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SFB Capital Market Exposure Disclosure Norms Updated

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Source: Reserve Bank of India · RBI/2025-26/219 · issued 13 Feb 2026 · ~2 min read
Quick answerRBI has amended SFB financial disclosure directions, replacing the old capital market exposure reporting (sub-paragraph 10(5)(ii)) with a detailed 10-item table. This aligns with the Reserve Bank of India (Small Finance Banks – Credit Facilities) Amendment Directions, 2026. Banks must adopt from the date they implement those directions or April 1, 2026, whichever is earlier.

What changed

The previous sub-paragraph 10(5)(ii) under 'Exposures' in the Notes to Accounts chapter has been deleted. A new sub-paragraph (iia) has been inserted, which prescribes a detailed table for reporting capital market exposure across ten specific categories, including direct investments, advances secured by shares, and exposures to capital market intermediaries.

What it means for you

Small Finance Banks must now provide a granular, line-item breakdown of their capital market exposure in financial statements, replacing the earlier simpler disclosure. This enhances transparency and aligns with the broader Credit Facilities Amendment Directions, 2026. Banks need to update their reporting templates and ensure data capture systems can generate the required 10-item table.

Historical instruction — do not use for current compliance. This is what was required at the time; it no longer reflects current RBI requirements. If no replacement rule is linked above, that only means none is recorded on our register yet — it does not prove no later applicable rule exists. Confirm on the official RBI source below.

What banks were required to do at the time

Who it affects

Small Finance Banks, SFB finance and accounts departments, SFB compliance and risk management teams, Auditors reviewing SFB financial statements

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When must we start using the new capital market exposure table?

The amendment takes effect from the date your bank decides to implement the Reserve Bank of India (Small Finance Banks – Credit Facilities) Amendment Directions, 2026, or from April 1, 2026, whichever is earlier. You must adopt the new table from that date.

What items are included in the new capital market exposure disclosure?

The table covers ten items: direct investments in equity/preference shares, convertible bonds/debentures, units of non-debt mutual funds, REITs, InvITs, and AIFs; advances for share investment; advances secured by shares; advances collateralized by shares; credit to capital market intermediaries; financing to non-debt mutual funds; loans for acquiring promoters' shares in infrastructure companies; underwriting commitments; irrevocable payment commitments; and trade exposures of clearing member banks.

Does this change affect how we compute capital market exposure limits?

Yes. The note in the table states that the exposure reported must be computed in line with the Reserve Bank of India (Small Finance Banks - Concentration Risk Management) Directions, 2025 read with the Reserve Bank of India (Small Finance Banks – Credit Facilities) Directions, 2025. Ensure your calculations follow those guidelines.

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Repealed by RBI/2025-26/100 — Consolidation of Regulations — Withdrawal of circulars (28 Nov 2025)
RBI’s words: “Official withdrawal register entry #9: DOR.CRE.REC.410/21.04.018/2025-26 — "Reserve Bank of India (Small Finance Banks – Financial Statements: Presentation and Disclosures) – Second Amendment Directio”
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On a review, consequent to the issuance of the Reserve Bank of India (Small Finance Banks – Credit Facilities) Amendment Directions, 2026 , and in exercise of the powers conferred by the sections 21 and 35A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 and all other laws enabling the Reserve Bank of India (hereinafter called the Reserve Bank) in this regard, the Reserve Bank being satisfied that it is necessary and expedient in the public interest so to do, hereby issues the Amendment Directions hereinafter specified. 3. The Amendment Directions modify the Directions as under: 3(1) In paragraph 10(5) titled 'Exposures' of 'Chapter-III Disclosure in Financial Statements – Notes to Accounts' of the Directions, the following modifications shall be effected: 3(1)(i) Sub-paragraph 10(5)(ii) shall be deleted. 3(1)(ii) After sub-paragraph 10(5)(ii), the following new sub- paragraph (iia) shall be inserted: (iia) Exposure to Capital Markets (Amount in ₹ crore) Sr. No. Particulars Current Year Previous Year (i) Direct investment in equity and preference shares; convertible bonds; convertible debentures; units of non-debt mutual fund schemes; units of REITs and InvITs and units of Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) (ii) Advances to individuals for investment in shares (including IPOs/FPOs/ESOPs), convertible bonds, convertible debentures, and units of non-debt mutual fund schemes (iii) Advances for any other purposes where shares or convertible bonds or convertible debentures or units of non-debt mutual fund schemes are taken as primary security (iv) Advances for any other purposes to the extent secured by collateral of shares, convertible bonds, convertible debentures or units of non-debt mutual fund schemes. where the advances are extended on the principal strength of such collateral (v) All credit facilities to Capital Market Intermediaries (CMIs) (vi) Financing to non-debt mutual fund schemes (vii) Loans sanctioned by a bank for financing the acquisition of the promoters' shares in an existing company, engaged in implementing or operating an infrastructure project in India (viii) Underwriting commitments taken up by the banks in respect of primary issue of shares or convertible bonds or convertible debentures or units of non-debt mutual fund schemes (ix) Irrevocable Payment Commitments issued by custodian banks on behalf of its clients in favour of clearing corporations of stock exchanges (x) Trade exposures of a bank, which is acting as a clearing member in equity derivative and commodity derivative transactions, to its client, including funded initial margins placed on behalf of clients, where permissible Total exposure to capital market Note: The capital market exposure reported in the table above shall be computed in terms of Reserve Bank of India (Small Finance Banks - Concentration Risk Management) Directions, 2025 read with Reserve Bank of India (Small Finance Banks – Credit Facilities) Directions, 2025 . 4. The above amendments shall come into force from the date a bank decides to implement the provisions of the Reserve Bank of India (Small Finance Banks – Credit Facilities) Amendment Directions, 2026 or from April 1, 2026, whichever is earlier. 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