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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


Top Five Areas of Concern after Demonetization in Bank Concurrent Audits

January 18, 2017 7591 Views 2 comments Print

One of the community most affected by demonetization after common men and bankers would be bank auditors. Most of the auditors are dwelling in confusion after so many notifications of government of India and RBI.

How to do Concurrent Audit of a Bank- 3Qs & 3Cs

August 11, 2016 17751 Views 7 comments Print

Most of the young chartered Accountants always dwell in the Question How to do concurrent Audit of a Bank. There are many reasons of this anxiety they possess for concurrent audits, Such as Lack of experience, Lack of opportunities, Lack of confidence etc.

Transparency required in allotment of PSU & Bank Audit

April 23, 2016 13399 Views 7 comments Print

Arbitrary criteria exist for the allotment of audit of public sector units. Every department made their own different rules and conditions for appointment though there is existence of ICAI Multipurpose empanelment form (MEF). There is something which is hidden and not transparent.

Cost Accountant Firms panel creation for Stock / Concurrent Audit

April 13, 2016 6799 Views 0 comment Print

Creation of a panel of Cost Accountant Firms for sending to RBI for its consideration for Stock / Concurrent Audit in the banks. A panel consisting of list of eligible Cost Accountant Firms would be formed and sent to RBI so that they may examine and consider the same for recognizing them for audit work in banks in India.

Reference Material on Bank Branch Audit for Financial Year 2009-2010

March 21, 2010 1087 Views 0 comment Print

Download Reference Material on Bank Branch Audit (2009-2010)

Govt asked UBI to get all its branches audited for high-value transactions

November 19, 2009 501 Views 0 comment Print

Taking a serious note of Union Bank of India (UBI) not reporting high-value transactions to it, the government has asked the state-owned bank to immediately carry out an audit of all its branches to check for such large deposits that have gone unreported.The Income Tax department, during a probe into alleged money laundering by former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, had stumbled on a bank account at one of UBI’s branches in Zaveri Bazar in Mumbai where approximately Rs214 crore had been deposited in cash between January five and March 30, 2007.

Madhu Koda associate deposited 640 crore cash in one branch of Mumbai bank

November 13, 2009 1243 Views 0 comment Print

This seems to be the biggest slip by an Indian financial institution which is supposed to maintain heightened vigilance on suspicious and high-value cash transactions. At least Rs 640 crore was deposited in cash by one of the alleged front companies of former Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda in a state-owned bank in Mumbai. The bank failed to trigger an alert to countless intelligence agencies tasked to keep a tab.

Bank Audit Empanelment by ICAI for 2008-09

June 9, 2008 1368 Views 0 comment Print

ICAI – Announcement Announcement reagrding MEF for the year 2008-09 *Multipurpose Empanelment Application Form for the year 2008-09* Multipurpose Empanelment Application Form for the year 2008-09 is expected to be hosted on 15th June, 2008. *Everyone is advised to check their last year’s data and fill in all the blank columns and the relevant details. […]

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