It was announced in the Part ‘B’ of the Second Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy for the year 2019-20 on June 6, 2019 that the Reserve Bank of India will constitute a Committee to Review the ATM Interchange Fee Structure with a view to give a fillip to the ATM deployment in the unbanked areas.

Accordingly, the Reserve Bank of India has constituted a Committee to examine the entire gamut of ATM charges and fees. The composition of the Committee is as under:

1	Shri V. G. Kannan Chief Executive, Indian Banks’ Association	Chairperson
2	Shri Dilip Asbe Chief Executive Officer, National Payments Corporation of India	Member
3	Shri Giri Kumar Nair Chief General Manager, State Bank of India	Member
4	Shri S Sampath Kumar Group Head, Liability Products, HDFC Bank Ltd.	Member
5	Shri K Srinivas Director, Confederation of ATM Industry	Member
6	Shri Sanjeev Patel Chief Executive Officer, Tata Communications Payment Solutions Ltd.	Member

The Terms of Reference of the Committee are as under:

1. To review the existing structures and patterns of costs, charges and interchange fees for ATM transactions;
2. To review the overall patterns of usage of ATMs by cardholders and assess the impact, if any, on charges and interchange fees;
3. To assess the entire gamut of costs in respect of the ATM ecosystem;
4. To make recommendations on the optimal charge/interchange fee structure and pattern; and
5. Any other item relevant to the above.

The Committee may submit its report within two months from the date of its first meeting.

Yogesh Dayal
Chief General Manager

ATM interchange fee review to recommend optimal charge structure and assess ATM ecosystem costs, usage and deployment impacts. A multi member committee has been constituted to examine ATM charges and interchange fees, including review of cost and fee structures, assessment of cardholder usage patterns and ATM ecosystem costs, and to recommend an optimal charge and interchange fee regime, with authority to consider related matters and submit a report within a short timeframe.