Enforcement

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated September 29, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹31.80 lakh (Rupees Thirty One Lakh Eighty Thousand only) on Indian Overseas Bank (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Priority Sector Lending (PSL) – Targets and Classification’. 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 51(1) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBl) has imposed, by an order dated September 25, 2025, a monetary penalty of ₹2.25 lakh (Rupees Two Lakh Twenty Five Thousand only) on Beed District Central Co-operative Bank Ltd., Maharashtra (the bank) for contravention of provisions of Section 26A read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (BR Act) and non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Membership of Credit Information Companies (CICs) by Co-operative Banks’ and ‘Know Your Customer (KYC)’. 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 and Section 25 of the Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBl) has, by an order dated September 25, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1 lakh (Rupees One Lakh only) on The Panchsheel Mercantile Co-operative Bank Limited, Dist. Surat, Gujarat (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Customer Protection - Limiting Liability of Customers of Co-operative Banks in Unauthorised Electronic Banking Transactions’. 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 Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated September 25, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1 lakh (Rupees One Lakh only) on The Sultan’s Battery Co-operative Urban Bank Limited, Wayanad, Kerala (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Loans and advances to directors, their relatives

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated September 25, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand only) on The Nilambur Co-operative Urban Bank Limited, Kerala (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Co-operative Banks - Interest Rate on Deposits’. 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 Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated September 25, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1 lakh

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated September 24, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹2.70 lakh (Rupees Two Lakh Seventy Thousand only) on Muthoot FinCorp Limited (the company) for non-compliance with directions issued by RBI on ‘Internal Ombudsman’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under 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 Reserve Bank of India (RBl) has, by an order dated September 22, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹2 lakh (Rupees Two Lakh only) on Makarpura Industrial Estate Co-operative Bank Ltd., Vadodara, Gujarat (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Know Your Customer (KYC)’ and ‘Basic Cyber Security Framework for Primary (Urban) Cooperative Banks (UCBs)’ read with ‘Comprehensive Cyber Security Framework for Primary (Urban) Cooperative Banks (UCBs) – A Graded Approach’.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated September 23, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1.50 lakh (Rupees One Lakh Fifty Thousand only) on The South Canara District Central Co-operative Bank Ltd, Karnataka (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Housing finance’ read with ‘Enhancement in Individual housing loan limits and credit to Commercial Real Estate - Residential Housing (CRE-RH)’ and contravention of provisions of Section 19 read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (BR Act). 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 September 23, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand only) on The Guntur District Co-operative Central Bank Limited, Andhra Pradesh (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Know Your Customer (KYC)’. 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 Banking Regulation Act, 1949.