The RBI has introduced comprehensive KYC Directions for payments banks to enhance AML and CFT compliance. The guidelines align operations with FATF standards and mandate stricter customer verification.
The Directions overhaul how RRBs classify, value, and operate their investment portfolios across HTM, AFS, and HFT categories. The key takeaway is tighter governance, uniform valuation standards, and stronger risk controls for investment management.
The Directions introduce a four-layer regulatory structure for NBFCs based on size, activity, and risk. The key takeaway is proportionate regulation, with higher compliance burdens for systemically important entities.
RBI’s 2025 Directions set eligibility, technology, and compliance standards for RRBs offering digital banking services, ensuring secure and customer-friendly operations.
The RBI mandates uniform credit information reporting, data accuracy, and fortnightly updates by local area banks to improve transparency and risk assessment.
Explains RBI’s 2025 framework linking dividend eligibility to CRAR, NNPA ratios, and stricter Board oversight. Key takeaway: Payments Banks must meet prudential norms before distributing profits.
RBI has directed Regional Rural Banks to prevent excessive interest rates by adopting Board-approved policies that ensure fair pricing and borrower protection. The key takeaway is tighter governance over lending rates despite deregulation.
The Directions require immediate stress identification through SMA classification and enforce time-bound, policy-driven resolution to improve recoveries.
The RBI issues comprehensive guidelines for issuance, conduct, and co-branding of debit cards by Local Area Banks, ensuring transparency, consent, and grievance redressal for customers.
The regulator introduced a consolidated framework strengthening board oversight, audit committees, market conduct, and regulatory compliance for AIFIs, with immediate effect.
