Case brief
RBI imposed a ₹4.90 lakh penalty on Hinduja Leyland Finance Limited for KYC non-compliance. The company failed to deploy a robust alerting system for suspicious transactions linked to customer risk profiles.
Impact
Hinduja Leyland Finance Limited must absorb the monetary penalty and ensure its KYC and transaction-monitoring controls are strengthened to prevent recurrence. The action does not, by itself, impose an operating restriction, but RBI has noted the penalty is without prejudice to any further action it may take.
Why RBI acted
Regulatory basis
- clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 58G read with clause (aa) of sub-section (5) of section 58B of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934