RBI restricts American Express and Diners Cards from on-boarding new credit card customers
The supervisory action has been taken in exercise of powers vested in RBI under Section 17 of the PSS Act, the central bank said in a statement
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today imposed restrictions on American Express Banking Corp. and Diners Club International Ltd. from on-boarding new domestic customers onto their card networks from 1 May . These entities have been found non-compliant with the directions on Storage of Payment System Data. This order will not impact existing customers.
The order will not impact the existing customers of these two entities, the central bank said in a statement on Friday. American Express Banking Corp and Diners Club International Ltd are Payment System Operators authorised to operate card networks in the country under the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007 (PSS Act).
"The supervisory action has been taken in exercise of powers vested in RBI under Section 17 of the PSS Act," the central bank said in a statement.
In terms of RBI circular on Storage of Payment System Data dated April 6, 2018, all Payment System Providers were directed to ensure that within a period of six months the entire data (full end-to-end transaction details / information collected / carried / processed as part of the message / payment instruction) relating to payment systems operated by them is stored in a system only in India. They were also required to report compliance to RBI and submit a Board-approved System Audit Report (SAR) conducted by a CERT-In empanelled auditor within the timelines specified therein.
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