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RBI penalises IIFL Samasta over KYC suspicious-transaction software and fraud-reporting gaps

NBFC FinCrime and financial-reporting teams must check their suspicious-transaction detection software and fraud-disclosure accuracy against the gaps RBI penalised

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By an order dated 5 June 2026, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) penalised IIFL Samasta Finance Limited ₹3.90 lakh for failing to maintain robust software to identify and report suspicious transactions under the KYC Directions and for misstating FY2024-25 fraud details in its Notes to Accounts under the Fraud Risk Management in NBFCs Directions.
Why it matters
RBI found two sustained charges: inadequate software for identifying and reporting suspicious transactions, breaching the KYC Directions, and incorrect disclosure of frauds reported for FY2024-25 in the Financial Statement Notes to Accounts, breaching the Fraud Risk Management in NBFCs Directions. Both obligations bind the NBFC sector generally. The penalty followed a statutory inspection referenced to 31 March 2025 and a show-cause process. The action addresses regulatory-compliance deficiencies and does not pronounce on the validity of the company's customer transactions.
Implications
  • — NBFC FinCrime and AML teams must verify their suspicious-transaction monitoring software actually identifies and reports STRs as required under the RBI KYC Directions — RBI sustained a penalty where the detection capability was found inadequate, so a system that does not surface reportable transactions is an enforced compliance gap, not a technical shortfall.
  • — NBFC finance and fraud-governance teams must reconcile the fraud figures disclosed in their Financial Statement Notes to Accounts against the frauds actually reported to RBI for the year — misstated fraud disclosure was a sustained charge under the Fraud Risk Management in NBFCs Directions.
  • — NBFC compliance teams preparing for statutory inspection must treat both the STR-software adequacy and fraud-disclosure accuracy as live inspection findings, as RBI assessed these against the 31 March 2025 financial position and penalised the shortfalls.

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