RBI notifies regulated entities of UNSC ISIL/Al-Qaida sanctions list amendment
RBI-regulated entities must screen accounts against the amended UNSC ISIL/Al-Qaida listing and act under Section 51A UAPA, ensuring no account is held in the listed name
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Reserve Bank of India revises voluntary-surrender application for NBFC CoR
NBFCs (including HFCs) surrendering their Certificate of Registration must use the RBI's revised PRAVAAH application form and checklist, and must keep complying and filing returns until the RBI communicates cancellation in writing
RBI issues final Master Direction on credit derivatives enabling credit-index derivatives and corporate-bond TRS
Bank and RE derivatives desks must meet the Master Direction's conditions before offering or trading credit-index derivatives or corporate-bond total-return swaps
Reserve Bank of India substitutes recovery rules for excess government pension payments
Agency Bank pension-disbursing teams must notify pensioners and follow RBI-prescribed recovery procedures before effecting any recovery from pension accounts
RBI amends NBFC-UL identification to include government-owned NBFCs in credit/investment concentration norms
NBFC compliance teams must apply NBFC-UL classification and credit/investment concentration limits to government-owned NBFCs
RBI expands customer-liability framework for fraudulent electronic banking transactions effective 1 January 2027
Banks must expand fraud-liability coverage, shorten complaint timelines and run a small-value compensation mechanism from 1 January 2027
RBI revises Net Open Position computation and forex risk capital charge effective 1 April 2027
Banks and Regulated Entities must compute NOP and forex risk capital charge under the revised instructions from 1 April 2027
Reserve Bank of India inserts Chapter IIA on Credit Facilities Linked to Specific Payment Instruments
Small finance banks must set prudential treatment of payment-instrument-linked credit facilities by the underlying facility, not the payment instrument
Reserve Bank of India binds payment-instrument-linked credit facilities to prudential norms
Commercial banks must apply existing prudential norms to any credit facility linked to a specific payment instrument and include its terms in the bank's credit policy
RBI issues TReDS Directions, 2026
TReDS operators must apply the new Directions immediately: capital requirements are revised and MSME-seller due-diligence is removed
RBI directs AD Cat-I banks to exclude hedged swap positions from NOP-INR computation
AD Cat-I banks must exclude hedged FCNR(B), ECB and overseas foreign-currency borrowing positions from NOP-INR computation
Reserve Bank of India mandates daily reporting of FCNR(B), ECB and OFCB mobilisations
Authorised Dealer Category-I banks must submit daily FCNR(B), ECB and OFCB mobilisation data to RBI by 6 p.m., with NIL statements on no-transaction days (except Saturdays and holidays)