Reserve Bank of India

    Credit Risk

    SEBI Requires Listed Companies to Disclose Defaults Within 24 Hours

    By Editors | 22/11/2019

    Effective from 1 January, once a listed company falls 30 days behind on loan repayment it will have 24 hours to disclose the default, even before it is classified as an NPA by the lender.

    Resolution & Recovery

    India to Increase Deposit Insurance Limit – Reports

    By Editors | 20/11/2019

    India’s finance ministry plans to increase the deposit guarantee limit to protect consumers against bank failures.

    Resolution & Recovery

    MCA Releases Interim Rules for Handling NBFC Insolvency

    By Editors | 20/11/2019

    The framework will serve as an interim mechanism to deal with any urgent situation at systemically important NBFCs, pending the introduction of a full resolution framework.

    Payments & Settlements

    RBI Invites First Sandbox Applicants to Test Retail Payments Products

    By Editors | 09/11/2019

    Initially, mobile payment services, offline payment solutions, and contactless payments will be considered for inclusion in the regulatory sandbox.

    Liquidity Risk

    RBI Revises NBFC Rules on Liquidity Risk Management

    By Editors | 07/11/2019

    The guidelines impose minimum LCR requirements on larger NBFCs from December 2020 and additionally seek to enhance early detection of liquidity risks in the sector.

    Conduct, Culture & Accountability

    RBI Issues Stricter Rules on Bank Executive Compensation

    By Editors | 06/11/2019

    Executive compensation should be at least 50% variable, and at least 60% of the variable pay must be deferred for at least three years, subject to malus/clawback arrangements.

    Credit Risk

    SEBI Mandates Immediate Disclosure of NPA Divergences

    By Editors | 04/11/2019

    SEBI has directed listed banks to disclose any divergences in bad loan provisioning immediately, rather than waiting to publish the information in their annual financial statements.

    Emerging Prudential Risks

    RBI Reorganises Regulation, Supervision Departments

    By Editors | 04/11/2019

    The RBI has integrated all its supervision functions into a unified ‘Department of Supervision’, and its regulatory functions into a unified ‘Department of Regulation’.

    Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

    RBI Deploys New Reporting System for Cooperative Banks

    By Editors | 17/10/2019

    Following the $560mn fraud detected at PMC Bank, the RBI is ordering all cooperative banks in the country to perform their daily reporting via the new system.

    Anti-Money Laundering

    India Establishes High Level Panel on AML/CFT

    By Editors | 08/10/2019

    The inter-ministerial committee comprises senior officials from government departments, ministries, law enforcement agencies and regulatory bodies, including the RBI, SEBI and IRDAI.

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