Following the Central Government ordinance ‘Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Ordinance’ Chennai Headquartered REPCO Bank has become ineligible to mobilise deposits from non-voting members.
Unlike other banks, REPCO bank comes under administrative control of Union Home Ministry.
It is flourishing only on the support of 10 lakh non-voting members who are mostly repatriates from Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Vietnam and other countries.
The ordinance that is essentially meant for unregulated private financial firms that had been collecting deposits from the public illicitly has affected REPCO bank.