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The RBI has asked the National Payments Corporation of India to develop a facility to allow customers using online fund transfer systems, RTGS and NEFT, to verify the name of the bank account to which money is being transferred before initiating the transaction for avoiding mistakes and prevent frauds. All banks that are direct members or sub-members of Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) System and National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) System are advised to offer this facility no later than April 1, 2025, the Reserve Bank said in a circular on Monday. Currently, the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and Immediate Payments Service (IMPS) systems enable a remitter to verify the name of the beneficiary before initiating a transfer. "It has been decided to put in place a similar facility that would enable a remitter to verify the beneficiary bank account name before initiating a transaction using RTGS or NEFT system," it said. RBI has advised the National Payments Corporation of Indi
In a significant ruling, the Delhi High Court has asked the Reserve Bank of India to expeditiously activate the process of verifying the receiver's name in RTGS and NEFT payment methods Justice Pratibha M Singh said such a system was crucial to prevent cyber frauds and a delay could likely impact thousands of innocent consumers who made payments without realising who the beneficiary was. The system shall be implemented by all banks, it said. The court was hearing a batch of pleas over the misuse of trademark of several entities by fraudulent websites to dupe innocent people. "Steps being taken by the RBI for implementation of the said Beneficiary's Name Lookup Facility for RTGS and NEFT transactions are extremely crucial to prevent cyber fraud like the kind of fraudulent activity that are being dealt with in this case. The RBI shall, without any delay, create the said facility referred to as, Beneficiary's Name Lookup Facility," said the court on December 21. The court said a dela
Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) has unclaimed maturity amounts of Rs 880.93 crore in 2023-24, Parliament was informed on Monday. As many as 3,72,282 policyholders did not claim maturity benefits during FY2024, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha. During the previous year, he said, the amount worth Rs 815.04 crore belonging to 3,73,329 policyholders remained unclaimed. As many as 10 death claims worth Rs 14 lakh remained unclaimed during 2023-24, he said. In order to reduce the Unclaimed and Outstanding Claims, LIC has undertaken several measures, including print media and digital media advertisement apart from radio jingles for policyholders to claim their due amounts. Outstanding amounts lying in unclaimed accounts are settled in favour of respective policyholders or claimants upon receipt of claim request, he said. Reminder letters are sent through ordinary/speed post as well as through email where available and also SMS are
RBI offices dealing with government business and all designated branches of agency banks will keep their counters open as per normal working hours on Saturday and Sunday for the convenience of taxpayers. Electronic transactions can be done till the stipulated time on both days (March 30 and March 31), the Reserve Bank said in a statement on special measures for the current financial year (2023-24), in wake of annual closing of government accounts. "Transactions through National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) and Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) System will continue up to 2400 hours as hitherto on March 31, 2024," it said with a view to provide greater convenience to taxpayers. In order to facilitate government receipts and payments, necessary arrangements have also been made to conduct special clearing operations across the country, it added. "Special clearing will be conducted for government cheques both on March 30 and 31, 2024. Agency banks are hereby advised that all cheques
With the Home Ministry mandating SBI to report all details of overseas donors, including purpose of remittances on daily basis, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday made necessary changes in NEFT and RTGS systems for Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) related transactions. Under the FCRA, foreign contributions must be received only in the "FCRA account" of State Bank of India (SBI), New Delhi Main Branch (NDMB). The contributions to the FCRA account are received directly from foreign banks through SWIFT and from Indian intermediary banks through NEFT and RTGS systems. In a circular, the RBI said in terms of extant requirements of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the donor details such as name, address, country of origin, amount, currency, and purpose of remittance are required to be captured in such transactions and SBI is required to report the same to MHA on daily basis. "...necessary changes have been introduced in NEFT and RTGS systems," RBI said, adding the
National Electronic Fund Transfer, or NEFT, is now a preferred mode of transaction for everyone. The RBI-managed NEFT has made near-real-time movement of funds easy. But how does the system operate?
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