On December 05, 2025, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued Amendment Directions for Reserve Bank of India (Undertaking of Financial Services) Directions, 2025. These directions follow a draft circular issued on October 04, 2024, on 'Forms of Business and Prudential Regulation for Investments', which sought feedback from banks and stakeholders with the objective of reviewing regulations on ringfencing banks' core business from other risk-bearing non-core businesses, and to provide a level playing field. The feedback was examined and incorporated into the final directions, with a statement provided in the Annex. The RBI has issued five Amendment Directions to amend extant instructions on Undertaking of Financial Services by regulated entities, namely: (1) Commercial Banks, (2) Small Finance Banks, (3) Payments Banks, (4) Non-Banking Financial Companies, and (5) Non-Operative Financial Holding Companies. Contact information: Website: www.rbi.org.in, email: helpdoc@rbi.org.in, Phone: 022 - 2266 0502. The press release number is 2025-2026/1640. The Chief General Manager is Brij Raj.
Key Entities Referenced
Reserve Bank of India (Undertaking of Financial Services) Directions, 2025: Umbrella term for amendment directions issued by RBI to various regulated entities.
Reserve Bank of India: The issuer of the amendment directions.
Reserve Bank of India (Commercial Banks –Undertaking of Financial Services) Amendment Directions, 2025: Amendment directions specific to Commercial Banks undertaking financial services.
Reserve Bank of India (Small Finance Banks –Undertaking of Financial Services) Amendment Directions, 2025: Amendment directions specific to Small Finance Banks undertaking financial services.
Mumbai: Location of the Department of Communication of Reserve Bank of India.
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December 05, 2025
RBI issues Amendment Directions for Reserve Bank of India
(Undertaking of Financial Services) Directions, 2025
The Reserve Bank of India had issued draft circular on ‘Forms of Business and
Prudential Regulation for Investments’ on October 04, 2024, seeking feedback from
banks and other stakeholders. The objective of the draft circular was to review
regulations on ringfencing of banks’ core business from other risk bearing non-core
businesses as also to provide level playing field.
2. Feedback received on the draft has been examined and suitably incorporated in
the final directions. A statement on the feedback received for the draft circular is
provided in the Annex.
3. Accordingly, the Reserve Bank of India has today issued the following five
Amendment Directions to amend the extant instructions on Undertaking of Financial
services by various regulated entities.
(1) Reserve Bank of India (Commercial Banks –Undertaking of Financial Services)
Amendment Directions, 2025.
(2) Reserve Bank of India (Small Finance Banks –Undertaking of Financial Services)
Amendment Directions, 2025.
(3) Reserve Bank of India (Payments Banks –Undertaking of Financial Services)
Amendment Directions, 2025.
(4) Reserve Bank of India (Non-Banking Financial Companies –Undertaking of
Financial Services) Amendment Directions, 2025.
(5) Reserve Bank of India (Non-Operative Financial Holding Companies) Amendment
Directions, 2025.
(Brij Raj)
Press Release: 2025-2026/1640 Chief General Manager