RBI Notifies Digital Payments — E-mandate Framework, 2026
RBI has notified the Digital Payments— E-mandate Framework, 2026 for recurring transactions.
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RBI Guidelines on Faster Processing of Cross-Border Inward Payments
RBI has issued guidelines to ensure faster credit and improved processing of cross-border inward payments by requiring prompt customer intimation, frequent reconciliation, and quicker credit to beneficiary accounts.
RBI Issues 7 Amendment Directions on Responsible Business Conduct & BSBD Account Rules Effective April 2026
Reserve Bank of India has announced seven amendment directions on Responsible Business Conduct, effective April 1, 2026. These changes aim to modernize Basic Savings Bank Deposit (BSBD) accounts, introducing free essential banking facilities, digital payment norms, and customer-friendly options to promote financial inclusion in a digital era.
RBI Revises Large Exposures and Intragroup Transactions Guidelines
RBI has issued Amendments to LEF and ITE Frameworks through the Commercial Banks — Concentration Risk Management Amendment Directions, 2025, clarifying prudential treatment and strengthening risk practices.
RBI Issues 6 Amendment Directions to Repeal Guidelines on Credit Supply for Large Borrowers – December 2025
The Reserve Bank of India has repealed the guidelines on enhancing credit supply for large borrowers and issued six amendment directions to strengthen prudential norms, improve bank balance sheets, and enhance regulatory oversight.
RBI Issues Repeal & Amendment Directions for Co-operative Banks to Harmonize Business Authorization Guidelines – Dec 2025
On 4-12-2025, the Reserve Bank of India issued 3 Repeal Directions and one Amendment Direction to harmonize and consolidate business authorization norms for co-operative banks. The move aims to enhance operational autonomy, expand credit outreach, and promote technology-driven solutions while ensuring strong regulatory safeguards.
Repo Rate Cut by RBI: Key Highlights from December 2025 Monetary Policy
RBI announced the slashing of Repo Rate from 5.50% to 5.25%.
RBI Issues 10 Amendment Directions to Enhance Credit Information Reporting Accuracy and Timeliness
On 4-12-2025, the Reserve Bank of India issued 10 Amendment Directions to strengthen the credit information reporting process. The move aims to ensure more frequent, accurate, and timely submission of credit data by Credit Institutions to Credit Information Companies, thereby improving the quality and recency of reports used in credit underwriting and monitoring.
RBI Issues 7 Amendment Directions to Enhance Basic Savings Bank Deposit Accounts – December 2025
On 4-12-2025, the Reserve Bank of India issued 7 amendment directions to improve Basic Savings Bank Deposit accounts. These changes aim to enhance customer service, promote financial inclusion, and align banking services with digitalization.
RBI’s Comprehensive Framework of 244 Directions: Strengthening Governance, Compliance, and Financial Stability
RBI issues directions and notifications on credit facilities, prudential norms, governance, asset classification, and compliance for banks and financial institutions.
RBI to Link UPI with Eurosystem’s TIPS for Faster Cross-Border Payments
RBI announced plans to interlink the Unified Payments Interface with the TARGET Instant Payment Settlement operated by the Eurosystem to enable seamless and cost-effective remittances between India and the Euro Area.
RBI Issues Trade Relief Measures: Safeguarding Exporters; Easing Debt Burdens; Extended Timelines and Export Credit Flexibility
Read how RBI’s 2025 Trade Relief Measures strengthen India’s export resilience.
RBI Issues Repo Directions: Key Rules on Eligible Securities, Participants, Reporting & Settlement
These Directions regulate repo transactions across recognized exchanges, electronic platforms, and OTC markets, specifying eligible securities, participants, reporting timelines, settlement norms, and haircut requirements.
MCA Amends Companies (Meeting of Board and its Powers) Rules, 2014: Expands Scope of ‘Business of Financing Industrial Enterprises’ under Section 186
The Amendment introduces the scope of business of financing indutrial enterprises in relation to Finance Companies.
Opening Foreign Currency Accounts Made Easier: RBI Notifies Seventh FEMA Amendment (2025)
RBI allows exporters to open foreign currency accounts in IFSCs under FEMA 2025 amendment, effective immediately.
MSME Quarterly Digest: April-June 2025
by Abhisaar Bairagi*, Milind Sharma** and Ausaf Ayyub***
Overview of RBI (Co-Lending Arrangements) Directions, 2025
RBI Co-Lending Arrangements Directions 2025 establish a unified framework for joint lending by banks and NBFCs to improve transparency risk sharing and borrower protection.
RBI lays down Directions on Investment in Alternative Investment Funds Scheme
Directions to safeguard the capital of regulated entities by restricting investments in Alternative Investment Funds that have exposure to borrowers in default.
RBI Directions 2025 reshape India’s Project Finance framework
Project Finance re-defined under RBI’s new Directions.
RBI issues Master Circular to streamline credit facilities for SCs/ STs
Empowering Financial Inclusion with RBI’s Master Circular.