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Moneylife Digital Team 02 March 2026
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a penalty of ₹11.50 lakh on Mumbai-based Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd, a non-banking financial company (NBFC), for non-compliance with the directions issued by the banking regulator.   Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services has been...

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Moneylife Digital Team 02 March 2026
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has imposed penalties totalling ₹52 lakh on Arcotech Ltd, its present and former directors, key managerial personnel (KMPs), promoter-linked entities and associated private companies for diversion of funds, sham transactions and...

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Moneylife Digital Team 27 February 2026
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a penalty of ₹7.10 lakh on five cooperative banks for non-compliance with the directions issued by the banking regulator. The highest penalty of ₹3.10 lakh has been imposed on Vita Merchant's Cooperative Bank Ltd from Maharashtra.   Other banks...

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Moneylife Digital Team 26 February 2026
Indian retail investors have been given a new gateway to Wall Street, with the NSE International Exchange (NSE IX) launching a platform that allows direct trading in US-listed stocks such as Apple and Microsoft from India’s International financial services centre (IFSC) at GIFT City. The move,...

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Moneylife Digital Team 26 February 2026
In one of the most significant restructurings of the mutual fund landscape in recent years, market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has discontinued the solution-oriented mutual fund category with immediate effect, bringing an end to children’s funds and retirement funds...

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Moneylife Digital Team 24 February 2026
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has taken the rare step of suspending one of its senior officers, general manager Achal Singh, as part of an ongoing internal disciplinary and vigilance probe. According to the official office order No. 08/2026 issued on 20 February 2026, Mr...

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Moneylife Digital Team 23 February 2026
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a penalty of ₹38.60 lakh on UCO Bank for non-compliance with certain regulatory directions. The violations relate to the periodicity of payment of interest on savings deposits, the collection of locker rent and deficiencies in credit information reporting...

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Moneylife Digital Team 23 February 2026
Delphi World Money Ltd has settled adjudication proceedings initiated by the market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) by paying a settlement amount of ₹37.05 lakh, bringing to a close allegations relating to misrepresentation in financial statements and non-disclosure of...

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Moneylife Digital Team 20 February 2026
The central consumer protection authority (CCPA) has issued notices to six e-commerce platforms for allegedly listing and offering for sale restricted wireless transmitting devices such as anti-drone systems, drone jammers and GPS jammers, in violation of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 and...

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How long does it take for a regulator in India to respond to bad practices? The answer: A staggering two decades of responding to alarms with pointless tinkering and directions.   On 11 February 2026, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), finally, released the Commercial Banks – Responsible...

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Moneylife Digital Team 20 February 2026
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has issued a show-cause notice (SCN) to Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL), the company's chairman emeritus Subhash Chandra, chief executive officer (CEO) Punit Goenka, and 84 other entities and individuals over alleged fund...

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Moneylife Digital Team 19 February 2026
The Supreme Court has asked the food safety and standards authority of India (FSSAI) to examine whether packaged food products high in sugar, salt and saturated fat should carry mandatory front-of-package warning labels, observing that regulatory steps of this nature are closely linked to...

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Moneylife Digital Team 18 February 2026
Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has imposed monetary penalties totalling ₹1.35 crore on nine entities, including the promoters, directors and associated entities of Oriental Trimex Ltd (OTL), for large-scale misrepresentation and manipulation of the company’s...

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Moneylife Digital Team 18 February 2026
The competition commission of India (CCI) has approved an internal reorganisation of Bennett Coleman & Company Ltd (BCCL), one of the country's largest media conglomerates and publishers of the Times of India group of publications, paving the way for the demerger of certain businesses into a...

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Moneylife Digital Team 16 February 2026
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued the Commercial Banks – Credit Facilities Amendment Directions, 2026, marking one of the most consequential structural shifts in how leverage operates within India’s equity and derivatives markets. Though framed as a technical banking regulation, the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 16 February 2026
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed penalties of ₹1.36 crore on CSB Bank Ltd, Bank of Maharashtra (BoM), DCB Bank Ltd and two non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) for non-compliance with the directions issued by the banking regulator. The highest penalty of ₹63.60 lakh has been imposed...

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Moneylife Digital Team 16 February 2026
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cancelled the certificate of registration (CoR) of Lucknow-based Indian Mercantile Cooperative Bank Ltd due to inadequate capital and the lender's poor earnings prospects. RBI has asked Indian Mercantile Cooperative Bank to stop its banking business from 13...

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SN Thyagarajan (Bar  and   Bench) 13 February 2026
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has imposed a penalty of ₹27.38 crore on Intel Corporation for abusing its dominant position in the market for boxed microprocessors for desktop PCs in India.   The Commission held that Intel’s India-specific warranty policy - in force from April 25,...

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Moneylife Digital Team 13 February 2026
SK Finance Ltd has settled enforcement proceedings with the market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India, by paying a settlement amount of ₹8.75 lakh for issues related to the issuance and subsequent down-selling of non-convertible debentures (NCDs) that were deemed to...

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Moneylife Digital Team 13 February 2026
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a penalty of ₹5 lakh on two cooperative banks for non-compliance with the directions issued by the banking regulator. The highest penalty of ₹3 lakh has been imposed on Rajasthan-based Ganganagar Kendriya Sahkari Bank Ltd.   Berhampur Cooperative Urban...

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