banking in India 2024-25. This Report presents the performance of the banking sector, including commercial banks, co-operative banks and non-banking financial institutions, during 2024-25 and 2025-26 so far.

(Amount in ₹ crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs, SFBs and PBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 13-Dec-2024 28-Nov-2025* 12-Dec-2025* 13-Dec-2024 28-Nov-2025* 12-Dec-2025* I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from banks 310793.89 322855.52 308250.18 315564.52 330192.04 315428.19** b) Borrowings from banks 131991.65 78658.89 81098.47 132026.65 78790.89 81166.47 c) Other demand & time liabilities 24423.19 31092.93 33036.68 24724.99 31559.27 33573.84

(Amount in ₹ crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs, SFBs and PBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 29-Nov-2024 14-Nov-2025* 28-Nov-2025* 29-Nov-2024 14-Nov-2025* 28-Nov-2025* I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from banks 273721.88 350935.17 322854.52 278500.30 357857.15 330191.04** b) Borrowings from banks 137597.04 81533.54 79669.56 137620.00 81560.54 79747.56 c) Other demand & time liabilities 24717.72 26997.34 31145.33 25053.36 27514.50 31611.67 II LIABILITIES TO OTHERS (A)

The Reserve Bank of India had, on October 1 2025, issued seven draft Directions on Transaction Accounts, viz., (i) Reserve Bank of India (Commercial Banks – Transaction Accounts) Directions, 2025; (ii) Reserve Bank of India (Small Finance Banks – Transaction Accounts) Directions, 2025; (iii) Reserve Bank of India (Payments Banks – Transaction Accounts) Directions, 2025; (iv) Reserve Bank of India (Local Area Banks – Transaction Accounts) Directions, 2025; (v) Reserve Bank of India (Regional Rural Banks – Transaction Accounts) Directions, 2025; (vi) Reserve Bank of India (Urban Co-operative Banks – Transaction Accounts) Directions, 2025; and (vii) Reserve Bank of India (Rural Co-operative Banks – Transaction Accounts) Directions, 2025 seeking feedback from stakeholders. The draft directions were aimed primarily at rationalising the extant provisions to provide greater flexibility to banks for opening and maintaining cash credit accounts, current accounts and overdraft accounts.

The Governor, Reserve Bank of India, met the Managing Directors and Chief Executive Officers of Public Sector Banks and select Private Sector Banks in Mumbai today (December 9, 2025). These interactions form part of the Reserve Bank’s ongoing engagement with the senior management of regulated entities; the previous such meeting was held on January 27, 2025. The meetings were also attended by Deputy Governors Shri T Rabi Sankar, Shri Swaminathan J, Dr. Poonam Gupta and Shri S C Murmu, along with the Executive Directors-in-Charge of Supervision, Regulation, Enforcement, and Consumer Education and Financial Inclusion.

The Reserve Bank has today granted ‘in-principle’ approval to Fino Payments Bank Limited (FPBL) for conversion into a Small Finance Bank (SFB). Background RBI has issued the Guidelines for ‘on tap’ licensing of SFBs in the private sector (the guidelines). As per the guidelines, existing Payments Banks which are controlled by residents and have completed five years of operations are eligible for conversion into SFBs. The application of FPBL was assessed as per the procedure laid down in the guidelines.

The Reserve Bank of India had issued draft circular on ‘Forms of Business and Prudential Regulation for Investments’ on October 04, 2024, seeking feedback from banks and other stakeholders. The objective of the draft circular was to review regulations on ringfencing of banks’ core business from other risk bearing non-core businesses as also to provide level playing field.

The Reserve Bank of India has, from time to time, issued several instructions/ guidelines to co-operative banks, i.e., Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks (UCBs), State Co-operative banks (StCBs) and District Central Co-operative banks (DCCBs), related to permission for place of business, change of name and scheduling. With a view to harmonising the above instructions/ guidelines and consolidating them in one place, Draft Master Direction (MD) on Business Authorization for Co-operative Banks (Directions), 2025 was issued on July 28, 2025 seeking feedback from banks and other stakeholders.

Extant guidelines stipulate submission of credit information by Credit Institutions (CIs) to Credit Information Companies (CICs) at fortnightly or shorter intervals. Given the increasing reliance of CIs on credit information reports (CIRs) in credit underwriting processes, it is imperative that the CIRs provided by CICs reflect more recent information. Upon review, it was proposed to amend the extant instructions and transition to weekly incremental submission of credit information by CIs to CICs along with measures to facilitate faster data submission and error rectification. Accordingly, the Reserve Bank had issued Draft Reserve Bank of India (Credit Information Reporting) (1st Amendment) Directions, 2025, on September 29, 2025, inviting public comments / feedback.

The Basic Savings Bank Deposit (BSBD) account was introduced as a savings bank account which offers certain minimum facilities, free of charge, to the holders of such accounts with an objective of deepening financial inclusion. Access to financial services has improved significantly in recent years. However, the ongoing digitalisation of the banking sector requires a BSBD account that is in sync with the customer’s evolving requirements. Accordingly, it was decided to review the extant instructions and draft Reserve Bank of India (Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account) Directions, 2025 were issued on October 1, 2025 for public consultation / feedback.

State Bank of India, HDFC Bank, and ICICI Bank continue to be identified as Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs) under the same bucketing structure as in the 2024 list of D-SIBs. The additional Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) requirement for these D-SIBs will be in addition to the Capital Conservation Buffer. The list of D-SIBs is as follows:

Analysis of the performance under the Citizen’s Charter during the month of November 2025 has been carried out, and the summary thereof is given below –

(Amount in ₹ crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs,SFBs and PBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 15-Nov-2024 31-Oct-2025* 14-Nov-2025* 15-Nov-2024 31-Oct-2025* 14-Nov-2025* I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from banks 286037.41 324591.97 350944.60 291221.79 331728.86 357866.58** b) Borrowings from banks 135263.61 85106.05 81533.54 135338.08 85106.05 81560.54 c) Other demand & time liabilities 24650.32 27465.23 26997.34 25006.84 27925.58 27514.50

Reserve Bank has taken the following measures with a view to mitigate the impact of trade disruptions on exports arising on account of global headwinds. A. FEMA Regulation on realization and repatriation of proceeds of export of goods/ software/ services and advance payment against exports (Hyperlink) i) Extension in the time period for realisation and repatriation of full export value of goods/software/services exported from India from nine months to fifteen months from the date of export from India; ii) Increase in the time period for shipment of goods from one year to three years from the date of receipt of advance payment or as per agreement, whichever is later. B. Reserve Bank of India (Trade Relief Measures) Directions, 2025 (Hyperlink)

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) vide public document ‘High-Risk Jurisdictions subject to a Call for Action’ – 24 October 2025, has called on its members and other jurisdictions to refer to the statement on Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Iran adopted in February 2020 which remains in effect. Further, Myanmar was added to the list of High-Risk Jurisdictions subject to a Call for Action in the October 2022 FATF plenary and FATF has called on its members and other jurisdictions to apply enhanced due diligence measures proportionate to the risk arising from Myanmar. When applying enhanced due diligence measures, countries have been advised to ensure that flows of funds for humanitarian assistance, legitimate NPO activity and remittances are not disrupted. The status of Myanmar

Analysis of the performance under the Citizen’s Charter during the month of October 2025 has been carried out, and the summary thereof is given below –

(Amount in ₹ crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs,SFBs and PBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 18-Oct-2024 03-Oct-2025* 17-Oct-2025* 18-Oct-2024 03-Oct-2025* 17-Oct-2025* LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from banks 294002.82 319163.07 317202.13 298612.42 327465.76 324259.03** b) Borrowings from banks 130776.35 83912.67 84168.72 130806.35 83950.17 84176.79

The Reserve Bank had announced the receipt of application from VFS Capital Limited under the Guidelines for ‘on tap’ Licensing of Small Finance Banks in the press release on January 01, 2025. It is now communicated that VFS Capital Limited has withdrawn its application.