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RBI penalises Repco Home Finance over Fair Practice Code interest-rate disclosure

HFC and NBFC compliance teams must disclose their risk-gradation approach and interest-rate rationale in application forms and sanction letters

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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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RBI exempts swap-eligible FCNR(B) deposits at small finance banks from CRR and SLR

Small finance bank treasury and regulatory-reporting teams must apply the CRR/SLR exemption to swap-eligible fresh FCNR(B) deposits from the reporting fortnight beginning 1 July 2026 and update Form A reporting accordingly

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RBI exempts swap-eligible FCNR(B) deposits from CRR and SLR maintenance

Commercial bank treasury and regulatory-reporting teams must apply the CRR/SLR exemption to swap-eligible fresh FCNR(B) deposits from the reporting fortnight beginning 1 July 2026 and update Form A reporting accordingly

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RBI introduces USD-INR swap facility for PSU external commercial borrowings and bank overseas borrowings

AD Category-I bank treasury teams can swap eligible PSU ECB and bank OFCB inflows into USD with RBI at a fixed 1.5% premium, but must file a hedging declaration and act before the 15 January 2027 window closes

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RBI introduces USD-INR swap facility for fresh FCNR(B) deposits

AD Category-I bank treasury teams can swap fresh 3-to-5-year FCNR(B) deposits into USD with RBI at the FBIL rate, but must maintain separate records, file a conformity declaration, and act before the 16 October 2026 window closes

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Reserve Bank of India shortens the export-proceeds realisation period to nine months from fifteen

Exporters and their Authorised Dealer banks must realise and repatriate the affected export proceeds within nine months, down from fifteen, under the amended FEMA Export of Goods and Services Regulations.