These actions on 4 coop banks are based on deficiencies in regulatory compliance
FinTech BizNews Service
Mumbai, 16 December, 2024: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by separate orders in December 2024, imposed a monetary penalty on 4 co-operative banks. These actions on the concerned coop banks are based on deficiencies in regulatory compliance, as per the press releases issued by the RBI on 16 December, 2024.
RBI has imposed monetary penalty on Tarapur Co-operative Urban Bank Ltd., Dist. Anand, Gujarat; Bhadran People’s Co-operative Bank Ltd., Dist. Anand, Gujarat; Vaishya Sahakari Bank Ltd., Mumbai, Maharashtra and SBPP Co-operative Bank Limited, Killa Pardi (Dist. Valsad)
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated December 13, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of Rs1.00 lakh (Rupees One Lakh only) on Tarapur Co-operative Urban Bank Ltd., Dist. Anand, Gujarat (the bank) for non-compliance with the certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Placement of Deposits with Other Banks by Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks (UCBs)’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of Section 47A(1)(c) read with Sections 46(4)(i) and 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.
The statutory inspection of the bank was conducted by RBI with reference to its financial position as on March 31, 2023. Based on supervisory findings of non-compliance with RBI directions and related correspondence in that regard, a notice was issued to the bank advising it to show cause as to why penalty should not be imposed on it for its failure to comply with the said directions. After considering the bank’s reply to the notice and oral submissions made during the personal hearing, RBI found, inter alia, that the following charge against the bank was sustained, warranting imposition of monetary penalty:
The bank had failed to adhere to the prudential inter-bank counterparty exposure limit.
This action is based on deficiencies in regulatory compliance and is not intended to pronounce upon the validity of any transaction or agreement entered into by the bank with its customers. Further, imposition of this monetary penalty is without prejudice to any other action that may be initiated by RBI against the bank.
2 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated December 13, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of Rs1.00 lakh (Rupees One lakh only) on The Bhadran People’s Co-operative Bank Ltd., Dist. Anand, Gujarat (the bank) for non-compliance with the certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Interest Rate on Deposits’ and ‘Know Your Customer (KYC)’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of Section 47A(1)(c) read with Sections 46(4)(i) and 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.
The statutory inspection of the bank was conducted by RBI with reference to its financial position as on March 31, 2023. Based on supervisory findings of non-compliance with RBI directions and related correspondence in that regard, a notice was issued to the bank advising it to show cause as to why penalty should not be imposed on it for its failure to comply with the said directions. After considering the bank’s reply to the notice and oral submissions made during the personal hearing, RBI found, inter alia, that the following charges against the bank were sustained, warranting imposition of monetary penalty:
The bank had:
This action is based on deficiencies in regulatory compliance and is not intended to pronounce upon the validity of any transaction or agreement entered into by the bank with its customers. Further, imposition of this monetary penalty is without prejudice to any other action that may be initiated by RBI against the bank.
3 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated December 12, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of Rs5.96 lakh (Rupees Five lakh ninety six thousand only) on Vaishya Sahakari Bank Ltd., Mumbai, Maharashtra (the bank) for non-compliance with the directions issued by RBI on ‘Priority Sector Lending (PSL) - Targets and Classification’ and specific directions issued by RBI on making contribution to the Micro and Small Enterprises (MSE) Refinance Fund due to shortfall in achievement of PSL. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of Section 47A(1)(c) read with Sections 46(4)(i) and 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.
The bank was directed by RBI through specific directions, to deposit a certain amount in the MSE Refinance Fund administered by Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) against the shortfall in achievement of PSL target for the Financial Year (FY) 2022-23. On failure to deposit the prescribed amount, a cautionary letter was issued by RBI advising the bank to deposit the requisite amount, but the bank failed to deposit the same. Based on the above-mentioned non-compliance and related correspondence in that regard, a notice was issued to the bank advising it to show cause as to why penalty should not be imposed on it for its failure to comply with the specific directions.
After considering the bank's reply to the notice and oral submissions made during the personal hearing, RBI found, inter alia, that the charge of failure to deposit the prescribed amount in the MSE Refinance Fund maintained with SIDBI against the shortfall in achievement of PSL target for FY 2022-23 within the prescribed time and even after the issuance of cautionary letter, was sustained, warranting imposition of monetary penalty.
This action is based on deficiencies in regulatory compliance and is not intended to pronounce upon the validity of any transaction or agreement entered into by the bank with its customers. Further, imposition of this monetary penalty is without prejudice to any other action that may be initiated by RBI against the bank.
4 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated December 13, 2024, imposed a monetary penalty of Rs15.00 lakh (Rupees Fifteen lakh only) on SBPP Co-operative Bank Limited, Killa Pardi (Dist. Valsad) (the bank), for non-compliance with the directions issued by RBI on ‘Income Recognition, Asset Classification, Provisioning and Other Related Matters - UCBs’. This penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers conferred on RBI under the provisions of Section 47A(1)(c) read with Sections 46(4)(i) and 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.
The statutory inspection of the bank was conducted by RBI with reference to its financial position as on March 31, 2022. Based on supervisory findings of non-compliance with RBI directions and related correspondence in that regard, a notice was issued to the bank advising it to show cause as to why penalty should not be imposed on it for its failure to comply with the said directions. After considering the bank’s reply to the notice, oral submissions made during the personal hearing and examination of additional submissions made by it, RBI found, inter alia, that the following charge against the bank was sustained, warranting imposition of monetary penalty:
The bank had failed to classify the loan accounts of certain borrowers as non-performing assets.
This action is based on deficiencies in regulatory compliance and is not intended to pronounce upon the validity of any transaction or agreement entered into by the bank with its customers. Further, imposition of this monetary penalty is without prejudice to any other action that may be initiated by RBI against the bank.
