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RBI/2016-17/177 DBR.AML.BC.47/14.01.01/2016-17 December 8, 2016 All Regulated Entities Dear Sir/Madam, Amendment to Master Direction on Know Your Customer In exercise of the powers conferred under Section 35A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, it has been decided to make certain amendments to the Master Direction on Know Your Customer (KYC). The two major changes being notified are as under: It has been decided to allow One Time Pin (OTP) based e-KYC subject to cert

RBI/2016-17/176 DBR.AML.BC. No. 18/14.01.001/2016-17 December 8, 2016 All Regulated Entities (REs) Dear Sir/Madam, Amendment to Master Direction (MD) on KYC In exercise of the powers conferred under Section 35A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 and section 35A read with section 56 of that Act, Rule 9 (14) of the Prevention of Money Laundering (Maintenance of Records) Rules, 2005 and all other laws enabling the Reserve Bank in this behalf, the Reserve Bank makes the

RBI/2016-17/174 DBR.No.Ret.BC.46/12.01.001/2016-17 December 7, 2016 The Chairperson / CEOs of all Scheduled Commercial Banks/ Regional Rural Banks / All Scheduled Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks / All Scheduled State Co-operative Banks Dear Sir, Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 – Section 42(1A)Withdrawal of the Incremental CRR Please refer to our circular DBR.No.Ret.BC.41/12.01.001/2016-17 dated November 26, 2016 whereby all scheduled banks were required to maintain

RBI/2016-17/173 DBR.AML.BC.No.44/14.01.001/2016-17 December 06, 2016 All Regulated Entities (REs) Dear Sir/Madam, Requirement of customer due diligence and need for maintenance of records It has been reported that, of late, a lot of customers are approaching banks for re-activation of dormant accounts. 2. In this regard, we invite attention to paragraph 24.2 (ix) of the Master Circular on ‘Customer Services in Banks’ dated July 1, 2015, requiring that operation in dor

RBI/2016-17/167 DBR.No.BP.BC.43/21.01.003/2016-17 December 01, 2016 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding Regional Rural Banks) Madam/Dear Sir, Large Exposures Framework Please refer to the paragraph 3 of the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies issued by RBI on October 4, 2016 (extract enclosed). It was indicated therein that RBI will issue final guidelines on Large Exposures Framework (LEF) by end-October, 2016. Accordingly, the final guidelines ar

RBI/2016-17/168 DBR.BP.BC.No.42/08.12.014/2016-17 December 1, 2016 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding RRBs) All India Term-Lending and Refinancing Institutions (Exim Bank, NABARD, NHB and SIDBI) Madam/Dear Sir, Financing of Infrastructure – ‘Definition of 'Infrastructure Lending' Please refer to our circular DBOD.BP.BC.No.66/08.12.014/2013-14 November 25, 2013 on 'Definition of Infrastructure Lending' harmonising the RBI definition of Infrastructure Lending wit

RBI/2016-17/152 DBR.Appt.BC.No.39/29.39.001/2016-17 November 24, 2016 All Commercial Banks excluding RRBs Dear Sir / Madam, Special knowledge or practical experience useful to banking companies In the backdrop of innovations in banking and technology, it is felt that the domain knowledge and experience enumerated under various statutory provisions for the directors on the boards of commercial banks (excluding RRBs) need to be augmented by knowledge and experience in o

RBI/2016-17/143 DBR.No.BP.BC.37/21.04.048/2016-17 November 21, 2016 All Entities Regulated by the Reserve Bank of India Madam / Dear Sir, Prudential Norms on Income Recognition, Asset Classification and Provisioning pertaining to Advances It has been represented to us that consequent upon withdrawal of the legal tender status of the existing ₹ 500 and ₹ 1,000 notes (SBN) small borrowers may need some more time to repay their loan dues. Taking these representations int

RBI/2016-17/134 DBR.RRB.BC.No.36/31.01.002/2016-17 November 16 , 2016 All Regional Rural Banks Dear Sir / Madam, Section 23 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 - Master Circular on BranchLicensing - Census data 2011 Please refer to our Master circular on Branch Licensing DBR.CO.RRB.BL.BC.No.17/31.01.002/2015-16 dated July 1, 2015. As the Census data for 2011 are available in public domain, Regional Rural Banks are advised to follow Census 2011 for all purposes of cate

RBI/2016-17/122 DBR.No.BP.BC.34/21.04.132/2016-17 November 10, 2016 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding RRBs), All-India Term-lending and Refinancing Institutions (Exim Bank, NABARD, NHB and SIDBI) Non-Banking Financial Companies, including Securitisation Companies/ Reconstruction Companies Madam / Dear Sir, Schemes for Stressed Assets - Revisions In the recent past, the Reserve Bank of India has taken various regulatory measures to strengthen the lenders’ abili

RBI/2016-17/120 DBR.No.BP.BC.30/21.06.201/2016-17 November 10, 2016 The Managing Director/Chief Executive OfficerAll Scheduled Commercial Banks(Excluding Regional Rural Banks) Madam / Dear Sir, Guidelines on capital requirements for bank exposures to central counterparties Please refer to the paragraph 4 of Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies issued by RBI on October 4, 2016. It was indicated therein that RBI will issue final guidelines on capital requi

RBI/2016-17/119 DBR.No.BP.BC.29/21.06.201/2016-17 November 10, 2016 The Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding Regional Rural Banks) Madam / Dear Sir, Guidelines for computing exposure for counterparty credit risk arising from derivative transactions Please refer to the paragraph 4 of the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies issued by RBI on October 4, 2016. It was indicated therein that RBI will issue fin

RBI/2016-17/118 DBR.IBD.BC.32/23.13.004/2016-17 November 10, 2016 Chairman/Managing Director and CEOs All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding Regional Rural Banks) Dear Sir/Madam, Setting up of IFSC Banking Units (IBUs) – Permissible activities Please refer to our circular DBR.IBD.BC.14570/23.13.004/2014-15 dated April 01, 2015 setting out RBI directions relating to IFSC Banking Units (IBUs). We have received a few suggestions and queries during the last few months

RBI/2016-17/114 DBR.No.Leg.BC.31/09.07.005/2016-17 November 9, 2016 The Chairman / Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Public Sector Banks/ Private Sector Banks / Foreign Banks/ Small Finance Banks / Regional Rural Banks / Local Area Banks All Cooperative Banks Dear Sir/ Madam, Banks to remain open for public on Saturday, November 12 and Sunday, November 13, 2016 In order to meet the anticipated heavy demand from members of public to conduct their banking t

RBI/2016-17/108 DBR.BP.BC.No.28 /21.06.001/2016-17 November 03, 2016 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding Regional Rural Banks) Dear Sir, Issue of Rupee Denominated Bonds overseas Please refer to A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No.14 dated November 03, 2016 on issue of rupee denominated bonds overseas by Indian banks. 2. We advise that banks are permitted to raise funds through issuance of rupee denominated bonds overseas for the following purposes: Perpetual Debt Ins

RBI/2016-17/99 IDMD.CDD.No.894 /14.04.050/2016-17 October 20, 2016 The Chairman & Managing Director All Scheduled Commercial Banks, (Excluding RRBs) Designated Post Offices Stock Holding Corporation of India Ltd.(SHCIL) National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. & Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd. Dear Sir/Madam, Sovereign Gold Bonds 2016-17 Series III – Operational Guidelines This has reference to the GoI notification F.No.4(16)-W&M/2016 and RBI circular IDMD.CDD.No.

RBI/2016-17/96 IDMD.CDD.No.892/14.04.050/2016-17 October 20, 2016 The Chairman & Managing Director All Scheduled Commercial Banks, (Excluding RRBs) Designated Post Offices Stock Holding Corporation of India Ltd.(SHCIL) National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. & Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd. Dear Sir/Madam, Sovereign Gold Bonds- Maximum Limit of Investment and Acceptance as Collateral- Clarification As you are aware, the Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme was notified by GOI

RBI/2016-17/95 DBR.BP.BC.No.20/21.06.001/2016-17 October 20, 2016 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding Regional Rural Banks) Dear Sir, Risk Weights for exposures to HFCs It has been observed that there is a lack of uniformity among banks in the application of risk weights on their exposures to Housing Finance Companies (HFCs). 2. The matter of risk weights prescribed in respect of banks’ exposures to HFCs has been examined and it is advised that exposures to all

RBI/2016-17/83 DBR.No.Ret.BC.15/12.02.001/2016-17 October 13, 2016 All Commercial Banks, Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks (UCBs),State and Central Co-operative Banks (StCBs/CCBs) Dear Sir, Section 24 and Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 - Maintenance of Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) Please refer to circulars DBR.Ret.BC.64/12.01.001/2015-16 dated December 10, 2015, on maintenance of Statutory Liquidity Ratio under Section 24 and Section 56 of the Bank

RBI/2016-17/81 DBR.NBD.No.26/16.13.218/2016-17 October 6, 2016 Chief Executive Officers of Small Finance Banks Madam / Dear Sir, Operating Guidelines for Small Finance Banks Please refer to the Guidelines for Licensing of Small Finance Banks (‘Licensing Guidelines’) dated November 27, 2014, under which in-principle approvals / licences were issued to the applicants for setting up of the small finance banks. 2. The need for separate Operating Guidelines for small finan