May
24, 2007
Jyeshtha
03, 1929 Saka
All
Scheduled Commercial Banks
(excluding
RRBs)
Dear
Sir
Section
23 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 – Doorstep Banking
Please
refer to our circular No.DBOD.BL.BC.59/22.01.010/2006-2007
dated February 21, 2007 on the above subject.
2.
Taking into account the suggestions received from Indian Banks’ Association
as also some of the banks, the matter was reviewed and it has been decided to
permit banks to:
(i)
deliver cash/draft at the doorstep of the individual customers also (in addition
to corporate customers/Government Departments/PSUs etc.) either against cheques
received at the counter or requests received through any secure convenient channel
such as phone banking/internet banking and
(ii)
deliver cash/draft at the doorstep of Corporate customers/Government Departments/PSUs
etc., against cheques received at the counter or requests received through any
secure convenient channel such as phone banking/internet banking,
subject
to the banks adopting technology and security standards and procedures as
envisaged in our circular DBOD.Comp.BC.130/07.03.23/2000-2001 dated June 14, 2001,
including those specifically relating to authenticating users as indicated in
paragraph II(b) thereof and taking adequate safeguards/precautions in undertaking
the above transactions.
Yours
faithfully
(P.Vijaya
Bhaskar)
Chief General
Manager