The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 22 lakh on DCB Bank for non-compliance with certain provisions of directions issued by RBI contained in the circular on ‘Marketing/distribution of mutual fund/insurance etc., products by banks’ dated November 16, 2009.
The penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI under the provisions of Section 47A(1)(c) read with Section 46(4)(i) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949. This action is based on the 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.
DCB Bank is one of the emerging private sector banks in India. The Bank is amongst the first private sector banks to waive advisory fee and service charge for Mutual Fund investment.
