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RBI/2013-14/513 RPCD.CO.RCB.BC.No. 90 /07. 51.010 /2013-14 March 05, 2014 The Chairmen All State/ District Cooperative Banks Dear Sir/Madam, Ensuring Reasonableness of Bank Charges and Charges Levied for Sending SMS Alerts by State Cooperative Banks (StCBs) /District Central Cooperative Banks (DCCBs) Please refer to paragraph 37 of the Second Quarter Review of Monetary Policy Statements 2013-14 announced on October 29, 2013 (extract enclosed) on ‘Customer Service – Charges Levied by Banks for sending SMS alerts’. State Cooperative Banks (StCBs) /District Central Cooperative Banks (DCCBs) are required to put in place a system of online alerts for all types of transactions, irrespective of the amounts, involving usage of cards at various channels in terms of circular RBI/DPSS.No.1501 /02.14.003/2008-09 dated February 18, 2009 and DPSS.CO.PD. 2224/ 02.14.003/ 2010-11 dated March 29, 2011. 2. Considering the technology available with banks and the telecom service providers, it should be possible for StCBs / DCCBs to charge customers based on actual usage of SMS alerts. Accordingly, with a view to ensuring reasonableness and equity in the charges levied by StCBs/DCCBs for sending SMS alerts to customers, StCBs/DCCBs are advised to leverage the technology available with them and the telecom service providers to ensure that such charges are levied on all customers on actual usage basis. 3. Further, the principles to be adopted/followed by StCBs/DCCBs for ensuring reasonableness in fixing and communicating the service charges for the basic banking services are indicated in the Annex. StCBs/DCCBs are required to take action as stated in the column ‘Action Points for StCBs/DCCBs’. 4. Please acknowledge receipt to our Regional Office concerned. Yours faithfully, (A.Udgata) Principal Chief General Manager more
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RBI/2013-14/381 DBOD. No. Dir. BC. 67/13.10.00/2013-14 November 26, 2013 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding RRBs) Dear Sir/ Madam Charges Levied by Banks for Sending SMS Alerts Please refer to paragraph 37 of the Second Quarter Review of Monetary Policy Statement 2013-14 announced on October 29, 2013 (extract enclosed) on ‘Customer Service- Charges Levied by Banks for Sending SMS Alerts’. 2. In this connection, a reference is also invited to our circular DBOD. No. Dir. BC. 56/ 13.03.00/ 2006-2007 dated February 2, 2007 on ‘Report of the Working Group to Formulate a Scheme for Ensuring Reasonableness of Bank Charges’ whereby banks were advised to identify basic banking services on the basis of broad parameters indicated by the Working Group constituted by Reserve Bank of India for the purpose and the principles to be adopted/ followed by them for ensuring reasonableness in fixing and communicating the service charges for the basic banking services. 3. Banks are required to put in place a system of online alerts for all types of transactions irrespective of the amounts involving usage of cards at various channels in terms of circular RBI/ DPSS No. 1501/ 02.14.003/ 2008-2009 dated February 18, 2009 and DPSS. CO. PD. 2224/ 02.14.003/2010-2011 dated March 29, 2011. Banks have accordingly put in place a system of SMS alerts so as to help customers in fraud mitigation and have been levying uniform service charges to various categories of customers. 4. Considering the technology available with banks and the telecom service providers, it should be possible for banks to charge customers based on actual usage of SMS alerts. Accordingly, with a view to ensuring reasonableness and equity in the charges levied by banks for sending SMS alerts to customers, banks are advised to leverage the technology available with them and the telecom service providers to ensure that such charges are levied on all customers on actual usage basis. Yours faithfully, (Rajesh Verma) Chief General Manager Encl: As above more
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