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Airtel Payments Bank gets scheduled bank status from RBI

January 7, 2022
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In news– Recently, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced the inclusion of Airtel Payments Bank in the second schedule of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.

About Airtel Payments Bank

  • The company is a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel which was launched in January 2017. 
  • As India’s first Payments Bank, it is among the fastest-growing digital banks in the country, with a base of 115 million users. 
  • It was launched as a differentiated bank that provided essential financial services to its customers.
  • It offers a suite of digital solutions through the Airtel Thanks app and a retail network of over 500,000 neighbourhood banking points.
  • With this status, it can now pitch for government-issued Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and primary auctions.
  • It can also undertake both central and state government business, besides participating in government-operated welfare schemes.

About Payments Banks–

  • Payments Banks were set up based on the recommendations of the Nachiket Mor Committee to operate on a smaller scale with minimal credit risk.
  • Their objective is to advance financial inclusion by offering banking and financial services to the unbanked and underbanked areas, helping the migrant labour force, low-income households, small entrepreneurs etc.
  • They are registered under the Companies Act 2013 but are governed by a host of legislations such as Banking Regulation Act, 1949; RBI Act, 1934; Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999, Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007.
  • These are differentiated and not universal banks.
  • These banks need to have a minimum paid-up capital of Rs. 100,00,00,000.
  • Minimum initial contribution of the promoter to the Payment Bank to the paid-up equity capital shall be at least 40% for the first five years from the commencement of its business.
  • Payment banks can take deposits up to Rs. 2,00,000.
  • It can accept demand deposits in the form of savings and current accounts.
  • The money received as deposits can be invested in secure government securities only in the form of Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR).
  • This must amount to 75% of the demand deposit balance. The remaining 25% is to be placed as time deposits with other scheduled commercial banks.
  • They cannot issue credit cards, cannot accept time deposits or NRI deposits and they cannot issue loans.
  • They are permitted to make personal payments and receive cross border remittances on the current accounts and can issue debit cards.
  • However, they cannot set up subsidiaries to undertake non-banking financial activities.
  • India currently has 6 Payment Banks— Airtel Payment Bank, India Post Payment Bank, Fino, Paytm Payment Bank, NSDL Payment Bank and Jio Payment Bank.

What is a scheduled bank?

  • The banks in the Indian banking system are sub categorized as Scheduled Banks, Non-Scheduled Banks, Private Banks and Public Banks. 
  • Scheduled Banks in India refer to those banks which have been included in the Second Schedule of Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. 
  • RBI in turn includes only those banks in this Schedule which satisfy the criteria laid down vide section 42(6)(a) of the said Act.
  • The bank’s paid-up capital and raised funds must be at least Rs. 5 lakh to qualify as a scheduled bank.
  • These banks are liable for low interest loans from the RBI.
  • They have membership in clearing houses.
  • They have numerous obligations to fulfill such as maintaining an average daily Cash Reserve Ratio with the central bank.

  • The banks listed in Schedule II are further classified as –
  • Scheduled Commercial Public Sector Banks (includes SBI and its associates)— in total 12.
  • Scheduled Commercial Private Sector Banks — in total 21.
  • Scheduled Foreign Banks in India — in total 45.

They also include Regional Rural banks (RRBs) and Cooperatives.

Some of the important functions of Scheduled Banks are:

  • Acceptance of deposits from the public.
  • Provide demand withdrawal facility.
  • Lending facility.
  • Transfer of funds.
  • Issue of drafts.
  • Provide customers with locker facilities.
  • Dealing with foreign exchange.
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