RTGS: Customer Transactions, not to be routed in Interbank Session, warns Reserve Bank of
Customer transactions refer to those types of transactions, wherein the beneficiaries customer’s account, in the Beneficiary Bank is directly to be credited.
The Operating Session for Inter-bank, is longer than the Operating Session for Customer transactions,.
Ideally, customer transactions, are not to be routed through inter-bank session, as the RTGS credit has to be afforded within 90 mintues, or be returned back.
In the initial stages, when RTGS was evolving, Banks use to route customer transactions, in inter-bank session also.
The reasons could be: A) Accommodate High-Value Clients. B) Technical reasons, viz system failure of the respective Sending Bank, during Customer Session.
Reserve Bank of
The said notification, can be accessed at http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/NotificationUser.aspx?Id=4982&Mode=0
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All RTGS participants are, therefore, advised to strictly adhere to the RTGS procedural guidelines and desist from the practice of pushing customer transactions in the inter-bank mode. ''Violations, if any, brought to our notice would be viewed seriously and would attract penalty under Section 30 of the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007(51 of 2007),'' the Circular said.
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