RBI Mandates ARCs to Become Credit Bureau Members

Mumbai: A day after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) tightened the norms for asset reconstruction companies (ARCs), the apex bank on Thursday asked them to become a member of at least one credit information company (CIC) and periodically report data on the borrowers to them.

The banking watchdog said ARCs and the securitisation companies (SCs) should put up details of suit filed about accounts of wilful defaulters on their website on a quarterly basis.

"Each SC/RC is required to become a member of at least one credit information company and provide to the CIC periodically accurate data/history of the borrowers," it said.

These notifications come following a detailed set of changes in ARCs' functioning the RBI issued on Wednesday, which include tripling of the investment they make in security receipts to 15 per cent from the earlier 5 per cent.

It also included a provision to ask banks for a minimum time of one or two weeks for doing a due diligence on a portfolio.

The RBI said it posted the notification after a lot of stakeholders sought clarifications regarding the matter.

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