The Reserve Bank of India has invited second tranche of fresh applications for registering institutions, organisations and associations for grant of financial assistance from the Depositor Education and Awareness (DEA) Fund. The Reserve Bank has also revised provisions relating to the conditions required to be fulfilled by eligible entities, and some of the aspects relating to the procedure for decision of the Committee (paragraphs II.3 (b), II.3(c), and II.9(A)(2) of

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has today decided to grant “in-principle” approval to the following 10 applicants to set up small finance banks under the “Guidelines for Licensing of Small Finance Banks in the private sector” (Guidelines) issued on November 27, 2014. Names of selected applicants Au Financiers (India) Ltd., Jaipur Capital Local Area Bank Ltd., Jalandhar Disha Microfin Private Ltd., Ahmedabad Equitas Holdings P Limited, Chennai ESAF Microfinance and Inv

The Reserve Bank of India has advised all public sector banks and some private sector and foreign banks to appoint an internal ombudsman. The internal ombudsman would be designated Chief Customer Service Officer (CCSO), it has stated. The CCSO should not have worked in the bank in which he/she is appointed as CCSO. The Reserve Bank has taken this initiative to further boost the quality of customer service and to ensure that there is undivided attention to resolution o

The Reserve Bank of India has imposed monetary penalty on the following three banks for violation of Reserve Bank of India instructions, inter alia, on Know Your Customer (KYC)/ Anti Money Laundering (AML). The details of the penalty are: Sl. No. Name of the bank Penalty Amount (in ` mn) 1. Bank of Maharashtra 15 2. Dena Bank 15 3. Oriental Bank of Commerce 15 Eight other banks, namely, Central Bank of India, Bank of India, Punjab and Sind Bank, Punjab National Bank,