{
  "id": 8929447,
  "title": "RBI Eases KYC Rules For FPIs, Overseas Certification Now Allowed",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/rbi-eases-kyc-rules-for-fpis-overseas-certification-now-allowed",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-21T12:54:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/rbi-eases-kyc-rules-for-fpis-overseas-certification-now-allowed"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India has simplified Know Your Customer compliance for foreign portfolio investors by permitting Indian banks to accept original certified copies of specified documents verified by authorised officials overseas. The relaxation, introduced through the RBI (Commercial Banks–Know Your Customer) Amendment Directions, 2026, took effect immediately. It extends to FPIs a…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}