Monday, May 6, 2013

RBI wants to spread the Aadhaar menace to card transactions when bankers are evading KYC norms

........Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the country’s banking regulator, seems to be keen on pressing the ‘unregulated’ and illegitimate (as it is yet to be sanctioned by Parliament), the Aadhaar or unique identification (UID) to authenticate card present transactions and other related issues. This is when bankers are still not strictly complying with the RBI’s know your customer (KYC) norms. Some lenders, especially co-operative banks are even using ‘gold route’ to facilitate money laundering for builders and developers...........

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