Non- Banking Financial Institutions as the names suggest are different from banks on many levels. But they do provide a variety of banking as well as non-banking services.
Section 45-IF of the RBI Act 1934 defines NBFC. Any company whose primary business consists of following:
Regulated by RBI
NBFCs are registered and regulated by Reserve Bank of India. Various rules and regulations are laid down for the same purpose. Chapter III B of the RBI Act 1934 regulate the activities conducted by every NBFC.
What different Kinds of NBFC can be incorporated?
NBFCs can be categorized depending upon their:
Liability or
Activity
Depending upon Liability, NBFC can either be
Deposit taking (NBFCs-D) or
Non-deposit taking (NBFCs-ND). Micro Finance and NBFC Factor are prime examples of non-deposit taking NBFC.
Similarly, based on activity NBFC license can be applied in different categories like
Loan Company,
Asset Finance Company,
Investment Company etc.
NBFC Registration
Section 45-IA of the RBI Act 1934 defines norms for NBFC registration. For registration there are two basic requirements:
Net Owned funds must be calculated as per the provisions of RBI based on the previous year’s audited balance sheet.
Document Requirement
Following documents are required to be attached with the application for registration of NBFC:
Procedure
For registration an online application is required to be filed on the RBI’s official website rbi.org.in.
Simultaneously, hard copies of two complete sets of application are also required to be submitted in the regional RBI office. Please cross check that all the annexure are submitted with the application.
Regional office after scrutiny, forward the application to the central office. If the central RBI office is satisfied after due scrutiny of the application, it will issue Certificate of Registration.
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