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Conduct, Culture & Accountability
RBI Directs Lenders to Clean Up Debt Collection Practices
By Editors | 15/08/2022
Regulated entities must ensure they and their agents do not resort to intimidation or harassment of any kind against any person in their debt collection efforts.
Market Abuse
SEBI Issues Framework to Curb Inadvertent Insider Trading
By Editors | 15/08/2022
Company insiders would have their trading automatically restricted while they are in possession of unpublished price sensitive information.
Trading & Investment
RBI Allows Standalone Primary Dealers to Expand Services
By Editors | 15/08/2022
Stand-alone primary dealers can offer FX market-making facilities and undertake foreign currency OIS transactions directly with non-residents.
Trading & Investment
SEBI Amends Due Diligence Guidelines for Debenture Trustees
By Editors | 14/08/2022
The enhanced guidelines cover empanelment of external agencies for due diligence, conflicts of interest policy, and allow the creation of additional security post NCD listing.
Structural Regulation
RBI to Adopt New Measures to Regulate Digital Lending
By Manesh Samtani | 11/08/2022
The measures include enhanced disclosures for borrowers, consent-based data collection, a cooling-off period for online loans, and the establishment of a new SRO.
Structural Regulation
India: IFSCA Seeks to Merge GIFT City Exchanges – Report
By Editors | 10/08/2022
IFSCA is reportedly seeking to execute a merger between India INX and NSE IFSC, which are subsidiaries of BSE and NSE respectively.
Structural Regulation
RBI Widens Scope of Ombudsman Mechanism to Include CICs
By Editors | 10/08/2022
Credit information companies will be required to have their own internal ombudsman framework, the RBI said.
Payments & Settlements
RBI Defers Deadline for Acquiring Banks to Purge Customer Card Data
By Editors | 09/08/2022
All entities in the transaction chain other than acquiring banks, card issuers and card networks must purge card-on-file data from 1 October 2022.
KYC & CDD
SEBI Issues Rules on Trading Account Deactivation for Inadequate KYC
By Editors | 09/08/2022
Trading or demat accounts will be automatically deactivated if a show-cause notice or order issued by SEBI is undeliverable at the addresses mentioned in KYC records.
Trading & Investment
SEBI Forms Dedicated Committee to Advice on FPI Policy
By Editors | 09/08/2022
The committee will advise increasing FPI participation in Indian markets. FPIs are currently coping with a transition to T+1 settlement in the country.
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