RBI has widened the scope of the National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) by extending the transaction timings and facilitating speedier settlements. NEFT is the platform for retail customers for making online remittances of upto Rs.1.00 lakh per transaction. With widening of the scope, customers will now be able to use this facility for extended hours besides increasing the frequency of batches of settlements.
From March, customers will be able to conclude transactions from 9 am to 7 pm from the earlier deadline of 5 pm on week days. While on Saturday, the deadline will be extended by an hour from 12 pm to 1 pm. RBI has also decided to move to an hourly frequency of settlement of batches, and accordingly increased the number of batches of settlements from six to 11 on week days and from three to five on Saturday.
While the settlement here at present is on a T+1 basis (that is the next day of the transaction.) RBI will now move to B+1 settlement system or an hourly settlement, which means the transaction will be settled in the next batch where each batch will have one hour duration.
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