Regulating Commercial Banking

RBI/2025-26/94 DOR. AML.REC. 58 /14.06.001/2025-26 October 24, 2025 The Chairpersons/ CEOs of all the Regulated Entities Madam/Dear Sir, Implementation of Section 51A of UAPA,1967: Updates to UNSC’s 1267/ 1989 ISIL (Da'esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List: Amendments to 01 Entry

RBI/2025-26/93 DOR. AML.REC. 57/14.06.001/2025-26 October 23, 2025 The Chairpersons/ CEOs of all the Regulated Entities Madam/Dear Sir, Implementation of Section 51A of UAPA,1967: Updates to UNSC’s 1267/ 1989 ISIL (Da'esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List: Amendments to 01 Entry

RBI/2025-26/92 DOR.AML.REC.56/14.06.001/2025-26 October 09, 2025 The Chairpersons/ CEOs of all the Regulated Entities Madam/Dear Sir, Implementation of Section 51A of UAPA,1967: Updates to UNSC’s 1267/ 1989 ISIL (Da'esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List: Amendment of 02 Entries

RBI/2025-26/76 DOR.AML.REC.48/14.06.001/2025-26 August 25, 2025 The Chairpersons/CEOs of all the Regulated Entities Madam/Dear Sir, Implementation of Section 51A of UAPA, 1967: Updates to UNSC’s 1267/1989 ISIL (Da'esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List: Amendments to 05 Entries Please refer to paragraph 51 of the RBI Master Direction on Know Your Customer dated February 25, 2016 as amended on August 14, 2025 (MD on KYC), in terms of which “Regulated Entities (REs) shall ensure that in terms of Section 51A of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) (UAPA) Act, 1967 and amendments thereto, they do not have any account in the name of individuals / entities appearing in the lists of individual

RBI/2025-26/75 DOR.AML.REC.46 /14.01.001/2025-26 August 14, 2025 Reserve Bank of India (Know Your Customer (KYC)) (2nd Amendment) Directions, 2025 Reserve Bank had issued Reserve Bank of India (Know Your Customer (KYC)) Directions, 2016 (hereinafter referred to as Master Direction) in compliance of the provisions of the PML Act, 2002 and the Rules made thereunder. There is a need to further amend the same based on a review of the extant instructions.

RBI/2025-26/67 DoR.RET.REC.40/12.07.160/2025-26 July 17, 2025 All Banks, Madam / Sir, Inclusion of “NSDL Payments Bank Limited” in the Second Schedule of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934

RBI/2025-26/61 DOR.LIC.REC.36/16.13.218/2025-26 June 20, 2025 All Small Finance Banks Madam/ Dear Sir, Review of Priority Sector Lending norms - Small Finance Banks Please refer to the ‘Guidelines for Licensing of Small Finance Banks in Private Sector’ dated November 27, 2014 and the ‘Guidelines for ‘on-tap’ Licensing of Small Finance Banks in Private Sector’ released by Reserve Bank on December 5, 2019. In terms of paragraph II (9) of the aforesaid Licensing Guidelines, a small finance bank (SFB) is required to extend 75 per cent of its Adjusted Net Bank Credit (ANBC) to the sectors eligible for classification as priority sector lending (PSL) by the Reserve Bank. Further, while 40 per cent of its ANBC should be allocated to different sub-sectors under PSL as per the extant PSL prescriptions, the bank can allocate the balance 35 per cent to any one or more sub-sectors under the PSL where it has competitive advantage.

RBI/2025-26/60 DOR. AML.REC. 35 /14.06.001/2025-26 June 19, 2025 The Chairpersons/ CEOs of all the Regulated Entities Madam/Dear Sir, Implementation of Section 51A of UAPA,1967: Updates to UNSC’s 1267/1989 ISIL (Da'esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List: Addition of 01 Entry

RBI/2025-26/58 DOR.AML.REC.33/14.06.001/2025-26 June 16, 2025 The Chairpersons/ CEOs of all the Regulated Entities Madam/Dear Sir, Implementation of Section 51A of UAPA,1967: Updates to UNSC’s 1267/ 1989 ISIL (Da'esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List: Removal of 01 Entry

RBI/2025-26/ DoR.RET.REC.22 /12.01.001/2025-26 June 06, 2025 All banks, Madam / Sir, Penal Interest on shortfall in CRR and SLR requirements - Change in Bank Rate Please refer to Chapter VIII of Master Direction - Reserve Bank of India [Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) and Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR)] Directions – 2021 as well as our circular DoR.RET.REC.16/12.01.001/2025-26 dated April 09, 2025 on the captioned subject.