Regulating Commercial Banking

RBI/2016-17/60 DBR.No.BAPD.BC.12/22.01.001/2016-17 September 1, 2016 All Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs)/ (Including Small Finance Banks and Payments Banks) Madam/Dear Sir, Section 23 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 - Master Circular on Branch Authorisation - Census data 2011 Please refer to our Master circular on Branch Authorisation DBOD.No.BAPD.BC.7/22.01.001/2014-15 dated July 1, 2014 wherein Tier-wise population groups, List of Underbanked Districts and Lis

RBI/2016-17/50 DBR.BP.BC.No.8/21.01.003/2016-17 August 25, 2016 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Guidelines on Enhancing Credit Supply for Large Borrowers through Market Mechanism Please refer to the Discussion Paper on the captioned subject issued on May 12, 2016 for comments of the stakeholders. The Discussion Paper proposed a framework for addressing the concentration risk of the banking system arising from its exposures towards a single counterparty

RBI/2016-17/43 DBR.BP.BC.No.5/21.04.142/2016-17 August 25, 2016 All Scheduled Commercial Banks(excluding RRBs) Partial Credit Enhancement (PCE) to Corporate Bonds Please refer to the circular DBR.BP.BC.No.40/21.04.142/2015-16 dated September 24, 2015 on the captioned subject. 2. In terms of para II.6 of the above-mentioned circular, the aggregate exposure limit of all banks towards the PCE for a given bond issue has been capped at 20 per cent of the bond issue size. O

RBI/2016-17/44 DBR.No.BP.BC.6/21.06.001/2016-17 August 25, 2016 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding Local Area Banks and Regional Rural Banks) Dear Sir/Madam, Review of Prudential Norms –Risk Weights for Exposures to Corporates, AFCs and NBFC-IFCs Please refer to para 5.8 of Master Circular on Basel III capital regulations dated July 1, 2015 on exposures to the captioned entities. At present unrated exposures to these entities attract a risk weight of 100 per ce

RBI/2016-17/45 DBR.No.BP.BC.7/21.04.157/2016-17 August 25, 2016 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding Local Area Banks andRegional Rural Banks) Dear Sir/Madam, Prudential Norms for Off-balance Sheet Exposures of Banks – Restructuring of derivative contracts Please refer to circular DBOD.No.BP.BC.57/21.04.157/2008-09 dated October 13, 2008 on the captioned subject. Para 2.2 of the circular requires that in cases where a derivative contract is restructured, the mark

RBI/2016-17/34 RBI/2016-17/DBR.FID.No. 1/01.02.000/2016-17 August 04, 2016 All India Financial Institutions (Exim Bank, NABARD, NHB and SIDBI) Madam / Dear Sir, Implementation of Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), Government of India has notified the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015 on February 16, 2015. A reference is also invited to the Press Release dated January 18, 2016 issued by the MCA outlining the

RBI/2016-17/29 Ref.DBS.ARS.No.BC.2/08.91.001/2016-17 July 28, 2016 All Public Sector Banks Dear Sir/Madam, Half yearly/Quarterly Review of Accounts of Public Sector Banks Please refer to our circular DBS.ARS.No.BC.17/08.91.001/2002-03 dated June 5, 2003 on conduct of Half yearly/Quarterly Review of Accounts of Public Sector Banks. 2. The reporting format has been revised as per the annex. You may, accordingly, arrange to prepare the review in the revised format as enc

RBI/2016-17/25 DBR.BP.BC.No.2/21.04.098/2016-17 July 21, 2016 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Dear Sir, Basel III Framework on Liquidity Standards – Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR), Liquidity Risk Monitoring Tools and LCR Disclosure Standards Please refer to our circulars DBOD.BP.BC.No.120/21.04.098/2013-14 dated June 9, 2014, DBR.BP.BC.No.52/21.04.098/2014-15 dated November 28, 2014 and DBR.BP.BC.No.77/21.04.098/2015-16 dated February 11, 2016 on ‘Base

RBI/2016-2017/11 DBR.AML.BC.No.1/14.01.001/2016-17 July 8, 2016 All Regulated Entities (REs) Dear Sir/Madam, Amendment to Master Direction on KYC – Operationalisation of Central KYC Registry (CKYCR) and KYC norms for Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) In exercise of the powers conferred under Section 35A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, the Reserve Bank of India hereby directs that the Reserve Bank of India (Know Your Customer (KYC)) Directions, 2016 Master Direct