India

Capital / Liquidity

UPDATED – RBI Issues New Framework for Stressed Asset Resolution

By Garima Chitkara | 10/06/2019

The new norms replace the February 2018 rules on the resolution of stressed assets that were struck down by the Supreme Court earlier this year.

Capital / Liquidity

SEBI Mulls Liquidity Buffer Requirement for Funds

By Editors | 08/06/2019

The proposal could require all liquid funds to invest a fixed portion of their assets in government securities or other sovereign debt.

Market Infrastructure

UPDATED – RBI Removes RTGS, NEFT Fund Transfer Fees

By Editors | 07/06/2019

Industry players and banking experts say the move will not only boost digital payments, but also make transactions faster, safer and cost-effective.

Market Infrastructure

RBI Publishes Payment Systems Benchmarking Report

By Editors | 06/06/2019

Further efforts are needed to reduce paper clearing  and improve acceptance infrastructure (e.g. PoS devices) to enhance digital payments.

Enforcement

UPDATED – RBI Bans EY Member Firm from Auditing Banks

By Editors | 05/06/2019

Reports indicate the RBI had found large discrepancies in bad debt reported by banks for the 2015-2016 period, particularly in the cases of Axis Bank and YES Bank.

Market Infrastructure

BSE India, ICCL Implement CCP Interoperability Framework

By Editors | 04/06/2019

BSE India and its subsidiary ICCL have gone live with the clearing corporation interoperability framework, despite a one month extension being announced.

Capital / Liquidity

RBI Amends Large Exposures Framework for Banks

By Editors | 04/06/2019

The modified framework excludes all entities connected with the sovereign from definition of group of connected counterparties, such as exposures to or guaranteed by government.

Market Infrastructure

India Delays CCP Interoperability Framework

By Editors | 31/05/2019

Trading members have been given one more month to develop processes that allow them to choose to clear and settle trades in other clearing corporations.

AML / KYC

RBI Allows Banks to Use Aadhaar for KYC

By Editors | 31/05/2019

The RBI will allow banks to use Aadhaar to authenticate and verify customer identities, provided customer consent is obtained.