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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated August 21, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1,99,50,000/- (Rupees One crore ninety-nine lakh and fifty thousand only) on Innofin Solutions Private Limited (the company) (also referred to as “LenDen Club”) for non-compliance with certain provisions of the ‘Non-Banking Financial Company - Peer to Peer Lending Platform (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2017’ and “Guidelines on Digital Lending” issued by RBI. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of 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 (RBI) has, by an order dated August 21, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of ₹1,92,00,000/- (Rupees One crore ninety-two lakh only) on NDX P2P Private Limited (the company) (also referred to as ‘LiquiLoans’) for non-compliance with certain provisions of the ‘Non-Banking Financial Company - Peer to Peer Lending Platform (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2017’ and “Guidelines on Digital Lending” issued by RBI. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of 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. A scrutiny of the company was conducted by RBI in June 2023. Based on supervisory findings of non-compliance with RBI directions and related correspondence in that regard, a notice was issued to the company advising it to show cause as to why penalty should not be imposed on it for its failure to comply with the said directions.  After considering the company’s reply to the notice, additional submissions made by it and oral submissions made during the personal hearing, RBI found, inter alia, that the following charges against the company were sustained, warranting imposition of monetary penalty:  The company:  i) did not disclose required personal details including credit assessment and risk profile of the borrowers to the prospective lenders; ii) disbursed loans without specific approval of individual lenders; iii) routed the amounts disbursed and collected in loan accounts in the P2P Platform through a ‘co-lending escrow account’ in violation of the laid down ‘Fund Transfer Mechanism’; iv) allowed repayments in Merchant Finance Loans to be routed through the nodal account of a third party, which was acting as a Lending Service Provider for the company; and v) took partial credit risk by foregoing the service fee partially/ fully, which was not provided under the scope of activities for NBFC-P2P companies.  This action is based on deficiencies in regulatory compliance and is not intended to pronounce upon the validity of any transaction or agreement entered into by the company with its customers. Further, imposition of this monetary penalty is without prejudice to any other action that may be initiated by RBI against the company.  (Puneet Pancholy)      Chief General Manager Press Release: 2024-2025/964

(Amount in ₹ crore)  SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs,SFBs and PBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 11-Aug-2023 26-Jul-2024* 09-Aug-2024* 11-Aug-2023 26-Jul-2024* 09-Aug-2024* I LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from banks 252628.38 281244.55 291409.31 254828.96 285332.96 295605.42** b) Borrowings from banks 190016.45 138751.80 130893.83 190103.13 138778.69 130913.33 c) Other demand & time liabilities 67598.24 75507.30 76787.54 68310.20 75768.13 77084.27 II LIABILITIES TO OTHERS (A) a) Deposits (other than from banks) 19237925.20 21193710.22 21328461.29 19678912.96 21647187.77 21779721.76

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2023 2024 Variation Aug. 18 Aug. 9 Aug. 16 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 15343 32993 26767 -6227 11424 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off. 

Auction Results 7.04% GS 2029 7.34% GS 2064 I. Notified Amount ₹12,000 crore ₹11,000 crore II. Underwriting Notified Amount ₹12,000 crore ₹11,000 crore III. Competitive Bids Received (i) Number 181 375 (ii) Amount ₹34,253.470 crore ₹42,647.150 crore IV. Cut-off price / Yield 101.02 104.35 (YTM: 6.7825%) (YTM: 7.0127%)

In exercise of the powers conferred under Section 45-IA (6) of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, the Reserve Bank has cancelled the Certificate of Registration (CoR) issued to the following Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC): Name of the NBFC Registered Office Address CoR No. & Date Date of Cancellation Margdarshak Financial Services Limited 118, Dayal Farms, Ganeshpur - Rehmanpur, Chinhat-Deva Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh – 226019 B-12.00364 dated March 22, 2011 August 20, 2024

7.04% GS 2029 7.34% GS 2064 I. Notified Amount ₹12,000 crore ₹11,000 crore II. Cut off Price (₹) / Implicit Yield at cut-off 101.02/6.7825% 104.35/7.0127% III. Amount accepted in the auction ₹12,000 crore ₹11,000 crore IV. Devolvement on Primary Dealers NIL NIL 

Tenor 14-day Notified Amount (in ₹ crore) 1,00,000 Total amount of offers received (in ₹ crore) 20,377 Amount accepted (in ₹ crore) 20,377 Cut off Rate (%) 6.49 Weighted Average Rate (%) 6.49 Partial Acceptance Percentage of offers received at cut off rate NA

In the underwriting auctions conducted on August 23, 2024, for Additional Competitive Underwriting (ACU) of the undernoted Government securities, the Reserve Bank of India has set the cut-off rates for underwriting commission payable to Primary Dealers as given below:

(Amount in ₹ Crore, Rate in Per cent) MONEY MARKETS@ Volume (One Leg) Weighted Average Rate Range A. Overnight Segment (I+II+III+IV) 539,824.66 6.41 2.00-6.75 I. Call Money 9,575.57 6.52 5.10-6.65 II. Triparty Repo 382,238.90 6.38 6.22-6.47 III. Market Repo 146,922.19 6.46 2.00-6.65 IV. Repo in Corporate Bond 1,088.00 6.65 6.60-6.75