RBI imposes ₹54.78 crore in penalties on 353 banks, other regulated entities during FY25
The
Reserve Bank of India
(
RBI
) imposed penalties totalling ₹54.78 crore on 353 regulated entities (REs) during the financial year 2024–25 for various contraventions of statutory provisions and regulatory directions, the central bank said in its annual report released on Thursday.
The enforcement actions were taken against banks, non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), asset reconstruction companies (ARCs), housing finance companies, and cooperative banks for non-compliance in areas including cyber security, exposure norms, income recognition and asset classification (IRAC), Know Your Customer (KYC) guidelines, fraud classification and reporting, submission of data to the Central Repository of Information on Large Credits (CRILC), and credit information reporting to credit information companies (CICs).
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'During 2024-25, the Department undertook enforcement action against REs and imposed 353 penalties aggregating to ₹54.78 crore for contraventions/non-compliance with provisions of statutes and certain directions issued by the Reserve Bank from time to time,' the RBI said in its Annual Report for 2024–25.
According to the data, cooperative banks were the most penalised category, with 264 penalties amounting to ₹15.63 crore. The central bank also took action against 37 NBFCs and ARCs, imposing penalties totalling ₹7.29 crore.
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Additionally, 13 housing finance companies were fined a combined ₹83 lakh.
Among commercial banks, eight public sector banks faced penalties totaling ₹11.11 crore, while 15 private sector banks were fined ₹14.8 crore. The RBI also penalised six foreign banks during the
fiscal year
.
With inputs from PTI
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