Reserve Bank of India

Securities / Derivatives

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.

Capital / Liquidity

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.

Capital / Liquidity

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.

Fintech / Regtech

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.

Capital / Liquidity

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.

Market Infrastructure

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.

Capital / Liquidity

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.

Market Infrastructure

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’.

Enforcement

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.