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Please refer to our circular UBD.PCB.Cir.No.4/09.18.201/2008-09 dated July 15, 2008 prescribing guidelines for issue of Preference shares and Long term Deposits by Urban Cooperative Banks. In this connection, it is advised that the Long Term Deposits referred to in the said guidelines should henceforth be titled as ‘Long Term (Subordinated) Deposits’.
The use of Electronic/Online Payment modes for payments to merchants for goods and services like bill payments, online shopping etc. has been gaining popularity in the country. With a view to safeguard the interests of the customers and to ensure that the payments made by them using Electronic/Online Payment modes are duly accounted for by the intermediaries receiving such payments and remitted to the accounts of the merchants who have supplied the goods and services without undue delay
. In order to facilitate the upgradation, we enclose Hardware and Software specifications for Server and Client machines. It may be noted that hardware specifications mentioned are the minimum requirements. However, you may decide the size of the hardware based on your specific needs. As regards Hardware Security Module (HSM), we are in the process of finalizing the suitable products and will advise you shortly.
Know Your Customer (KYC) norms/ Anti-Money Laundering (AML) standards/ Combating of Financing of Terrorism (CFT)/ Obligation of Authorised Persons under Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, (PMLA), 2002, as amended by Prevention of Money Laundering (Amendment) Act, 2009- Money changing activities–Suspicious Transaction Reporting Format
banks have been advised that they need not obtain prior approval of the RBI for engaging in insurance agency business or referral arrangement without any risk participation, subject to the conditions stipulated in Annex 4 of the Master Circular. Banks have also been permitted, vide paragraph 17 of the above circular, to offer purely referral services on a non-risk participation basis to their customers, for financial products subject to certain conditions.
WITH the Prevention of Money Laundering (Amendment) Act, 2009 (No 21 of 2009) coming into force from June 1, the RBI has advised all NBFCs to maintain records of clients for a period of 10 years from the date of transaction. The NBFCs will have keep records of the Identity of the Clients, both domestic or international, which will permit reconstruction of individual transactions so as to provide, if necessary, evidence for prosecution of persons involved in criminal activity.
The Prevention of Money Laundering (Amendment) Act, 2009 (No. 21 of 2009) has come into force with effect from June 01, 2009 as notified by the Government. In terms of Sub-Section 2(a) of Section 12 of The Prevention of Money Laundering (Amendment) Act, 2009 (PMLA, 2009), the records referred to in clause (a) of Sub-Section (1) of Section 12 shall be maintained for a period of ten years from the date of transaction between the clients and the banking company and in terms of Sub-Section 2(b) of Section 12 of the Act ibid, the records referred to in clause (c) of Sub-Section (1) of Section 12 shall be maintained for a period of ten years from the date of cessation of transaction between the clients and the banking company.
In this connection, it may be mentioned that frequent dishonour of cheques of value of less than Rs. 1 crore is also a matter of concern and banks need to take appropriate action in those accounts where such dishonour of cheques occur.
In paragraph 5 (b) of the above circular,it has been advised to RRBs that as and when lists of individuals and entities, approved by Security Council Committee established pursuant to various United Nations’ Security Council Resolutions (UNSCRs), are received from Government of India, the Reserve Bank circulates these to all banks and financial institutions.
There may be instances where the customer has given a mandate for crediting the interest on Fixed Deposit account to the Savings Bank account and there are no other operations in the Savings Bank account. Some doubts have arisen whether such an account is to be treated as inoperative account after two years.
