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TLTRO 2.0-Targeted Long Term Repo Operation

TLTRO 2.0 (Targeted Long-Term Repo Operations) was announced by RBI on April 17, 2020. RBI intended that the funds raised by the banks through TLTRO 2.0 be utilised for investment grade bonds, commercial paper (CPs) and non-convertible

Targeted Long Term Repo Operations-TLTRO

Targeted Long-Term Repo Operations (TLTRO) is a special kind of LTRO or Long Term Repo Operation. LTRO is a special window announced by RBI to inject liquidity into the banking system for meeting their requirements in short

Marginal Standing Facility (MSF)

Marginal Standing Facility or MSF is a window that permits overnight borrowing by banks from RBI, at their discretion. MSF scheme is introduced to minimise volatility in the overnight lending rates in the inter-bank market (call market).

Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF) & Repo Transactions

Liquidity Adjustment Facility or LAF is a facility extended by the Reserve Bank of India to the scheduled commercial banks (excluding RRBs) and Primary Dealers (PDs) to meet their mismatches in daily liquidity. Under LAF, SCBs and

Open Market Operation (OMO) by Regulator

Open Market Operation (OMO) means the purchase or sale of government securities by the central bank of a country from / to the banks on its own account. The purpose of open market operation is ensuring sufficient

e-KYC – Electronic Know Your Customer process

e-KYC is an electronic way of carrying out the Know Your Customer (KYC) process. The e-KYC process is completed through an authentic real time method using Aadhaar Authentication by the customer. It is a simple paperless way

Cheque Truncation Systems (CTS)

Cheque Truncation System (CTS) is the process whereby the image of cheque or instrument is used for clearing the fund instead of handing over the physical instrument. Clearing system in India had been functioning based on the

National Financial Switch (NFS)

National Financial Switch (NFS) is the largest network of shared automated teller machines (ATMs) in India. Thus, NFS functions as the backbone of Indian ATM network. NFS was designed and implemented by the Institute for Development and

APBS & AEPS (Aadhaar Payment Bridge System & Aadhaar Enabled Payment System)

Aadhaar Payment Bridge System (APBS) and Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AEPS), leverage the power of the unique Aadhaar number issued by UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India). AEPS and ABPS were introduced by NPCI for payment services.

National Automated Clearing House (NACH) & Electronic Clearance Service (ECS)

National Automated Clearing House (NACH) is a web based solution implemented by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) for addressing recurring, interbank, high volume electronic transactions. It is an improved and much efficient version of Electronic Clearance