RBI/2022-23/190 CO.DPSS.RPPD.No.S2185/03-01-002/2022-2023 March 29, 2023 The Chairman and Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks including Regional Rural Banks / Urban Co-operative Banks / State Co-operative Banks / District Central Co-operative Banks / Local Area Banks / Payment Banks / Small Finance Banks / National Payments Corporation of India Madam / Dear Sir, Special Clearing Operations on March 31, 2023 A reference is invited

RBI/2021-2022/188 CO.DPSS.RPPD.No./S1769/03-01-002/2021-22 March 28, 2022 The Chairman and Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks including Regional Rural Banks / Urban Co-operative Banks / State Co-operative Banks / District Central Co-operative Banks / Local Area Banks / Payment Banks / Small Finance Banks / National Payments Corporation of India Madam / Dear Sir, Special Clearing operations on March 31, 2022 A reference is invite

RBI/2021-22/41 CO.DPSS.POLC.No.S-106/02-14-003/2021-2022 May 21, 2021 The Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive OfficerAll Scheduled Commercial Banks, including Regional Rural Banks /Urban Co-operative Banks / State Co-operative Banks /District Central Co-operative Banks / Payments Banks / Small Finance Banks /Local Area Banks / Non-Bank PPI Issuers /Authorised Payment System Operators / Participants Madam / Dear Sir, Relaxation in timeline for compliance wit

RBI/2020-21/81 DPSS.CO.AD No.900/02.29.005/2020-21 January 05, 2021 (Updated as on June 09, 2022) (Updated as on August 26, 2021) The Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer Card Issuing and Acquiring Banks and Non-banks / Authorised Card Networks Madam / Dear Sir, Operationalisation of Payments Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF) Scheme Please refer to the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies dated October 4, 2019 and the Press Release

RBI/2020-21/68 DPSS.CO.PD.No.660/02.14.008/2020-21 November 17, 2020 All Scheduled Commercial Banks / Authorised Prepaid Payment Instrument Issuers / Payment Aggregators / Payment System Providers / System Participants Madam / Dear Sir, Maintenance of Escrow Account with a Scheduled Commercial Bank A reference is invited to the instructions issued by Reserve Bank of India vide (a) DPSS.CO.PD.No.1164/02.14.006/2017-18 dated October 11, 2017 (updated as on February 28,

RBI/2020-21/22 DPSS.CO.PD.No.115/02.14.003/2020-21 August 06, 2020 The Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive OfficerAuthorised Payment System Operators (Banks and Non-banks) Madam / Dear Sir, Offline Retail Payments using Cards / Wallets / Mobile Devices – Pilot Please refer to the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory policies issued as part of Monetary Policy statement dated August 06, 2020 wherein it was proposed that the Reserve Bank would allow a pil

RBI/2019-20/198 DPSS.CO.RPPD.No./1864/03.01.03/2019-20 March 30, 2020 The Chairman and Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks including Regional Rural Banks / Urban Co-operative Banks / State Co-operative Banks / District Central Co-operative Banks / Local Area Banks / Payment Banks / Small Finance Banks Madam / Dear Sir, Special Clearing Operations on March 31, 2020 A reference is invited to the circular issued by Department of Gov

RBI/2018-19/153 DPSS.CO.RPPD.No./2089/03.01.03/2018-19 March 28, 2019 The Chairman and Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks including Regional Rural Banks /Urban Co-operative Banks / State Co-operative Banks /District Central Co-operative Banks / Local Area Banks Madam / Dear Sir, Special Clearing operations on March 30 and 31, 2019 A reference is invited to the circular issued by Department of Government and Bank Accounts (DGBA.G

RBI/2017-18/145 DPSS.CO.CHD.No./2707/03.01.03/2017-18 March 28, 2018 The Chairman and Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks including Regional Rural Banks/ Urban Co-operative Banks / State Co-operative Banks / District Central Co-operative Banks/Local Area Banks Madam / Dear Sir, Special Clearing operations on March 31, 2018 A reference is invited to the circular issued by our Department of Government and Bank Accounts (DGBA.GBD.No

RBI/DPSS/2017-18/58 Master Direction DPSS.CO.PD.No.1164/02.14.006/2017-18 October 11, 2017 (Updated as on November 17, 2020) (Updated as on February 28, 2020) (Updated as on January 16, 2020) (Updated as on December 24, 2019) (Updated as on

RBI/2016-17/264 DPSS.CO.PD No.2737/02.14.003/2016-17 March 30, 2017 The Chairman and Managing Directors / Chief Executive OfficersAll 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, Rationalisation of Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) for Debit Card Transactions – Continuance of Special Measures A referen

RBI/2016-17/255 DPSS.CO.CHD.No./2656/03.01.03/2016-17 March 23, 2017 The Chairman and Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks including Regional Rural Banks/Urban Co-operative Banks / State Co-operative Banks /District Central Co-operative Banks/Local Area Banks Madam / Dear Sir, Special Clearing operations on March 30 and 31, 2017 A reference is invited to the circular issued by our Department of Government and Bank Accounts (DGBA.G

RBI/2016-17/203 DPSS.CO.PD.No.1669/02.14.006/2016-2017 December 30, 2016 All Prepaid Payment Instrument Issuers System Providers, System Participantsand all other Prospective Prepaid Payment Instrument Issuers Dear Madam/ Sir, Special measures to incentivise Electronic Payments – Extension of time A reference is invited to circular DPSS.CO.PD.No.1288/02.14.006/2016-17 dated November 22, 2016 advising enhancements in the limits of semi-closed PPIs issued with minimum d

RBI/2016-17/185 DPSS CO.PD.No.1516/02.12.004/2016-17 December 16, 2016 The Chairman and Managing Director / Chief Executive Officers All participants in Immediate Payment Service (IMPS), Unified Payment Interface (UPI) and Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) based *99# Systems Dear Madam/ Sir, Special Measures upto March 31, 2017 : Rationalisation of customer charges for Immediate Payment Service (IMPS), Unified Payment Interface (UPI) & Unstructured Su

RBI/2016-17/184 DPSS.CO.PD.No.1515/02.14.003/2016-17 December 16, 2016 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, Special measures upto March 31, 2017: Rationalisation of Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) for transactions upto ₹ 200

RBI/2016-17/178 DPSS.CO.OSD.No.1485/06.08.005/2016-17 December 09, 2016 All Prepaid Payment Instrument Issuers, System Providers, System Participants and all other Prospective Prepaid Payment Instrument Issuers Dear Sir, Security and Risk Mitigation measure - Technical Audit of Prepaid Payment Instrument issuers With the withdrawal of legal tender characteristics of existing ₹ 500/- and ₹ 1000/- Bank Notes (Specified Bank Notes – SBN), the use of alternate modes of pa

RBI/2016-17/150 DPSS.CO.PD.No.1288/02.14.006/2016-17 November 22, 2016 All Prepaid Payment Instrument Issuers, System Providers, System Participants and all other Prospective Prepaid Payment Instrument Issuers Dear Madam / Sir, Special measures to incentivise Electronic Payments – (i) Enhancement in issuance limits for Pre-Paid Payment Instruments (PPIs) in India (ii) Special measures for merchants Following the withdrawal of legal tender characteristics of existing ₹

RBI/2016-17/140 DPSS.CO.PD.No.1280/02.14.003/2016-17 November 18, 2016 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 /All Card Network Providers Dear Madam / Sir, Cash Withdrawal at Point-of-Sale (POS) - Withdrawal limits and customer fee/charges - Relaxation A reference is invited to our circulars DPSS.CO.PD.No.147/0

RBI/2016-17/132 DPSS.CO.PD.No.1240/02.10.004/2016-2017 November 14, 2016 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 White Label ATM Operators Dear Madam/ Sir, Usage of ATMs – Waiver of customer charges A reference is invited to the circular DPSS.CO.PD.No.316/02.10.002/2014-2015 dated August 14, 2014 on rationalisa

RBI/2016-17/115 DCM (Plg) No. 1241/10.27.00/2016-17 November 09, 2016 The Chairman / Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer, Public Sector Banks/ Private Sector Banks / Foreign Banks/ Regional Rural Banks / Urban Cooperative Banks/ State Cooperative Banks Dear Sir Withdrawal of Legal Tender Character of existing ₹ 500/- and ₹ 1000/- Bank Notes Please refer to our circular DCM (Plg) No. 1226/10.27.00/2016-17 November 08, 2016 on the captioned subject. In order to e

RBI/2016-17/111 DPSS.CO.PD.No./02.10.002/2016-2017 November 8, 2016 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 Network Operators / Card Payment Network Operators/White Label ATM Operators Madam / Sir, ATMs –Non-dispensing of Old High Denomination Notes – Closure of operations The Government of India

RBI/2016-2017/16 DPSS.CO.PD.PPI.No.01/02.14.006/2016-17 July 01, 2016 All Prepaid Payment Instrument Issuers, System Providers, System Participants and all other Prospective Prepaid Payment Instrument Issuers Madam / Dear Sir, Master Circular – Policy Guidelines on Issuance and Operation of Pre-paid Payment Instruments in India As you are aware, the Reserve Bank of India has, from time to time, issued a number of circulars containing policy guidelines on Issuance and

RBI/2015-16/347 DPSS.CO.CHD.No./2313/03.01.03/2015-16 March 28, 2016 The Chairman and Managing Director / Chief Executive OfficerAll Scheduled Commercial Banks including Regional Rural Banks/Urban Co-operative Banks / State Co-operative Banks /District Central Co-operative Banks/Local Area Banks Madam / Dear Sir, Special Clearing operations on March 30 and 31, 2016 A reference is invited to the circular issued by our Department of Government and Bank Accounts (DGBA.GA

RBI/2014-15/517 DPSS.CO.CHD.No./1776/03.01.02/2014-2015 March 26, 2015 The Chairman and Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks including Regional Rural Banks/ Urban Co-operative Banks / State Co-operative Banks / District Central Co-operative Banks/Local Area Banks Madam / Dear Sir, Special Clearing operations on March 30 and 31, 2015 A reference is invited to the circular issued by our Department of Government and Bank Accounts (DG

RBI/2014-15/104 DPSS.CO.PD.Mobile Banking. No.2/02.23.001/2014-15 July 1, 2014 (As updated on December 04, 2014) 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 Madam /Dear Sir, Master Circular – Mobile Banking transactions in India – Operative Guidelines for Banks As you are aware, the Reserve Bank of India has, from

RBI / 2013 – 14/575 DPSS (CO) RTGS No. 2232/04.04.002/2013 - 2014 April 28, 2014 The Chairman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer of participants of RTGS Madam / Dear Sir, Usage of Transaction Type Code (TTC) in RTGS We invite a reference to the RTGS System Regulations 2013, detailing the guidelines for RTGS transactions. 2. In terms of para 6.4 of RTGS System Regulations 2013, different Transaction Type Code (TTC) Values are prescribed for different types o

RBI/2013-14/546 DPSS (CO) RTGS No. 2065/04.04.017/2013-14 March 28, 2014 The Chairperson / Chief Executive Officer RTGS Members Madam / Dear Sir, Adoption of ISO 20022 Messaging Standard in RTGS System A reference is invited to our circular 2013 – 14/413 [DPSS (CO) RTGS No. 1357/04.04.017/2013-14] dated December 20, 2013 regarding adoption of ISO 20022 messaging standard by participants for seamless processing of RTGS messages without conversion from/to “R” series for

RBI/2013-14/536 DPSS.CO.CHD.No./2021/03.01.02/2013-2014 March 26, 2014 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/Local Area Banks Madam / Dear Sir, Clearing operations on March 29, 30 and 31, 2014 A reference is invited to the circular issued by our Department of Government and Bank Accounts (DGBA.GAD.No.H.5430/ 4

RBI/2013-14/413 DPSS (CO) RTGS No.1357/04.04.017/2013-14 December 20, 2013 The Chairperson / Chief Executive Officer RTGS Members Madam / Sir, Adoption of ISO 20022 messaging standard in new RTGS System As you are aware, the new RTGS System has been operationalised with effect from October 19, 2013 and the RTGS Business Regulations, 2013 have come into effect from the date. 2. The new RTGS system is based on ISO 20022 standard messaging formats. The objective of intro

RBI/2013-2014/252 DPSS.CO.CHD.No. 630/03.01.03/2013-2014 September 13, 2013 The Chairman and Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks including RRBs / UCBs / State Co-operative Banks / District Central Co-operative Banks/Local Area Banks Madam / Dear Sir, Special Clearing on September 14 and 15, 2013 With a view to facilitate accounting of Government receipts (advance taxes under income tax and corporate tax) for the financial year 20

RBI/2012-13/454 DPSS.CO.CHD.No./1674/ 03.01.03/2012-2013 March 21, 2013 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/Local Area Banks Madam / Dear sir, Clearing operations on March 29, 30 and 31, 2013 With a view to facilitate accounting of all the Government transactions for the current financial year (2012-2013) by

RBI/2012-13/442 DPSS (CO) No. 1594/04.08.002/2012-13 March 15, 2013 The Chariman / Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer All CFMS Member Banks Madam / Sir, Discontinuation of CFMS As you are aware, funds transfer through Centralised Funds Management System (CFMS) has been discontinued with effect from January 1, 2013. The access to CFMS information and data would be available up to March 31, 2013 to the member banks. The facility of CFMS Helpdesk services and ac