Regulating Commercial Banking

RBI/2019-20/167 DOR.DIR.BC.No.39/13.03.00/2019-20 February 26, 2020 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs)All Small Finance BanksAll Local Area Banks Madam / Dear Sir, External Benchmark Based Lending – Medium Enterprises Please refer to the circular DBR.DIR.BC.No.14/13.03.00/2019-20 dated September 04, 2019, in terms of which all new floating rate personal or retail loans (housing, auto, etc.) and floating rate loans to Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) ext

RBI/2019-20/160 DOR.No.BP.BC.34/21.04.048/2019-20 February 11, 2020 All banks and NBFCs regulated by the Reserve Bank of India Dear Sir/ Madam, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector – Restructuring of Advances Please refer to the circular DBR.No.BP.BC.18/21.04.048/2018-19 dated January 1, 2019. It has been decided to extend the one-time restructuring of MSME advances permitted in terms of the aforesaid circular. Accordingly, a one-time restructuring of exi

RBI/2019-20/156 DOR.RRB.BL.BC.No.31/31.01.001/2019-20 February 06, 2020 The Chairmen All Regional Rural Banks Madam/ Sir, Guidelines on Merchant Acquiring Business – Regional Rural Banks As announced in para II (7) of the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies issued along with Sixth Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement 2019-20, it has been decided to allow RRBs to act as merchant acquiring banks using Aadhaar Pay – BHIM app and POS terminals. In this conn

RBI/2019-20/89 DOR.Appt.BC.No.23/29.67.001/2019-20 November 4, 2019 All Private Sector Banks (including Local Area Banks, Small Finance Banks, Payments Banks) and Foreign Banks operating in India Dear Sir/Madam, Guidelines on Compensation of Whole Time Directors/ Chief Executive Officers/ Material Risk Takers and Control Function staff The compensation practices, especially of large financial institutions, were one of the important factors which contributed to the glo

RBI/2019-20/83 DBR.No.BP.BC.20/08.12.014/2019-20 October 14, 2019 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding Regional Rural Banks (RRBs)), All-India Financial Institutions (Exim Bank, NABARD, NHB and SIDBI) Dear Sir/Madam, Lending by banks to InvITs Please refer to the circular DBR.No.FSD.BC.62/24.01.040/2016-17 dated April 18, 2017 on ‘Banks' Investment in Units of InvITs’ in terms of which banks are allowed to invest in units of InvITs subject to the specified condit

RBI/2019-20/77 DBR.No.Ret.BC.19/12.01.001/2019-20 October 04, 2019 The Chairperson / CEOs of all Scheduled and Non Scheduled Banks Dear Sir / Madam Change in Bank Rate Please refer to our circular DBR.No.Ret.BC.10/12.01.001/2019-20 dated August 07, 2019, on the captioned subject. 2. As announced in the Fourth Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Statement 2019-20 of October 04, 2019, the Bank Rate is revised downwards by 25 basis points from 5.65 per cent to 5.40 per cent with

RBI/2019-20/60 DBR.No.BP.BC.18/21.01.003/2019-20 September 12, 2019 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding Regional Rural Banks) Dear Sir/Madam, Large Exposures Framework Please refer to paragraph 7 (a) of the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies dated August 7, 2019 on ‘Harmonisation of single counterparty exposure limit for banks’ exposures to a single NBFC with general single counterparty exposure limit’ (extract enclosed). 2. In terms of circular

RBI/2019-20/59 DBR.No.BP.BC.17/21.06.001/2019-20 September 12, 2019 All Scheduled Commercial Banks All Local Area Banks All Small Finance Banks All Regional Rural Banks Dear Sir/Madam, Risk Weight for Consumer Credit except credit card receivables Please refer to paragraph 6 of the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies dated August 7, 2019 on ‘Reduction in risk weight for consumer credit except credit card receivables’ (extract enclosed). 2. As per extant

RBI/2019-20/53 DBR.DIR.BC.No.14/13.03.00/2019-20 September 04, 2019 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) All Small Finance Banks All Local Area Banks Madam / Dear Sir, External Benchmark Based Lending As you are aware, Reserve Bank had constituted an Internal Study Group (ISG) to examine various aspects of the marginal cost of funds-based lending rate (MCLR) system. The final report of the ISG was published in October 2017 for public feedback. The ISG obser

RBI/2019-20/43 DBR.IBD.BC.No.13/23.67.001/2019-20 August 16, 2019 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding Regional Rural Banks) Dear Sir/Madam Gold Monetisation Scheme, 2015 In exercise of the powers conferred on the Reserve Bank of India under Section 35A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, the RBI makes the following amendments in the Reserve Bank of India (Gold Monetization Scheme, 2015) Master Direction No.DBR.IBD.No.45/23.67.003/2015-16 dated October 22, 2015,