Case brief
RBI imposed a ₹10.10 lakh penalty on City Union Bank Limited for compliance failures linked to priority sector lending and SHG data reporting. The bank was found to have levied charges on certain small agriculture loans and not reported SHG member-level data to CICs.
Impact
City Union Bank must absorb the monetary penalty and address the compliance gaps identified by RBI. The release does not describe any operational restriction, but it signals supervisory scrutiny over priority sector lending charges and SHG member-level reporting obligations to Credit Information Companies.
Why RBI acted
Regulatory basis
- section 47A(1)(c) read with section 46(4)(i) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949
- section 25(1)(iii) read with section 23(4) of the Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005