March 27, 2015 Background A bank’s exposure to its counterparties may result in concentration of its assets to a single counterparty or a group of connected counterparties. Internationally, concentration risk has been addressed by prescribing regulatory and statutory limits on exposures towards counterparties and various sectors of the economy. The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) too recognised the need for banks to measure and limit the size of large ex

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,

Introduction Some banks, due to their size, cross-jurisdictional activities, complexity, lack of substitutability and interconnectedness, become systemically important. The disorderly failure of these banks has the potential to cause significant disruption to the essential services they provide to the banking system, and in turn, to the overall economic activity. Therefore, the continued functioning of Systemically Important Banks (SIBs) is critical for the uninterrup

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

I. Preamble The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issues licences to entities to carry on the business of banking and other business in which banking companies may engage, as defined and described in Sections 5 (b) and 6 (1) (a) to (o) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, respectively. The last time when RBI came out with a set of guidelines for licensing of new banks in the private sector was in February 2013. The process of licensing culminated with the announcement by th

I. Preamble The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) last came out with a set of guidelines for licensing of new banks in the private sector on February 22, 2013. The process of licensing culminated with the announcement by the RBI vide its Press Release dated April 2, 2014 that it would grant “in-principle” approval to two applicants who would set up new banks in the private sector within a period of 18 months. While preparing these guidelines, the Reserve Bank recognized the

DBOD.BP.BC.No. /08.12.014/2013-14 May 20, 2014 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs ) Dear Sir, Partial Credit Enhancements to Corporate Bonds – Draft Circular Please refer to paragraph 30 of the Second Quarter Review of Monetary Policy 2013-14 (extract enclosed) announced on October 29, 2013 proposing to allow banks to offer partial credit enhancements to corporate bonds. 2. The corporate bond market in India currently lacks sufficient depth and liquidity.

Introduction A few banks assume systemic importance due to their size, cross-jurisdictional activities, complexity, lack of substitutability and interconnectedness. The disorderly failure of these banks has the propensity to cause significant disruption to the essential services provided by the banking system, and in turn, to the overall economic activity. These banks are considered Systemically Important Banks (SIBs) as their continued functioning is critical for the

DBOD.No.FSD./24.01.018/2013-14 November 29, 2013 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Dear Sir/ Madam, Entry of Banks into Insurance Business – Insurance Broking Business Consequent to the announcement by the Finance Minister in the budget speech 2013-14 that banks will be permitted to act as insurance brokers, IRDA has formulated and notified the IRDA (Licensing of Banks as Insurance Brokers) Regulations, 2013 to enable banks to take up the business of ins

RBI/2013-14/ DBOD.No.BP.BC. /21.06.200/2013-14 July 2, 2013 The Chairman and Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding RRBs and LABs) Dear Sir, Draft Guidelines on Capital and Provisioning Requirements for exposures to corporates having unhedged foreign currency exposure Please refer to paragraph 99 of the Monetary Policy Statement for 2013-14 (Extract annexed). Unhedged foreign currency exposures of the corporate are an area