Bank Licence

Jana Small Finance Bank's bid to transition into a universal bank was returned by the RBI for not meeting the eligibility criteria under the 2024 framework for small finance banks.

The Reserve Bank on Wednesday said it has cancelled the licence of Karnataka-based The Karwar Urban Co-operative Bank as it does not have adequate capital and earning prospects. Consequently, the bank ceases to carry on banking business, with effect from the close of business on July 23, 2025. The Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Karnataka has also been requested to issue an order for winding up the bank and appoint a liquidator for the bank, the RBI said in a statement. On liquidation, every depositor would be entitled to receive the deposit insurance claim amount of his/her deposits up to a monetary ceiling of Rs 5 lakh from Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC). As per the data submitted by the bank, 92.9 per cent of the depositors are entitled to receive the full amount of their deposits from DICGC, RBI said. As of June 30, 2025, DICGC has already paid Rs 37.79 crore of the total insured deposits. Giving details, the RBI said the cooperative does not h

Two new sets of banks - small finance banks and payments banks - have also started operations under differentiated licensing norms

The bank has applied to the Monetary Authority of Singapore for a banking licence and is awaiting approval, according to sources familiar with the matter.

According to the guidelines, payments banks were allowed to apply for a conversion into SFB post five years of operations along with meeting other guidelines mandated by the RBI

Depositors to get insurance claim, amount of Rs 193.68 cr already paid out

The government is exploring several options to address the issue for enabling privastisation of PSBs

Karnataka lender doesn't have adequate capital or earning prospects, says RBI in statement.

11 entities had applied for on-tap bank licences since the guidelines were released by the Reserve Bank of India

Given that banking is a highly leveraged business dealing with public money, it makes sense to keep industry/business and banking separate, says RBI deputy governor M Rajeshwar Rao

The RBI has so far issued eight bank licensing guidelines to harmonise the rules and regulations

The Reserve Bank has cancelled the licence of Karnala Nagari Sahakari Bank, Panvel in Maharashtra for not having adequate capital and being unable to pay its present depositors in full

Section 22 of the Banking Regulation Act states that no company shall conduct banking business in the country unless it holds a licence issued by the RBI

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Lenders are staring at unexpected asset quality losses due to the slowdown in economic activity after the countrywide lockdown.

With reference to "Transforming bank licensing" (August 8), the editorial was timely and self-explanatory. Continuity is an issue by all means. But it is unlikely that there will be a relatively long queue in front of the tap for bank licence. An individual with a minimum of 10 years' banking experience and solid cash of Rs 255 crore in pocket will be rare. For those who have done banking in India, it will be beyond imagination, much less an impossibility. So, the opportunities for individuals will be limited to the few who are enriched with banking experience abroad.The instructions do not permit public sector units to float a bank. Had it been permitted, non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) fully owned by various state governments would have been able to contemplate entering the universal banking, at least for the niche market of their respective states. The tap is not open for them. This will further shorten the queue. It will end up in NBFCs officially calling themselves as "banks

Both Mundra and RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan have expressed their disappointment in the returning of the licences earlier