RBI Updates

The Reserve Bank has notified the Foreign Exchange Management (Cross Border Merger) (Amendment) Regulations, 2026, effective 5 June 2026, recalibrating the approval architecture that underpins inbound and outbound mergers under FEMA. The 2018 Regulations were anchored entirely to the National Company Law Tribunal, with every reference to the sanction of a cross border merger scheme […]

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has taken a significant step towards risk-based regulation with the release of the Draft- Reserve Bank of India (Non-Banking Financial Companies – Registration, Exemptions and Framework for Scale Based Regulation) Amendment Directions, 2026 on 10 February 2026.  Under the draft amendment, NBFCs not availing public funds and not having any customer […]

In Press Release No. 2025-2026/1218, accompanying the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies dated October 1, 2025, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced a pivotal shift impacting India’s mergers and acquisitions (M&A) landscape. Acquisition Financing Framework Under the proposed review of Capital Market Exposure Guidelines, the RBI aims to create an enabling environment […]