KYC Compliance

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Capital markets regulator Sebi on Wednesday extended the deadline by three months to November 1, for commencing the validation of all KYC records by KYC Registration Agencies (KRAs). This is the second time, when the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has extended the deadline. Initially, such agencies were required to independently validate the Know your Client or KYC records of all clients by July 1, which was extended till August 1. Now once again the regulator has received requests from the KRAs to extend the timelines. "Considering the KRAs' request for extension of the timeline... it has been decided that the validation of all KYC records (new and existing) shall commence from November 1, 2022," Sebi said. Further, it said that KYC records of all existing clients, who have used Aadhaar as an Officially Valid Document (OVD), will be validated within a period of 180 days from November 1. The regulator, in January, notified new norms to make KRAs responsible for car

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The penalty has been imposed in exercise of powers vested in RBI under Section 30 of the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007, the regulator said in a release

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The central bank had relaxed the rules first in May last year due to the pandemic

The watchdog has also given time till December 31 to brokers for operating the trading terminals from designated alternate locations

The RBI had in December said that all regulated entities have to upload 'Know Your Customer' data pertaining to the accounts of legal entities opened on or after April 1, 2021

CKYC is failing to have the desired impact due to lack of clear directions from the regulators, and lack of connectivity between the stakeholders and the repository

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Out of 3.3 mn active directors, only around 1.215 mn directors completed the KYC process by September 15