REGULATIONS


Moneylife Digital Team 12 April 2026
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released draft amendment directions  10 April 2026 that propose a fundamental recast of the scale based regulatory (SBR) Framework for non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) — and while the changes appear, at first glance, to tighten the noose around large...

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Moneylife Digital Team 10 April 2026
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has proposed a series of sweeping safeguards to curb rising frauds in digital payments, including introducing delays in high-value transactions, additional authentication layers for vulnerable users and a 'kill switch' to block accounts in emergencies. The

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Moneylife Digital Team 10 April 2026
The National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) has cautioned investors against fraudulent activities linked to two Telegram channels offering stock market tips and assured returns, which are prohibited in the securities market.    NSE says a Telegram Channel named ‘Stock Share Market...

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Moneylife Digital Team 10 April 2026
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has cancelled the registration of Wealthmax Solution Investment Adviser owned by Piyush Jain, for failing to meet essential regulatory requirements. These lapses include non-payment of renewal fees, failure to renew mandatory...

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Moneylife Digital Team 10 April 2026
In a significant enforcement action, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has imposed a penalty of ₹1 crore on Trdez Investment Pvt Ltd for allowing the use of its stockbroker registration and failing to act on multiple investor complaints. In March, Trdez Investment was expelled...

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Moneylife Digital Team 09 April 2026
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) proposed a significant overhaul of governance norms for banks, releasing draft amendment directions that seek to shift board functioning from a rule-based framework to a principle-driven approach. RBI has underlined that bank boards must ensure that adequate time...

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Moneylife Digital Team 08 April 2026
The commission for air quality management (CAQM) has imposed environmental compensation of around ₹61.85 crore on six thermal power plants located within 300km of Delhi for failing to comply with mandatory biomass co-firing norms aimed at curbing air pollution.   In a statement, the Union...

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Moneylife Digital Team 08 April 2026
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday says it has not found any material governance or conduct-related concerns at HDFC Bank, offering reassurance to investors following the recent resignation of its chairman and volatility in the lender’s stock.   Responding to queries after the monetary...

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Moneylife Digital Team 08 April 2026
A total of 16 non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) have voluntarily surrendered their certificates of registration (CoR) to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). At the same time, RBI has cancelled the registration of 54 other NBFCs, with as many as 52 based in New Delhi and one each from West...

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Moneylife Digital Team 08 April 2026
Billionaire industrialist Gautam Adani has secured a key legal opening in the US, with a federal court granting his request for a hearing to argue for dismissal of a fraud case filed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).   The eastern district court of New York approved a...

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Moneylife Digital Team 08 April 2026
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday kept key interest rates unchanged, choosing caution amid global uncertainty triggered by the West Asia conflict, even as a tentative ceasefire between the United States and Iran raised hopes of easing crude oil prices and stabilising...

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Moneylife Digital Team 07 April 2026
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has cancelled the merchant banking registration of Basan Financial Services Ltd after finding multiple and persistent violations of regulatory norms. The order brings to a close a prolonged enforcement proceeding stemming from...

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Moneylife Digital Team 07 April 2026
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a penalty of ₹1.09 lakh on Maharashtra-based Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Urban Cooperative Bank Ltd for failing to comply with certain regulatory directions. These include guidelines on the classification, valuation, and operation of the investment portfolios...

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Moneylife Digital Team 06 April 2026
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cancelled the certificate of registration (CoR) of Maharashtra-based Shirpur Merchants Cooperative Bank Ltd due to inadequate capital and the lender's poor earnings prospects. RBI has asked Shirpur Merchants Cooperative Bank to stop its banking business from 6...

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Moneylife Digital Team 03 April 2026
In a sharp policy reversal, the Union ministry of civil aviation (MoCA) has kept in abeyance its directive mandating airlines to offer at least 60% of seats on every flight free of charge, less than a month after announcing the passenger-friendly measure.   In an order issued on 2 April 2026,...

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On 29th March, Anil Agarwal, chairman of Vedanta turned to the Bhagavad Gita, before taking his fight for the assets of the bankrupt Jaiprakash Associates Ltd (JAL) to the Supreme Court (SC) of India. "Have courage. Stay humble. Do your duty without attachment," he posted on X, before lamenting...

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Moneylife Digital Team 02 April 2026
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Thursday proposed reintroducing open-market share buybacks through stock exchanges, nearly a year after discontinuing the mechanism, citing changes in the tax framework and industry demand. The move could provide companies with...

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Moneylife Digital Team 02 April 2026
The Bombay High Court has upheld an order allowing a home-buyer to withdraw funds deposited by a developer as a pre-condition for filing an appeal under the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act (RERA), holding that such withdrawal is not barred during the pendency of appellate...

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Moneylife Digital Team 01 April 2026
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a penalty of ₹10.30 lakh on Exclusive Capital Ltd, a New Delhi-based non-banking financial company (NBFC), for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on leverage ratio, filing of supervisory returns and submission of the balance...

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Mergers and acquisitions have long served as instruments of growth or survival in the banking sector. Post liberalisation, 22 out of 24 acquisitions in the Indian banking sector were for survival of the weak or the distressed banks. These included the acquisition of IDBI Bank by the financially...

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