Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed monetary penalties on Noida Commercial Co-operative Bank & Abhyudaya Co-operative Bank. RBI imposed a monetary penalty of Rs. 58 lakh on Abhyudaya Co-operative Bank Limited for non-compliance with the directions issued by RBI on ‘Placement of Deposits with Other Banks’, ‘Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism of Frauds’, ‘Income Recognition, Asset Classification, Provisioning and Other Related Matters (IRAC norms)’ and ‘Management of Advances’.

this penalty has been imposed in the exercise of powers vested in RBI conferred under section 47 A (1) (c) read with sections 46(4)(i) and 56 of Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (BR Act), taking into account the failure of the bank to adhere to the aforesaid directions issued by RBI.

The statutory inspection of the bank conducted by RBI with reference to the bank’s financial position as on March 31, 2019, the Inspection Report pertaining thereto and examination of all related correspondence revealed, inter alia, non-compliance with the aforesaid directions issued by RBI to the extent the bank (i) accepted fresh deposits from other non-scheduled UCBs despite not meeting the criteria for doing so and had also not phased out 100% of the existing deposits of UCBs by March 31, 2019, (ii) reported fraud with a delay of 942 days, (iii) failed to classify certain loan accounts as NPAs as per IRAC norms, and (iv) failed to ensure end use of funds lent by it. In furtherance to the same, a notice was issued to the bank advising it to show cause as to why a penalty should not be imposed for contravention of the RBI directions

In another order, RBI imposed a monetary penalty of Rs. 1 lakh on the Noida Commercial Co-operative Bank Ltd for contravention of Section 35A and section 36 (1) read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.