India's RBI tightens investment rules for shadow banks from FATF non-compliant jurisdictions

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India's central bank said on Friday new investors who operate from jurisdictions not in compliance with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) must hold less than 20% of the voting power in non-banking finance companies (NBFCs).

A worker walks past the logo of Reserve Bank of India inside its office in New Delhi, India July 8, 2019. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo

In a bid to stop money laundering, the Reserve Bank of India said investors from non-FATF compliant jurisdictions would not be treated on a par with those from other countries or regions. The move comes days after the central bank had proposed tighter, bank-like regulation of the so-called shadow lending sector to prevent the turmoil caused by the collapse of an infrastructure financing firm in 2018.

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