Category Archives: Bank

Mumbai High Court Upholds Adjudicator’s decision

Mumbai High Court has upheld the decisions of the Adjudicator of Maharashtra Mr Rajesh Agarwal in respect of two cases referred to it by ICICI Bank. The Bank had challenged the order of the Adjudicator and prayed for a stay … Continue reading

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22 Banks Fined for KYC Failure

22 Banks have been fined by RBI for KYC failures. The fines range from Rs 0.50 lakhs in the case of Ratnakar Bank to rs 3.002 crores in the case of IOB. Most other Banks have been fined between 2.50 … Continue reading

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One More Export Fraud Reported from Delhi

As discussed in this column earlier, one more fraud on an Exporter has been reported from Delhi involving diversion of export proceeds. Report in TOI The loss reported in the Delhi fraud is US$31000 (Rs 18 lakhs). The two other … Continue reading

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RBI and ECGC should consider trade remittances to Hong Kong as Highly Risky

  OPEN LETTER TO RBI AND ECGC To Reserve Bank of India Exchange Control Department Mumbai and ECGC of India Mumbai Sub: Increasing Hong Kong Risk for Importers and Exporters from India Dear Sir I have recently come across two … Continue reading

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RBI Faces first challenge in Bank licensing on Aditya Birla Group and Conflict of interest

When the Chairman of a Group which applies for Banking license happens to be a Director of RBI for the last 6 years and continues to be so while the license application is being processed, do we need a second … Continue reading

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Naavi’s proposition on Sanctions on Banks is reflected also in the EU guidelines

“Mandatory Sanctions” as a part of the Information Security policy has been advocated by HIPAA way back in 1996 and is being increasingly accepted as a necessary part of a good Information Security policy. The theory of Information Security Motivation advocated … Continue reading

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