"The current times are interesting, profitable, and challenging for the financial sector. Interesting because the level of competition is going to increase manifold, both for customers as well as for talent, transforming even the sleepiest areas in financial services; profitable because new technologies, information, and new techniques will open up vastly new business opportunities and customers; and challenging because competition and novelty constitute a particularl

The Reserve Bank of India today released on its website, “Guidelines for ‘on tap’ Licensing of Universal Banks in the Private Sector”. Some of the key aspects of the Guidelines include: (i) resident individuals and professionals having 10 years of experience in banking and finance at a senior level are also eligible to promote universal banks; (ii) large industrial houses are excluded as eligible entities but are permitted to invest in the banks up to 10 per cent; (ii

The Reserve Bank of India has imposed monetary penalty on the following banks for violation of regulatory directions / instructions / guidelines, among other things, on KYC norms. The details of the penalty are: S. No. Name of the bank Penalty Amount (in ₹ million) 1. Allahabad Bank 20 2. Bank of India 10 3. Bank of Baroda 50 4. Canara Bank 20 5. Corporation Bank 10 6. HDFC Bank 20 7. IndusInd Bank 20 8. Punjab National Bank 30 9. RBL Bank 10 10. SBBJ 20 11. SBM 10 12