These actions are based on deficiencies in regulatory compliance
Reserve Bank of India; imposition of monetary penalty; deficiencies in regulatory compliance
This penalty has been imposed by RBI under the provisions of Section 47A(1)(c) read with Sections 46(4)(i) and 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.
FinTech BizNews Service
Mumbai, August 7, 2025: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by separate orders in July and August 2025, imposed monetary penalties on 4 coop banks. RBI has imposed monetary penalty of Rs3.10 lakh on Raiganj Central Co-operative Bank Limited, West Bengal; Rs1 lakh on The Chanasma Nagrik Sahakari Bank Limited, Chanasma, Dist. Patan, Gujarat; Rs3.03 lakh on The Katihar District Central Co-operative Bank Limited, Bihar and Rs16 lakh on Andaman & Nicobar State Co-operative Bank.
1 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has, by an order dated August 05, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of Rs3.10 lakh (Rupees Three Lakh Ten Thousand only) on Raiganj Central Co-operative Bank Limited, West Bengal (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘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 National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) with reference to its financial position as on March 31, 2024. 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:
failed to upload KYC records of customers onto Central KYC Records Registry (CKYCR) within the prescribed timeline; and
allotted multiple customer identification codes to certain individual customers instead of a Unique Customer Identification Code (UCIC) for each customer.
This action is based on deficiency 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 (RBl) has, by an order dated July 31, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of Rs1 lakh (Rupees One Lakh only) on The Chanasma Nagrik Sahakari Bank Limited, Chanasma, Dist. Patan, Gujarat (the bank) for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Customer Protection - Limiting Liability of Customers of Co-operative Banks in Unauthorised Electronic Banking Transactions’. 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, 2024. 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 failed to:
provide customers with 24x7 access to report unauthorised electronic banking transactions through multiple channels; and enable its customers to instantly respond by "Reply" to the SMS alerts to notify the objection towards unauthorised electronic banking transactions, if any.
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 August 05, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of Rs3.03 lakh (Rupees Three Lakh Three Thousand only) on The Katihar District Central Co-operative Bank Limited, Bihar for contravention of provisions of Section 20 read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (BR Act) and non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on ‘Membership of Credit Information Companies (CICs) by Co-operative Banks’. 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 BR Act and Section 25 read with Section 23 of the Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005.
The statutory inspection of the bank was conducted by National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), with reference to its financial position as on March 31, 2024. 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:
sanctioned loans to its director; and failed to submit credit information of its customers to two Credit Information Companies.
This action is based on deficiency 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 August 05, 2025, imposed a monetary penalty of Rs16 lakh (Rupees Sixteen Lakh only) on Andaman & Nicobar State Co-operative Bank Limited (the bank) for contravention of provisions of Section 26A read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (BR Act) and non-compliance with directions issued by RBI on ‘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 BR Act.
The statutory inspection of the bank was conducted by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) with reference to its financial position as on March 31, 2024. Based on supervisory findings of contravention of statutory provisions / 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 provisions and 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 failed to:
transfer eligible unclaimed amounts to the Depositor Education and Awareness Fund within the prescribed time; and
carry out periodic review of risk categorisation of accounts with such periodicity being at least once in six months.
This action is based on deficiency 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.
