Introduction 1. The purpose of this paper is to seek the views / comments of banks, non-banking financial institutions, ‘for-profit’ companies, regulators, academicians, NGOs and the public at large on the discussion on whether there is a case for allowing banks to engage ‘for-profit’ companies as well as NBFCs as their Business Correspondents for expanding their banking outreach. Business Correspondent model 2. The Reserve Bank of India has taken several initiatives

DBOD No.BC. /29.67.001/2010-11 July 1, 2010 To All banks in Private Sector and Local Area Banks and all Foreign Banks operating in India Dear Sir/ Madam, Guidelines on Compensation of Whole Time Directors/Chief Executive Officers/Risk takers and Control function staff Flawed incentive compensation practices in the financial sector were one of the important factors contributing to the recent global financial crisis. Employees were too often rewarded for increasing the

Detailed Guidelines on Securitisation of Standard Assets were issued to NBFCs vide Circular DBOD.NO.BP.BC.60/21.04.048/2005-06 dated February 01, 2006. 2. In order to prevent unhealthy practices from developing and in order to align the interest of the originator with that of the investors, it has been considered necessary that originators should retain a portion of each securitization originated, as a mechanism to better align incentives and ensure more effective scr

DNBS (PD) CC.No. /03.10.001/2009-10 April 21, 2010 Proposed Regulatory Framework for Systemically Important Non Deposit Accepting Core Investment Companies(CICs-ND-SI) Core Investment Companies (CICs) were not considered as carrying on the business of acquisition of shares and securities in the following circumstances, namely, not less than 90% of their assets were in investments in shares for the purpose of holding stake in the investee companies; they were not tradi

RBI/2009-10/ DBOD.No.BP.BC. / /2009-10 April 19, 2010 The Chairman and Managing Director / Chief Executive Officers All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding RRBs and Local Area Banks) Dear Sir, Second Quarter Review of Monetary Policy for the Year 2009-10 – Securitisation Transactions- Draft Guidelines Please refer to paragraph 161 of the Second Quarter Review of the Monetary Policy for the year 2009-10 announced on October 27, 2009 (copy of the paragraph enclosed),

DBOD.BP.BC. 14054/21.06.001/2009-10 February 11, 2010 The Chairman and Managing Directors/ Chief Executive Officers of All Commercial Banks Dear Sir Implementation of The Standardised Approach (TSA) for Calculation of Capital Charge for Operational Risk- Draft Guidelines Please refer to our circular DBOD BP. BC. 23/21.06.001/2009-10 dated July 7, 2009, inter alia advising banks that they can apply for migrating to The Standardised Approach and Alternative Standardised

Draft Circular RBI/2009-10/ Ref.No.MPD.BC. /10.14.01/2009-10 February , 2010 Magha , 1931(S) To All Scheduled Commercial Banks Guidelines on the Base Rate Following the announcement in the Annual Policy Statement for the year 2009-10, the Reserve Bank constituted a Working Group on Benchmark Prime Lending Rate (Chairman: Shri Deepak Mohanty) to review the present benchmark prime lending rate (BPLR) system and suggest changes to make credit pricing more transparent. Th

Discussion paper on Regulation of Off-Balance Sheet Activities of Banks

1. Introduction These parameters provide the minimum standards for cash handling machines used by banks (hereinafter called ‘the machines’). Notes can only be recycled/reissued if they are evaluated as genuine and fit according to these parameters. Authenticity check is a prerequisite for fitness sorting. Fitness sorting can be done only in case of genuine notes. The machines shall be able to identify and separate suspected counterfeits and notes which are unfit for c

ANNEX I Comprehensive Guidelines on Foreign Exchange Derivatives and Hedging Commodity Price Risk and Freight Risk Overseas Given below is a description of the categories of persons who are permitted to access the OTC foreign exchange market in India for managing exchange rate risks as also the menu of permitted products that can be used for hedging different categories of exchange rate exposures. Additionally, the facilities for residents to hedge commodity price ris

Annex Draft guidelines for issuance of Non-Convertible Debentures (NCDs) of maturity less than one year 1. Definition For the purpose of these guidelines, Non-Convertible Debentures (NCDs) will mean secured, negotiable money market instruments with original maturity of less than one year issued by corporates (including NBFCs) to meet their short term funding requirements, issued by way of private placement with investors. The guidelines also cover NCDs with original m

The Mid-Term Review of the Annual Policy for the year 2007-08 had indicated that the Reserve Bank will permit market repo in corporate bonds once the corporate debt market develops and the Reserve Bank is assured of the availability of fair prices, and an efficient and safe settlement system based on delivery versus payment (DvP) III and Straight Through Processing (STP) is in place. In pursuance thereof, as indicated in the Annual Policy Statement for the year 2009-1

Draft Guidelines for issuance and operation of Prepaid Payment Instruments in India A. Purpose To provide a framework for the regulation and supervision of all the entities involved in issuance of Prepaid Payment Instruments in the country and to ensure orderly development of this segment of the payments and settlement system in a prudent and customer friendly manner. B. Scope These guidelines lay down the eligibility criteria and the basic conditions for issuance of

DBOD. No. BP.11021/ 08.12.015/ 2008-09January 7, 2009All Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs & LABs)</P>Dear Sir,Draft Guidelines on Classification of Exposures as Commercial Real Estate (CRE) ExposuresPlease refer to our circular DBS.CO.PP.BC.21/11.01.005/2004-05 dated June 29, 2005 on the captioned subject, inter alia, defining CRE Exposures (Please see Annex). In view of a number of queries received from banks and other quarters as to whether or not certain

RBI/2008-09/A. P. (DIR Series) Circular No.December , 2008ToAll Category - I Authorised Dealer BanksMadam / Sir, Reporting under FDI Scheme – Transfer of Shares/Convertible Debentures - Revised procedureAttention of Authorised Dealer Category - I (AD Category - I) banks is invited to A. P. (DIR Series) Circular No.16 dated October 4, 2004 wherein, it has been stipulated that in case of transfer of shares or convertible debentures of an Indian Company from a resident t

DNBS/PD (SC/RC) No. /10.30.000/2008-09 December…., 2008 Draft Guidelines on Change in or Take Over of the Management of the Business of the Borrower by Securitisation Companies or Reconstruction Companies (Reserve Bank) Guidelines, 200…. The Reserve Bank of India hereby notifies these guidelines, framed under Section 9(a) of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interests Act, 2002 (SARFAESI Act) to provide for the prope

To All RBI regulated entities (Commercial Banks, Co-operative Banks, Primary Dealers, Financial Institutions, RRBs and NBFCs) Dear Sir, Guidelines for accounting for Repo / Reverse repo transactions Please refer to our Circular IDMC.3810/11.08.10/2002-03 dated March 24, 2003 setting out uniform guidelines for accounting of repo/reverse repo transactions. These guidelines captured the character of repo/reverse repo transaction as outright sale and outright purchase as

RBI/2008-09/ A. P. (DIR Series) Circular No. A. P. (FL/RL Series) Circular No. September 26, 2008 To, All Authorized Persons in Foreign Exchange Madam / Sir, Memorandum of Instructions governing money changing activities Attention of Authorized Persons is invited to the Memorandum of Instructions to Authorized Money Changers (AMCs), issued vide A. P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 43 (A.P. (FL Series) Circular No. 1) dated November 12, 2002 and other relevant instructions

1. Introduction 1.1 Mobile phones as a delivery channel for extending banking services have off-late been attaining greater significance. The rapid growth in users and wider coverage of mobile phone networks have made this channel an important platform for extending banking services to customers. With the rapid growth in the number of mobile phone subscribers in India (about 261 million as at the end of March 2008 and growing at about 8 million a month), banks have be