Recently, several small finance banks have mushroomed quite rapidly, giving you multiple options for banking. The Reserve Bank of India announced that it would come out with some guidelines for issuance of ‘non-tap’ licenses for the small finance banks. This is in order to promote banking facilities for the small borrowers and for encouraging competition in this sector. The Reserve Bank of India has rendered sanctioned hypothetically to ten entities for entering the small finance banking sector in September 2015. The ‘on tap’ licensing shall allow the entities to approach the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for acquiring licenses for small finance banks on meeting certain criteria laid down by RBI. The entities eligible for licenses would not have to wait for it for long, and it will be available on demand. In its statement on developmental and regulatory policies, RBI mentioned that it was notified in the Guidelines for Licensing of “Payment Banks” and “Small Finance Banks”...