RBI imposes ₹2 cr penalty on Tata Communications Payment Solutions

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed monetary penalty on Tata Communications Payment Solutions(TCPSL) (₹2 crore) and Appnit Technologies Pvt Ltd (ATPL) (₹54.93 lakh) for non-compliance with directions it issued under the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007 (PSS Act).

The central bank’s statement, said: “It was observed that TCPSL was non-compliant with the directions issued by RBI on White Label ATM deployment targets and net-worth requirement.”

“ATPL was non-compliant with the directions issued by RBI on maintenance of escrow account balance and net-worth requirement.”

Observations by RBI

RBI observed that as these were offences of the nature referred to in Section 26(6) of the PSS Act, notices were issued to the entities.

Also read: Banks, ATM operators seek RBI to review penalty scheme for dry ATMs

As per Section 26(6) of the PSS Act, if any provision of this Act is contravened, or if any default is made in complying with any other requirement of this Act…then, the person guilty of such contravention or default, as the case may be, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to ₹10 lakh and where a contravention or default is a continuing one, with a further fine which may extend to ₹25,000 for every day, after the first during which the contravention or default continues.

After reviewing their written responses and oral submissions made during the personal hearing, RBI concluded that the aforesaid charges of non-compliance with its directions were substantiated and warranted the imposition of monetary penalty.

RBI underscored that the penalties have been imposed in exercise of powers vested in it under the provisions of the PSS Act.

“These actions are based on deficiencies in regulatory compliance and are not intended to pronounce upon the validity of any transaction or agreement entered into by the entities with their customers,” the central bank said.

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Reserve Bank of India – Press Releases

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The Reserve Bank of India issued Directions under Section 35A read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 to Garha Co-operative Bank Ltd., Guna vide Directive DoS.CO.UCBs-West/D-3/12.07.005/2020-21 dated February 23, 2021, the validity of which was last extended vide Directive DOR.MON.D-30/12.27.087/2021-22 dated August 23, 2021 up to November 24, 2021.

The Reserve Bank of India is satisfied that in the public interest, it is necessary to extend the period of operation of the Directive DoS.CO.UCBs-West/D-3/12.07.005/2020-21 dated February 23, 2021, issued to Garha Co-operative Bank Ltd., Guna, as modified vide Directive DOR.MON.D-30/12.27.087/2021-22 dated August 23, 2021. Accordingly, the Reserve Bank of India, in exercise of the powers vested in it under sub-section (1) of Section 35 A read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, hereby directs that the Directive DoS.CO.UCBs-West/D-3/12.07.005/2020-21 dated February 23, 2021, issued to Garha Co-operative Bank Ltd., Guna, the validity of which was last extended vide Directive DOR.MON.D-30/12.27.087/2021-22 dated August 23, 2021 up to November 24, 2021, shall continue to apply to the bank for a further period of three months from November 25, 2021 to February 24, 2022, subject to review.

Other terms and conditions of the Directive under reference shall remain unchanged.

(Yogesh Dayal)     
Chief General Manager

Press Release: 2021-2022/1244

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Reserve Bank of India – Annual Report

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April 14, 2015




Dear All




Welcome to the refurbished site of the Reserve Bank of India.





The two most important features of the site are: One, in addition to the default site, the refurbished site also has all the information bifurcated functionwise; two, a much improved search – well, at least we think so but you be the judge.




With this makeover, we also take a small step into social media. We will now use Twitter (albeit one way) to send out alerts on the announcements we make and YouTube to place in public domain our press conferences, interviews of our top management, events, such as, town halls and of course, some films aimed at consumer literacy.




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Do feel free to give us your feedback by clicking on the feedback button on the right hand corner of the refurbished site.



Thank you for your continued support.




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Reserve Bank of India


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Capri Global and Union Bank to co-lend to MSMEs

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Capri Global Capital Limited (CGCL) has entered into a co-lending agreement with Union Bank of India (UBI) to offer loans to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) across 100-plus touch points pan-India.

Loan disbursement under this arrangement would commence from December 2021, Capri Global Capital Limited said in a statement.

Financial inclusion

CGCL emphasised that the co-lending agreement aims to enhance last-mile credit and drive financial inclusion to MSMEs by offering secured loans between ₹10 lakhs to ₹1 crore.

The co-lending arrangement will entail joint contribution of credit to prospective MSME customers in Tier 2 and Tier 3 markets.

Rajesh Sharma, Managing Director, Capri Global Capital Limited, observed that through this partnership, the aim is to reach out to a large section of society by offering easy, convenient, and efficient credit solutions and empowering them to be key contributors to fiscal growth.

“Our focus is to support the grassroots entrepreneurship that creates economic value,” he said.

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Rajkiran Rai G, MD and CEO, Union Bank of India, said, “The partnership with Capri Global Capital Limited is part of UBI’s strategy to support the MSMEs by providing tailor-made financial solutions and accelerating the growth of MSMEs to contribute to the country’s economic development.”

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‘Buy’ This Stock For +18% Upside In 1 Year

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Target Price

The Current Market Price (CMP) of Escorts is Rs. 217 The brokerage firm, Emkay Global has estimated a Target Price for the stock at Rs. 290. Hence the stock is expected to give an 18.7% return, in a Target Period of 1 year.

Stock Outlook
Current Market Price (CMP) Rs. 1803
Target Price Rs. 2140
1 year returns 18.70%

Company performance

Company performance

In FY 21, the company’s revenue stood at Rs. 69,293 mn, EBITDA was Rs. 11,292 mn, while APAT stood at 8,741. In FY 22, the brokerage firm is expecting the revenue to grow to Rs. 75,056 mn. Additionally, Escorts’ board announced Kubota (a 9% shareholder) will acquire 46.9mn additional shares through preferential allotment plus open offer, and join the Nandas as a co-promoter. Emkay Global is expecting, “Kubota’s takeover will substantially improve Escorts’ medium-term growth outlook, based on: 1) localization of existing tractor imports currently done by Kubota’s India JV; 2) leveraging Escorts for global component supplies to support Kubota’s global sales; 3) technology support in construction equipment, farm implements, and high-end tractors.”

Comments by Emkay Global

Comments by Emkay Global

According to Emkay Global, “We are increasing Escorts’ medium-term (FY23-31E) revenue CAGR to 15% from 11%, with enhanced market presence in the domestic tractor market upon expansion of the product portfolio, especially in wet-land applications, which represent more than 10% of industry volumes, and for higher exports by leveraging Kubota’s global distribution network.”

About the company

About the company

Escorts is India’s one of the biggest tractor manufacturers and suppliers. Their productions are outspread in the fields of Agri Machinery, Construction Equipment, and Railway Equipment. With Kubota’s stake hike in the company, it will have a better exposure both on the domestic and the international fronts.

Disclaimer

Disclaimer

The above stock was picked from the brokerage report of Emkay Global. Investing in equities poses a risk of financial losses. Investors must therefore exercise due caution. Greynium Information Technologies, the author, and the brokerage house are not liable for any losses caused as a result of decisions based on the article.



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TRAI proposes nil charges on USSD

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The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Wednesday has proposed to remove charges on Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) messages for mobile banking and payment services to promote digital transactions.

The USSD messages get displayed on the screen of mobile phones and are not stored like SMSes. This technology is widely used to display balance deduction in mobile phones where a message pops-up on the device screen after a call or outgoing SMS.

At present, the sector regulator has capped the price of a USSD session at 50 paise where each session can be completed in eight stages.

“The present tariff per USSD session for mobile banking offered by telecom service providers (TSPs) is several times higher than the average tariff for one minute of outgoing voice call, or one outgoing SMS. The relatively high charge for USSD is thus acting as an impediment in increasing the number of transactions despite significant improvement in success rate of transactions,” TRAI said in the draft ‘Telecommunication Tariff Order, 2021’.

Considering the decline in charges for other services, the rationalisation of USSD charges is required to increase the number of USSD transactions, it said.

The recommendations

The suggestion to remove charges has been made by a high-level committee on deepening of digital payments constituted by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) with a view to encouraging digitalisation of payments and enhancing financial inclusion

The recommendations made by the committee are supported by the Department of Financial Services (DFS).

TRAI said following a request from the DFS to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in this regard, it has analysed the issue from various aspects and is of the view that in order to protect the interests of the USSD users and promote digital financial inclusion, rationalisation of USSD charges is required.

“In line with the foregoing, the Authority proposes to revise the framework for USSD based mobile banking and payment services by prescribing a “Nil” charge per USSD session for mobile banking and payment service, while keeping the remaining aspects unchanged. The Authority may review the charge after a period of two years, based on experience gained,” it added.

It has invited views of stakeholders on the draft proposal by December 8.

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Reserve Bank of India – Press Releases

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed monetary penalty on the following authorised Payment System Operators (PSOs) for committing offences of the nature referred to in Section 26(6) of the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007 (PSS Act).

Sr. No. Name of the PSO Speaking Order dated Amount of Penalty
(₹ lakh)
1 Tata Communications Payment Solutions Limited (TCPSL) October 21, 2021 200.00
2 Appnit Technologies Private Limited (ATPL) November 1, 2021 54.93

The penalties have been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI under the provisions of Section 30 of the PSS Act. These actions are based on deficiencies in regulatory compliance and are not intended to pronounce upon the validity of any transaction or agreement entered into by the entities with their customers.

Background

It was observed that TCPSL was non-compliant with the directions issued by RBI on White Label ATM deployment targets and net-worth requirement. ATPL was non-compliant with the directions issued by RBI on maintenance of escrow account balance and net-worth requirement. As these were offences of the nature referred to in Section 26(6) of the PSS Act, notices were issued to the entities. After reviewing their written responses and oral submissions made during the personal hearing, RBI concluded that the aforesaid charges of non-compliance with RBI directions were substantiated and warranted the imposition of monetary penalty.

(Yogesh Dayal)     
Chief General Manager

Press Release: 2021-2022/1245

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BoB’s arm launches credit card powered by mobile app

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BOB Financial Solutions Ltd (BFSL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Bank of Baroda (BoB), has partnered with OneCard, to launch a co-branded mobile-first credit card.

The virtual credit card, powered by a mobile app, will be delivered in under three minutes and the metal card will be delivered in three to five days, BFSL and OneCard said in a joint statement.

The internationally valid credit card will be issued by BFSL and managed by OneCard on VISA’s Signature platform.

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OneCard has been launched by FPL Technologies, a fintech start-up. It allows users to control all aspects of the card, including locking the card, enabling offline and online tractions, enabling domestic and international transactions, and paying the bill from an app.

The statement emphasised that the card comes with benefits such as lifetime validity, zero joining and annual fee, instant virtual card issuance, instant issuance of reward points, and easy redemption among others, within the app.

Shailendra Singh, MD & CEO, BFSL said, “BFSL is currently on its transformation journey, investing in technology, processes and people to ensure we offer best-in-class credit cards to our customers under the Bank of Baroda brand.

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5 Recently Listed Multibagger Company Stocks That Delivered Up To 309% Return Since Listing

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1. Latent View Analytics:

The data analytics company with no listed peer has seen a marvelous listing gain and indeed turned into a multibagger on the listing day (November 23, 2021). The scrip as against the issue price of Rs. 197 per share opened at a premium of 160 percent at Rs. 512.2 on the NSE. The IT services and consulting firm continues to see gains for the second day in a row and settled today at Rs. 584.95 climbing over 19 percent in trade today. Last the scrip commanded a market cap of Rs. 11,571 crore.

An important point that cannot be overlooked is that the IPO of Latent View broke all previous records and garnered a massive subscription to the tune of 339 times.

The leading player in Data and Analytics segment is a trusted partner to Fortune 500 clienteles. Adhering to quality corporate governance policies the company excels in Digital Solution Accelerators, Big Data Capabilities, Social Media Predictive Analytics and Analytics Tools.

The scrip of Latent View Analytics has been given a ‘Hold’ call by experts given the huge scope in the field going ahead, strong margins with more than 20 percent RoE etc.

2.	Sigachi Industries:

2. Sigachi Industries:

The pharma and drugs entity that debuted on November 15, 2021 saw a historic listing which was the biggest ever gains on the D-Street. The stock as against the issue price of Rs. 163, opened the first trade at Rs. 575 apiece on the BSE, a spectacular premium of 253%.

Hyderabad-based Sigachi Industries is an industry leader in the field of Pharma Excipients, Nutra and food ingredients. Incorporated in the year 1989, the firm is among the largest manufacturers of Microcrystalline Cellulose (MCC) worldwide. This MCC has applications across varied industries including pharma, cosmetic, food and nutraceuticals.

3.	Paras Defence and Technologies:

3. Paras Defence and Technologies:

The defence sector company also had a blockbuster listing on October 1, 2021. As against the issue price of Rs. 175, the stock debuted on the NSE at a price of Rs. 469, a premium of 168 percent.

If you had been allotted 1 lot (85 shares) on your IPO application and continued with it till now, your investment into the scrip is worth currently 60,907. This though entailed an initial investment of just Rs. 175* 85 share =14,875.

Mumbai-based Premier Make in India Company has exclusive capabilities from Concept to Commissioning in the area of Defence Electronics, Defence & Space Optics and ..Defence Heavy Engineering. We are the only company in India to manufacture Infrared Optics in large quantities. Furthermore, Paras is the only Indian company supplying critical imaging components including large sized optics for space applications.

4.	Tatva Chintan Pharma Chem:

4. Tatva Chintan Pharma Chem:

The speciality chemicals company made its way to the D-Street on July 29, 2021.In comparison to the issue price of Rs. 1083, the stock with a premium of 95% listed at a price of Rs. 2111.8 on the BSE.

Just 4 months after the listing, the stock as on November 24 closed at a price of Rs. 2626.2, implying return to the tune of 142 percent. The stock’s 52-week high price is Rs. 2977.8.

Tatva Chintan is engaged in the manufacture of a diverse portfolio of structure directing agents (“SDAs”), phase transfer catalysts (“PTCs”), electrolyte salts for super capacitor batteries and pharmaceutical and agrochemical intermediates and other specialty chemicals (“PASC”). Moreover, it is the largest and only commercial manufacturer of SDAs for zeolites in India.

5. GR Infraprojects:

5. GR Infraprojects:

The company from the construction -infrastructure space debuted on the Indian stock exchanges on July 19, 2021. In comparison to the issue price of Rs. 837, the scrip kicked off opening trade at a price of Rs. 1715.85 on NSE, a gain of 105% premium from the issue price. Currently, the scrip trades at a price of Rs. 1850.9, which is a substantial gain of 121 percent from the issue price in just 4 months since listing.

Udaipur-based GR Infraprojects is an integrated road engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) company. The company has experience into designing and construction of several road and highway projects and of late it has even diversified into the railways sector.

Apart from the above listed scrips there are other newly listed entities that have given multibagger returns in some months time including the likes of Laxmi Organic, Stove Kraft, Clean Science, Barbeque Nation, Macrotech Developers and Nazara Technologies.

New company listings that turned into multibagger stocks

New company listings that turned into multibagger stocks

Newly listed Companies IPO issue price (in Rs. ) Current price as on November 24, 2021 (in Rs. ) Returns in %
Latent View 197 584.95 197
Sigachi Industries 163 537.45 230
Paras Defence 175 716.55 309
Tatva Chinta 1083 2626.2 142
GR Infra 837 1850.9 121



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Reserve Bank of India – Tenders

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E-tender No. RBI/Central Office/Premises Department/4/21-22/ET/213

Reserve Bank of India, Premises Department, Central Office, Mumbai had invited e-tender for Tender for Design, Supply, Installation, Testing and Commissioning of Contraband Trace Detection System with all Accessories for Bank’s Central Office Building at Fort, Mumbai, through Press Advertisement, RBI Website and MSTC Portal on October 14, 2021.

In this context, it has been decided to extend the tender further upto 03.12.2021.

The Revised Bid Close Date for the captioned e-tender is 03.12.2021 upto 2 p.m.

All terms and conditions mentioned in the tender remain unchanged.

Chief General Manager

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