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Overseas forex trading through electronic / internet trading portals.

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..... A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 53 dated April 07, 2011 wherein AD Category I banks were advised to exercise due caution and be extra vigilant in respect of the margin payments being made by the public for online forex trading transactions through credit cards / deposits in various accounts maintained with banks in India. Further, AD Category-I banks were also advised to exercise due caution in res .....

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..... ng through these portals are done on a margining basis with huge leverage or on an investment basis, where the returns are based on forex trading. The public is being asked to make the margin payments for such online forex trading transactions through credit cards / deposits in various accounts maintained with banks in India. It is also observed that accounts are being opened in the name of indivi .....

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..... (AML) standards. 3. AD Category - I banks may bring the contents of this Circular to the notice of their constituents and customers concerned. Authorised Dealers may also give wide publicity to the instructions contained in the A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 53 dated April 07, 2011 and the Press Release issued by the Reserve Bank dated February 21, 2011 (copy enclosed). The instructions contained .....

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..... agement Act (FEMA), 1999. The Reserve Bank has also clarified that the existing regulations under FEMA, 1999 do not permit residents to trade in foreign exchange in domestic / overseas markets. Residents are, however, permitted to trade in currency futures and options contracts, traded on the stock exchanges recognised by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in India, subject to the .....

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