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SEBI - Why is KYC Needed? Since your KYC is one of the stepping stones when commencing a new financial relationship, it becomes obvious that you must keep all these documents well guarded and make sure they are not easily duplicated. If you let your documents float around the city then you could land in a major mess which could upset all your fu...
Read MoreSEBI - Whether intermediaries are required to carry out in-person verification (IPV) of the client, if KYC verification of the client is carried out through Aadhaar based e-KYC service offered by UIDAI as per the aforementioned SEBI Circular?...
Read MoreSEBI - What is KYC? Why is it required? Response: KYC means 'Know Your Customer'. It is a process by which banks obtain information about the identity and address of the customers. This process helps to ensure that banks’ services are not misused. The KYC procedure is to be completed by the banks while opening accounts and also periodically u...
Read MoreSEBI - Keeping in mind highest standards of Chartered Accountancy profession in India, Council of ICAI thought it necessary to issue such KYC norms to be observed by members of profession who are in practice....
Read MoreSEBI - Client Information as well as due diligence on clients has become a necessity for professionals in today’s complex business scenario. Such an exercise can be made possible in a structured way. Many professional bodies today advise their members to have KYC about their clients so that professionals can freely exercise and deliver their p...
Read MoreSEBI - At a time when the government is grappling with the black money menace, the RBI has penalised as many as 48 small banks in just six months, for lapses in implementing customer identification norms and various other violations. In the first six months of 2011, the apex bank has slapped penalties on 48 erring banks , mostly co-operative, a...
Read MoreSEBI - India is likely to allow foreign individuals to invest in mutual funds in the next two weeks but with a cumulative cap of USD 10 billion, an official said today. The detailed guidelines are being worked out jointly by the finance ministry, RBI and Sebi. These will be notified by the capital market regulator, the Finance Ministry officia...
Read MoreSEBI - MEAL vouchers and prepaid cards have come under the regulatory scanner. In an attempt to check possible moneylaundering, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has proposed that only banks and finance companies be allowed to issue prepaid cards which are accepted outside a closed group. This means that issuers who are neither banks nor finance compa...
Read MoreCircular No. SEBI/HO/IMD/FIIC/CIR/P/2017/068 - (30/06/2017) - Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has recently introduced a facility of E-PAN (electronic PAN card) vide press release dated April 11, 2017. Accordingly it is clarified that E-PAN issued by CBDT can also be produced by FPI for KYC The other instructions contained in Circular CIR/IMD/FPIC/123/201 ...
Read MoreRBI/2016-17/176 DBR.AML.BC. No. 18/14.01.001/2016-17 - (08/12/2016) - i. Explanation to Section 3(a)(ii)d pertaining to ‘definition of beneficial owner in case of trust’ which reads as - Explanation: Term ‘body of individuals’ includes societies has been deleted....
Read MoreRBI/2014-15/532 DCBR.BPD(PCB/RCB)Cir.No.24/14.01.062/2014-15 - (01/04/2015) - The default rule is that any two documents, out of those listed in paragraphs of the Master Circulars mentioned above, should be provided as activity proof by a proprietary concern. However, in cases where the banks are satisfied that it is not possible to furnish two such documents, they would have...
Read MoreRBI/2011-12/506 DBOD. AML.BC. No 93 /14.01.001/2011-12 - (17/04/2012) - On a review, it has been decided to include the following documents in the indicative list of required documents for opening accounts of proprietary concern: The complete Income Tax return (not just the acknowledgement) in the name of the sole proprietor where the firm's income is reflected, dul...
Read MoreCircular No. MIRSD/SE/Cir-21/2011 - (05/10/2011) - Capital market regulator Sebi vide CIRCULAR MIRSD/SE/Cir-21/2011 , Dated- October 5, 2011 announces introduction of uniform forms and documents for the purpose of customer identification by different market intermediaries like stock exchanges and mutual funds, a step intended to bring uniformity...
Read MoreCircular No. SEBI/HO/IMD/FIIC/CIR/P/2017/068 - (30/06/2017) -
RBI/2016-17/176 DBR.AML.BC. No. 18/14.01.001/2016-17 - (08/12/2016) -
RBI/2014-15/532 DCBR.BPD(PCB/RCB)Cir.No.24/14.01.062/2014-15 - (01/04/2015) -
RBI/2011-12/506 DBOD. AML.BC. No 93 /14.01.001/2011-12 - (17/04/2012) -
Circular No. MIRSD/SE/Cir-21/2011 - (05/10/2011) -
