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RBI's Initiative of migrating digital presence to the domain ".bank.in" - Consumer Perspective

Posted by Shivaprasad Laxman Chhatre 25 June 2026 79 Views

Has RBI's .bank.in domain mandate achieved its goal? Explore the status of bank compliance, cybersecurity benefits, phishing risks, and the impact on customer trust.



Banks Redeeming FDs on Holidays: Are They Breaking RBI Rules?

Posted by Shivaprasad Laxman Chhatre 19 August 2025 227 Views

Discover if banks are violating RBI regulations by redeeming Fixed Deposits on holidays. Understand your rights and the implications for FD maturity payments.



New Bank Nomination Rules: More Confusion Than Clarity?

Posted by Shivaprasad Laxman Chhatre 09 June 2025 237 Views

New bank nomination rules offer more options but risk confusion. Discover potential complications and what needs clarification for smoother processes.



Bank Deposit Nominations: New Rules & Potential Pitfalls

Posted by Shivaprasad Laxman Chhatre 07 October 2024 536 Views

Explore proposed changes to bank deposit nominations, including successive and simultaneous options. Understand the complexities and potential issues before they're finalised.



Why RBI withdrew the most popular money market product collateralized borrowing and lending (CBLO)

Posted by Shivaprasad Laxman Chhatre 28 December 2023 2007 Views

Why are major financial market regulators ignoring statute/s, while pushing new products/policies, and exotic ideas, overlooking serious systemic, legal risks to the market segment/s they regulate?



Why banks stopped issuing standalone ATM cards?

Posted by Shivaprasad Laxman Chhatre 11 December 2023 2593 Views

Banks will not easily give up this debit card stream of revenue generation unless the RBI comes with an iron hand. Such ATM cards will be useful mainly to the senior citizen class, risk-averse and/or less technology savvy class of the bank customers.



A Comprehensive Guide to the Supreme Court's Rulings on Safe Deposit Lockers in India

Posted by Shivaprasad Laxman Chhatre 06 December 2023 3359 Views

The Supreme Court of India's directions on hiring safe deposit lockers- - new locker agreement/s-confusion on stamping- many aspects the locker customers of banks need to know.



Card network portability ambiguity in RBI's circular

Posted by Shivaprasad Laxman Chhatre 04 December 2023 739 Views

RBI's directions on Card's network portability - ambiguity. What needs to be done to ensure card users get the desired benefits?



Can Banks freeze inoperative SB and CD Accounts, return cheques issued and stop access to ATM service?

Posted by Shivaprasad Laxman Chhatre 30 August 2022 3981 Views

In this article, I have attempted to highlight a few related aspects like recklessness at Integrated Ombudsman's office.



Can banks freeze a customer's account for non-compliance with Re-KYC (KYC review)?

Posted by Shivaprasad Laxman Chhatre 29 August 2022 9836 Views

Neither RBI on its own can direct, a partial or total freeze of Re-KYC due (non-compliant) bank account nor it can delegate such authority to any bank/branch to impose such a freeze. RBI has formally confirmed that the directions it had given in Sept 2014 were applicable before the amendment on 20th April 2018.




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