Investment in Credit Information Companies - ఆర్బిఐ - Reserve Bank of India
Investment in Credit Information Companies
DBOD.CID.BC.No.74/20.16.042/2013-14 November 29, 2013 All Credit Information Companies Investment in Credit Information Companies In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 11 of Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005, and in supersession of its direction on Investment in Credit Information Companies dated November 20, 2008, Reserve Bank of India, being satisfied that it is necessary and expedient in the public interest to do so, hereby directs that investments directly or indirectly by any person, whether resident or otherwise, shall not exceed ten per cent of the equity capital of the investee company. 2. Notwithstanding the above, the Reserve Bank may consider allowing higher FDI limits as under to entities which have an established track record of running a Credit Information Bureau in a well regulated environment:
3. In case the investor in a Credit Information Company in India is a wholly owned subsidiary (directly or indirectly) of an investment holding company, the conditions as at (a), (b) and (c) of (2) above will be applied to the operating group company that is engaged in credit information business and has undertaken to provide technical know-how to the Credit Information Company in India. (B. Mahapatra) |