DPSS.CO.PD.No. /02.14.003/2016-17 February 16, 2017 The Chairman and Managing Director / Chief Executive Officers All Scheduled Commercial Banks including RRBs / Urban Co-operative Banks / State Co-operative Banks / District Central Co-operative Banks / Payments Banks and Small Finance Banks / All Card Network Providers Dear Madam / Sir, Draft Circular - Rationalisation of Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) for Debit Card Transactions Recent developments, including the comm

DPSS.CO.PD.No./02.14.003/2014-2015 May 28, 2015 All Prepaid Payment Instrument Issuers, System Providers, System Participants and all other Prospective Prepaid PaymentInstrument Issuers (DRAFT CIRCULAR FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS) Madam/Dear Sir Prepaid Payment Instrument (PPI) guidelines – Introduction of New Category of PPI for Mass Transit Systems (PPI- MTS) A reference is invited to the Master circular issued vide RBI/2014-2015/105 DPSS.CO.PD. PPI.No. 3/02.14.006/2014-15

DPSS.CO.PD.No. /02.14.003/2014-2015 March 13, 2015 The Chairman and Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks including RRBs / Urban Co-operative Banks / State Co-operative Banks / District Central Co-operative Banks/Authorised Card Payment Networks (Draft Circular for comments) Madam / Dear Sir Card Payments - Removal of requirement of Additional Factor of Authentication for small value card present transactions Reserve Bank of India

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today announced the guidelines for setting up and operating the Trade Receivables Discounting System (TReDS). TReDs is a scheme for setting up and operating the institutional mechanism to facilitate the financing of trade receivables of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) from corporate and other buyers, including government departments and public sector undertakings (PSUs) through multiple financiers.

Introduction 1. Bill payment is a major component of the retail payment transactions. The Committee to study the Feasibility of Implementation of GIRO based Payment Systems (Chairman: Shri G. Padmanabhan, Executive Director, RBI) (2013) had estimated that over 30,800 million bills amounting to Rs.6223 billion are generated each year in the top 20 cities in the country. Though various forms of payments are accepted, cash and cheque payments continue to be predominant,

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), despite the important role played by them in the economic fabric of the country, continue to face constraints in obtaining adequate finance, particularly in terms of their ability to convert their trade receivables into liquid funds. In order to address this pan-India issue through setting up of an institutional mechanism for financing trade receivables,the Reserve Bank of India had published a concept paper on “Micro, Smal

PREFACE The role of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the economic landscape of the country needs no reiteration. Given the potential of this segment to unlock growth, employment and inclusion in the economy and society, it is indeed the need of the hour to address concerns related to financing of this segment. Despite efforts on multiple fronts as well as enabling legal and regulatory provisions, the MSME segment continues to be belaboured with the probl

DPSS.CO.PD. No. /02.10.002/2011-2012 February , 2012 The Chairman and Managing Director / Chief Executive Officers All Scheduled Commercial Banks including RRBs / Urban Co-operative Banks / State Co-operative Banks /. District Central Co-operative Banks Authorised ATM Networks & Prospective White Label ATM operators. Dear Sir; Deployment of White Label ATMs (WLAs) As per the existing rules/regulations only banks are being permitted to set up Automated Teller Machi

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

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