RBI News & Updates

Track Reserve Bank of India developments across monetary policy, banking and financial regulation. This hub collects published News on RBI circulars, repo-rate and policy decisions, banking rules, KYC, digital payments and UPI, NBFC regulation, FEMA and forex, co-operative banks and payment aggregators. Reports retain the dates of their existing News records and are presented newest first. The coverage labels describe the themes organised here without creating extra SEO pages. Read the full story to identify the regulated entities, effective date and scope of each development.

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RBI FAQs on Foreign Exchange Risk Reserve: $2 Million Threshold, Options, Rollovers, Reporting

19th Oct 2026

RBI's 22 FAQs of 15 October 2026 explain which forex hedges attract the 20% FERR, how options and rollovers are measured, and the 5 PM T+1 CIMS deadline.

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RBI Cuts Forex Hedge Threshold to $5 Million, Adds 20% Reserve

10th Oct 2026

RBI's 10 October rules cut specified forex hedge documentation relief to USD 5m and require a 20% dealer reserve on eligible contracts above USD 2m.

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RBI Keeps Export Realisation Period at Nine Months as New FEMA Export-Import Rules Start October 1

27th Sep 2026

RBI has amended the FEMA Export and Import Regulations, 2026 before they start on 1 October, cutting the realisation period from fifteen to nine months (twelve for rupee exports) and adding Caution List and AD bank transition rules.

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RBI Fines Hero FinCorp ₹10 Lakh After Finding Excess Interest Was Collected From Certain Loan Accounts

24th Sep 2026

RBI has fined Hero FinCorp ₹10 lakh after sustaining a finding that excess interest was collected from certain loan accounts. The regulator does not disclose the affected account count, excess amount or calculation mechanism.

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RBI Fines Ola Financial Services ₹3.10 Lakh After Finding Some Customers Were Not Risk-Categorised Under KYC Rules

24th Sep 2026

RBI imposed a ₹3.10 lakh penalty on Ola Financial Services after finding that the company failed to risk-categorise certain customers. The September 24 order identifies a specific KYC control lapse and does not allege transaction invalidity or customer loss.

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RBI Finalises Basel III Market Risk Capital Rules for Commercial Banks; New Framework Starts April 1, 2027

22nd Sep 2026

RBI has issued final Basel III-aligned market risk capital directions for commercial banks, effective April 1, 2027, with revised treatment for the trading book, forex risk, interest-rate risk, debt funds and credit-derivative hedges.

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RBI Cancels 5 NBFC CoRs and 8 Surrendered Registrations: Why the Two Lists Differ

20th Sep 2026

RBI published two NBFC registration notices on September 17: one cancels five CoRs without stating reasons, while the other cancels eight after surrender and gives four distinct reasons. The cancellation dates and regulatory context are not the same.

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RBI Fines Azamgarh Co-op Bank ₹1.15 Lakh for CIC Reporting and CKYCR Delays

RBI Fines Jilla Sahakari Bank, Azamgarh ₹1.15 Lakh Over CIC Reporting and CKYCR Delays

17th Sep 2026

RBI fined Jilla Sahakari Bank, Azamgarh ₹1.15 lakh over CIC reporting and CKYCR delays, with similar control findings appearing in recent co-operative-bank actions.

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RBI Aligns Local Area Bank CRR-SLR Rules with Scheduled-Bank Framework After Second Schedule Inclusion

14th Sep 2026

RBI's September 11 amendment aligns scheduled LAB reserve rules. Treasury teams must check both the daily CRR floor and fortnightly average.

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RBI Cuts FCNR(B)/NRE ANBC Exemption Window to August 31 Under Third PSL Amendment

13th Sep 2026

RBI's PSL Third Amendment Directions of 11 September 2026 move the cut-off for excluding advances from fresh FCNR(B) and NRE deposits from ANBC to 31 August 2026, in line with the CRR/SLR exemption and swap window.

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