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LFAR Compliance by Statutory Central Auditors in a Banking Company

Fema / RBI : A summary of the revised RBI-mandated Long Form Audit Report (LFAR) for Statutory Central Auditors (SCAs), covering key clauses, r...

September 3, 2025 1749 Views 0 comment Print

Bank Audit: LFAR Advances Section – Clause by Clause Technical Analysis

CA, CS, CMA : A technical analysis of the LFAR Advances section for bank audits. It explains key clauses on credit appraisal, documentation, pro...

September 2, 2025 1305 Views 0 comment Print

Audit Manual for 2024-25: Formats & Updates

CA, CS, CMA : Comprehensive Audit Manual for SMEs FY 2024-25 covers CARO 2020 changes, Schedule III revisions, and accounting standards with edi...

May 14, 2025 90873 Views 0 comment Print

Bank Branch Audit 2024-25: Key Areas & Compliance Checklist

CA, CS, CMA : Key areas for Bank Branch Audit 2024-25, covering statutory reports, loan audits, NPA guidelines, compliance, cyber fraud impacts,...

March 25, 2025 23703 Views 1 comment Print

Statutory Bank Branch Audit: Key Practices & Compliance

Fema / RBI : A guide to statutory bank branch audits covering compliance, risk-based auditing, expectation gaps, and the evolving role of audit...

March 10, 2025 3669 Views 0 comment Print


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Free Live Webinar – Statutory Bank Branch Audit – Practical Approach

Fema / RBI : A practical webinar will explain the real-world approach to conducting statutory bank branch audits efficiently. The session cover...

March 22, 2026 25626 Views 0 comment Print

UDIN for Bank Audit: Guidelines & Requirements

CA, CS, CMA : Understand UDIN requirements for Bank Audit including LFAR, Certificates, and Tax Audit Reports. Learn how to generate UDINs and c...

April 5, 2025 6783 Views 0 comment Print

Expert panel formed to address statutory bank branch audits queries

CA, CS, CMA : ICAI's AASB launches online expert panel for bank branch audit queries. Get guidance on RBI guidelines from April 1-15, 2025....

April 1, 2025 5242 Views 0 comment Print

ICAI Guidance Note on Audit of Banks (2025 Edition)

CA, CS, CMA : Explore the 2025 edition of ICAI's Guidance Note on Audit of Banks. Includes sections on RBI Master Circulars, Master Directions, ...

February 18, 2025 67290 Views 0 comment Print

Exposure Draft of Guidance Note on Audit of Banks, 2025 edition

CA, CS, CMA : ICAI invites public comments on the Exposure Draft for the Audit of Banks Guidance Note (2025 Edition). Submit by February 5, 2025...

January 25, 2025 8922 Views 0 comment Print


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Kolkata HC stays removal of erstwhile Auditors of Allahabad Bank

CA, CS, CMA : It is the case of the petitioners that they have been appointed as Statutory Branch Auditors by the erstwhile Allahabad Bank, whic...

March 31, 2021 8169 Views 1 comment Print


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RBI Guidelines: Statutory Auditor Appointment for Co-op Banks

Fema / RBI : Explore RBI guidelines effective from April 1, 2024, on Statutory Auditor appointment for State and Central Co-operative Banks. Ke...

January 15, 2024 27651 Views 0 comment Print

Guidelines on Statutory Branch Audit of Public Sector Banks

Fema / RBI : Source- Unconfirmed and based on File Received from Social Media Revised RBI Guidelines for Appointment / Re-appointment of Statut...

March 6, 2023 74208 Views 2 comments Print

RBI increases Fees for Bank audit from FY 2022-23

Fema / RBI : RBI increases remuneration payable to Statutory Central Auditors (SCAs) & Branch Auditors (SBAs) of Nationalised Banks (NBs) from...

March 1, 2023 228717 Views 0 comment Print

RBI issues Guidelines for Appointment of Statutory Auditors

Fema / RBI : Issue of Guidelines for Appointment of Statutory Central Auditors (SCAs)/Statutory Auditors (SAs) of Commercial Banks (excluding R...

April 27, 2021 17274 Views 0 comment Print

RBI Guidelines for Appointment of Statutory Auditors – FAQs

Fema / RBI : As per Para 6.4, whether the time gap of one year between any non-audit works by the SCAs/SAs for the Entities or any audit/non-au...

April 27, 2021 2766 Views 0 comment Print


Bank Audit Check List & Procedure (Concurrent Audit)

March 14, 2019 302688 Views 31 comments Print

Concurrent audit means doing the examination of the financial transactions at the time of happening or parallel with the transaction. It is part of a bank’s early warning system to ensure timely detection of irregularities and lapses. It helps in preventing fraudulent transactions at branches. here the check list and procedure, I hope you will […]

ICAI issues 3 Exposure Drafts of Guidance Note on Audit of Banks 2019

November 27, 2018 1194 Views 0 comment Print

ICAI has issued 3 Exposure Draft of the Guidance Note on Audit of Banks 2019 which includes Guidance on  Statutory Central Audit of Banks, Guidance on Foreign Exchange Transactions and Integrated Treasury and Guidance on Bank Branch Audit other than Foreign Exchange Transactions. Exposure Draft of the Guidance Note on Audit of Banks 2019 edition – […]

RBI Enforcement action framework in respect of statutory auditors of banks

June 29, 2018 1467 Views 0 comment Print

In the interest of improving audit quality and with a view to instituting a transparent mechanism to examine accountability of SAs in a consistent manner, it has been decided to put in place a graded enforcement action framework to enable appropriate action by the RBI in respect of the banks’ SAs for any lapses observed in conducting a bank’s statutory audit.

Draft ICSI Guidance on Diligence Report on Governance for Banks

June 18, 2018 1911 Views 0 comment Print

ICSI has come up with Exposure Draft of ICSI Guidance on Diligence Report on Governance for Banks. The Draft was released at the golden Jubilee Year National Conference of Practicing Company Secretaries (19th Edition) held at The LaLiT, Mumbai during May 18-19, 2018.

Bank Audit Manual 2017-18 with Working Formats

April 1, 2018 120555 Views 13 comments Print

Contents of Bank Audit Manual 2017-18 1. Key Points 2. Asset Classification & Provisioning – a ready reckoner 3. Income Recognition & Asset Classification Norms – at a Glance 4. Important Points 5. Asset Classification – at a Glance 6. Important Audit Checks 7. Draft Management Representation Letter

Revised Formats of Statutory Auditor’s Report for Urban Cooperative Banks

January 31, 2018 8505 Views 0 comment Print

ICAI is issuing the following revised formats of the statutory auditor’s report for urban cooperative banks (UCBs). These formats have been developed by the Board in consultation with the RBI and the same have also been accepted by the RBI.

ICAI Constitute Group related to all issues of Bank Audit

May 16, 2017 975 Views 0 comment Print

The President, in terms of the authority given to him by the Council at its 363rd meeting held on 12th February, 2017, has constituted a Group related to all issues of Bank Audit including reduction in Statutory Central Auditors (SCAs), cooling period, distribution of bank branch audit as well as previous report of CA. Tarun J. Ghia on “Equitable Audit allotments and mechanism to Control Tendering System”, with the following composition

Bank Revenue Audit tip on Penal Interest

March 23, 2017 7524 Views 0 comment Print

In CBS environment , most of the times , Management response is usually as All charges calculation and charging is done by system , there’s no chance of under recovery.

HDFC clarification on Charges for Cash Withdrawals

March 3, 2017 5193 Views 1 comment Print

HDFC BANK IMPORTANT NOTICE REVISION OF FEES AND CHARGES – SAVINGS & SALARY ACCOUNTS (EFFECTIVE 01st March 2017) Effective 01st March 2017, cash transaction charges for Savings and Salary accounts are being revised as follows: Sr. No Charge Type Revised charges 1 Number of Cash transactions(Cumulative of Deposit and Withdrawal) 4 free cash transactions per […]

Audit Firms approved for Central Statutory Audit in 25 PSBs for 2016-17

February 8, 2017 6873 Views 1 comment Print

Names of Audit Firms approved for appointment as Statutory Central Auditors in 25 Public Sector Banks for the year 2016-17 Sr No Auditors appointed for 2016-17 1. Allahabad Bank, Kolkata 1 M/s N C Banerjee & Co., Kolkata 2 M/s Kansal Singla & Associates, Chandigarh 3 M/s Raju & Prasad, Hyderabad 4 M/s De & […]

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