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RBI fines HDFC Bank & Punjab and Sindh Bank for regulatory violation
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Updated: 27 Mar 2025
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has fined the public sector bank, Punjab and Sindh Bank, and the private sector bank, HDFC Bank, for violating various regulatory provisions. HDFC Bank was fined Rs 75 lakhs, and the Punjab and Sindh Bank Rs 68.20 lakhs.
The fines were imposed on these banks by the RBI, exercising its power under the Banking Regulation Act 1949.
The Banking Regulation Act 1949 makes the RBI the regulator of banks in India.
India's largest private sector bank, HDFC Bank, was fined for its non-compliance with certain directions issued by the RBI on Know Your Customer (KYC).
RBI fined Punjab and Sindh Bank for Its non-compliance with its directives on CRILC (‘Central Repository of Information on Large Credits) and the guidelines on the Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account (BSBDA)
HDFC Bank started its banking operation in 1995 as a private bank.
It was sponsored by the Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited, or HDFC Ltd, which later merged with the HDFC Bank in July 2023.
It is India’s largest private-sector bank and second-largest commercial bank after SBI.
MD & CEO of the Bank : Sashidhar Jagdishan
Headquarters: Mumbai
Tagline of the Bank: We Understand Your World
It was set up as a private bank in 1908 in Amritsar.
It was nationalised by the government of India in 1980.
Headquarters: New Delhi
Tagline: Where Service is a way of life
MD and CEO: Swarup Kumar Saha
Governor of RBI: Sanjay Kumar Malhotra
Also Read: Sanjay Malhotra Appointed 26th Governor of RBI
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