India News | RBI Imposes Monetary Penalty on India's Largest Public Sector Bank SBI for Non-compliance of Directions
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 1 crore on the State Bank of India on Monday for non-compliance with the directions contained in "RBI (Frauds classification and reporting by commercial banks and select FIs directions 2016".
New Delhi [India], October 18 (ANI): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 1 crore on the State Bank of India on Monday for non-compliance with the directions contained in "RBI (Frauds classification and reporting by commercial banks and select FIs directions 2016".
The penalty has been imposed in the exercise of powers vested in RBI under the provisions of section 47A (1) (c) read with sections 46(4)(i) and 51(1) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.
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According to RBI, the action is based on the deficiencies in regulatory compliance and is not intended to pronounce upon the validity of any transaction or agreement entered into by the bank with its customers. Scrutiny was carried out by the RBI in a customer account maintained with the bank and the examination of the scrutiny report and all related correspondence pertaining to the same, revealed, inter alia, non-compliance with the aforesaid directions to the extent of delay in reporting of fraud in the said account to RBI.
In furtherance to the same, a notice was issued to the bank advising it to show cause why penalty should not be imposed on it for such non-compliance with the said directions.
After considering the bank's reply to the notice and oral submissions made by the bank in the personal hearing, RBI came to the conclusion that the charge of non-compliance with the aforesaid RBI directions was substantiated and warranted imposition of monetary penalty, to the extent of non-compliance with the aforesaid directions. (ANI)
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