The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated March 04, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹29.55 lakh (Rupees Twenty Nine Lakh Fifty-five Thousand only) on Bandhan Bank Ltd. (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions on ‘Reserve Bank of India (Interest Rate on Deposits) Directions, 2016’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI conferred under the provisions of section 47A(1)(c) read with section 46(4)(i) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated February 26, 2024 imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1,40,76,000 (Rupees One Crore Forty Lakh Seventy Six Thousand only) on Bank of India (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Interest Rate on Deposits’,  ‘Customer Service in Banks’, ‘Interest Rate on Advances’, ‘Central Repository of Information on Large Credits (CRILC) - Revision in Reporting’, and ‘Membership of Credit Information Companies (CICs)’ and contravention of provisions of Credit lnformation Companies Rules, 2006 (ClC Rules). This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI conferred under the provisions of section 47 A (1) (c) read with sections 46 (4) (i) and 51(1) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 and section 25(1)(iii) read with section 23(4) of the Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated February 21, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹13.60 lakh (Rupees Thirteen lakh sixty thousand only) on Indostar Capital Finance Limited (the company) for non-compliance with the ‘Monitoring of Frauds in NBFCs (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2016’ and with certain provisions of the Reserve Bank of India (Know Your Customer (KYC)) Directions, 2016. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 58G read with clause (aa) of sub-section (5) of section 58B of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.
The statutory inspection of the company was conducted by RBI with reference to its financial position as on March 31, 2022. Based on supervisory findings of non-compliance with regulatory instructions and related correspondence in that regard, a notice was issued to the company advising it to show cause as to why penalty should not be imposed on it for its failure to comply with the instructions.  After considering the company’s reply to the notice, oral submissions made during the personal hearing and examination of additional submissions made by it, RBI found inter alia that the following charges against the company were sustained warranting imposition of monetary penalty: the company  i) did not put to use a robust software to give alerts for effective identification and reporting of suspicious transactions;  ii) did not carry out periodic updation of KYC of its high risk customers, which were due for updation, as part of on-going due diligence of its customers; and iii) had delaye reporting of certain frauds above ₹1 lakh to RBI.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated February 22, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹5.00 lakh (Rupees Five lakh only) on Solapur District Central Co-operative Bank Limited, Solapur, Maharashtra (the bank) for contravention of the provisions of section 26A read with section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (BR Act) and the directions issued by RBI on the Depositor Education and Awareness Fund. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of section 47A(1)(c) read with sections 46(4)(i) and 56 of the BR Act.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated February 21, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1.00 lakh (Rupees One lakh only) on Progressive Co-operative Bank Limited, Mumbai, Maharashtra (the bank) for non-compliance with the directions issued by RBI on ‘Exposure Norms and Statutory / Other Restrictions – UCBs’ and ‘Investments by Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under section 47A(1)(c) read with sections 46(4)(i) and 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated February 22, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹23.30 lakh (Rupees Twenty-three lakh and Thirty thousand only) on Shikshak Sahakari Bank Limited, Nagpur (the bank) for non-compliance with operational instructions issued by RBI, vide letter dated January 24, 2020, under ‘Supervisory Action Framework for Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks (UCBs)’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under section 47A(1)(c) read with sections 46(4)(i) and 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated February 23, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹5.00 lakh (Rupees Five lakh only) on Noble Co-operative Bank Limited, Noida, Uttar Pradesh (the bank) for non-compliance with the specific directions issued by RBI under the Supervisory Action Framework (SAF). This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under section 47A(1)(c) read with sections 46(4)(i) and 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated February 23, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹5.00 lakh (Rupees Five lakh only) on Adarsh Mahila Co-operative Bank Limited, Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh (the bank) for non-compliance with the directions issued by RBI on ‘Loans and advances to directors, their relatives, and firms/concerns in which they are interested’ and specific directions issued by RBI under the Supervisory Action Framework (SAF). This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under section 47A(1)(c) read with sections 46(4)(i) and 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated February 26, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹2.00 crore (Rupees Two Crore only) on State Bank of India (the bank) for contravention of provisions of sub-section (2) of Section 19 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (the BR Act), and sub-section (2) of Section 26A of the BR Act read with the Depositor Education Awareness Fund Scheme, 2014. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI conferred under the provisions of Section 47 A (1) (c) read with Sections 46 (4) (i) and 51 (1) of the BR Act.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated February 09, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹16 lakh (Rupees Sixteen lakh only) on Ocean Capital Market Limited, Rourkela, Odisha (the company), for non-compliance with certain provisions of the “Non-Banking Financial Company - Systemically Important Non-Deposit taking Company and Deposit taking Company (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2016 and specific directions issued by RBI to the company, on submission of returns on XBRL platform. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 58 G read with clause (aa) of sub-section (5) of section 58 B of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.