The Reserve Bank of India said on Wednesday that it had lifted its 10-month-old order barring Kotak Mahindra Bank from onboarding new clients digitally and issuing fresh credit cards due to gaps in its IT infrastructure.

RBI lifts restrictions on Kotak Mahindra Bank, allowing credit card issuance and digital customer onboarding, signaling regulatory shift.

RBI had asked place restrictions in April last year after finding deficiencies and non-compliances in Kotak Mahindra Bank’s IT inventory management and data security, among other issues

Kotak reported a 10% surge in its profit levels at Rs 4,701.02 crore in Q3FY25 as compared to Rs 4,264.78 crore recorded in the corresponding quarter of the previous year. The recent removal of restrictions has further boosted brokerages' outlook on the stock.

Kotak Mahindra Bank share price today. The stock was up 10 per cent at Rs 2,137.60 on BSE in the pre-open trade, The resumption of digital onboarding of customers may aid in acquisition of savings accounts and cross-sell of products.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said it has lifted restrictions on Kotak Mahindra Bank, allowing the lender to

The Reserve Bank has lifted all restrictions it placed on Kotak Mahindra Bank. On April 24 last year, the RBI imposed certain business restrictions on the private lender. The bank was directed to cease and desist from onboarding new customers through its online and mobile banking channels,