The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently classified the Centralised Know Your Customer (c-KYC) database as high risk, posing challenges for financial institutions.
This move has prompted banks to explore alternative methods for customer authentication, such as video KYC or physical KYC.
It is a centralized repository that stores or saves all the personal details of the customer.
This helps to bring all the KYC processes on a single platform.
The Central Registry of Securitization and Asset Reconstruction and Securities Interest of India (CERSAI) manages C-KYC Registry.
The Union Budget of 2012-13 announced the C-KYC and commenced in July 2016.