No. There is no value limit on the amount of individual transactions.

The Corporation may cancel the registration of an insured bank if it fails to pay the premium for three consecutive periods. In the event of the DICGC withdrawing its coverage from any bank for default in the payment of premium the public will be notified through newspapers. Registration of an insured bank stands cancelled if the bank is prohibited from receiving fresh deposits; or its licence is cancelled or a licence is refused to it by the RBI; or it is wound up either voluntarily or compulsorily; or it ceases to be a banking company or a co-operative bank within the meaning of Section 36A(2) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949; or it has transferred all its deposit liabilities to any other institution; or it is amalgamated with any other bank or a scheme of compromise or arrangement or of reconstruction has been sanctioned by a competent authority and the said scheme does not permit acceptance of fresh deposits. In the event of the cancellation of registration of a bank, deposits of the bank remain covered by the insurance till the date of the cancellation.

Residents are permitted to hold foreign currency up to USD 2,000 or its equivalent or credit to their RFC(Domestic) Account without any limit provided the foreign exchange was - acquired by him while on a visit to any place outside India by way of payment for services not arising from any business in or anything done in India; or acquired by him, from any person not resident in India and who is on a visit to India, as honorarium or gift or for services rendered or in settlement of any lawful obligation, or acquired by him by way of honorarium or gift while on a visit to any place outside India; or acquired by him from an authorised person for travel abroad and represents the unspent amount thereof.

Ans: After crediting the account of the beneficiary, the beneficiary bank shall advise the beneficiary of the funds received. The remitter’s name shall be printed in the Account Statement / Pass Book of the beneficiary.

There is an optional field with tag 7495 in NEFT payment message that enables inclusion of additional sender-to-receiver information. Destination banks should capture and store this information in their CBS / other systems as appropriate, to be provided to the customer on request.

If the beneficiary specified in the sender's payment instruction fails to get payment through the NEFT system for some valid reasons, the originating bank shall provide the description “NEFT-Return” in the pass book / account statement of the originator whose NEFT transaction is returned.

The franchiser, i.e. AD Category–I Bank / AD Category–II / FFMC may appoint franchisees within a distance of 100 kilometres from their controlling branches concerned.

However, this distance criterion is relaxed in case of a recognised group/ chain of hotels appointed as franchisees, provided the headquarters of the group/ chain of hotels falls within a distance of 100 kilometres of the controlling branch of the franchiser concerned.

Further, in case of areas declared as hilly areas (as defined by the respective State Governments/ Union Territories) and the North-Eastern States, the distance restriction given in point (i) above is not applicable.

Ans. In terms of sub-section 4, of Section (6) of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999, a person resident in India is free to hold, own, transfer or invest in foreign currency, foreign security or any immovable property situated outside India if such currency, security or property was acquired, held or owned by such person when he was resident outside India or inherited from a person who was resident outside India.

Further, a resident individual can also acquire property and other assets overseas under LRS.

In case the aggregate amount bid is less than the reserved amount all the applicants will be allotted in full and the shortfall amount will be added to the amount available for competitive auction.

Yes. The Banking Ombudsman may reject a complaint at any stage if it appears to him that a complaint made to him is:not on the grounds of complaint referred to abovecompensation sought from the Banking Ombudsman is beyond ₹ 20 lakh (₹ Two Million).requires consideration of elaborate documentary and oral evidence and the proceedings before the Banking Ombudsman are not appropriate for adjudication of such complaintthe complaint is without any sufficient causethe complaint that it is not pursued by the complainant with reasonable diligencein the opinion of the Banking Ombudsman there is no loss or damage or inconvenience caused to the complainant.

The RBI will allot the bids under the non-competitive segment to the bank or PD which, in turn, will allocate to the bidders.

Banks have freedom to fix the rate of interest chargeable on loans and advances against FCNR(B) deposits to the depositors without reference to their own Prime Lending Rate irrespective of repayment made in Rupees or Foreign Currency.

• Settlement cycle of IIBs will be T+1, like fixed rate conventional bonds.

Core activity means activities carried by an Indian party, which constitutes at least 50% of its average turnover in the previous accounting year.

Yes. Under one GAH, a PM can create as many users as they wish.  The users created by the PM will have to be approved by the NDS OM Web Admin at CCIL.

Ans. No

Please refer to the FAQ (updated as on September 13, 2013) on “Features of various Deposit Schemes available for Non-Resident Indians” available on the RBI website (link: http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/FAQView.aspx?Id=69). Banks are permitted to extend loans to the FCNR (B) account holders and mark lien on such deposits.

Ans. While the customers do not have the facility to track the transaction, the RBI has implemented the feature of positive confirmation in an RTGS transaction. Under this, the remitting bank would receive a message from RBI (through the beneficiary bank) that the money has been credited to the beneficiary bank / customer account. Based on this, the remitting bank should advise the remitting customer that money has been credited to the receiving bank’s beneficiary account.

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No. In BSBDA, banks are required to provide free of charge minimum four withdrawals, through ATMs and other mode including RTGS/NEFT/Clearing/Branch cash withdrawal/transfer/internet debits/standing instructions/EMI etc. It is left to the banks to either offer free or charge for additional withdrawal/s. However, in case the banks decide to charge for the additional withdrawal, the pricing structure may be put in place by banks on a reasonable, non-discriminatory and transparent manner by banks.

The NBFC Ombudsman proceeds to pass an Award if the the complaint is not settled by an agreement within a specified period as allowed by the NBFC Ombudsman. Before passing an Award, the NBFC Ombudsman will provide reasonable opportunity to the complainant and the NBFC to present their case. It is upto the complainant to accept the Award in full and final settlement or reject it.

• Yes premature redemption is allowed.

• For senior citizens above 65 years, the premature redemption is allowed after one year. For others, it is allowed after 3 years.

• Penalty at the rate of half of the last payable coupon will be charged from the investors. For example, if last payable coupon is Rs. 1,000/-, then Rs. 500 would be charged as penalty..