All banks to move to domain “Bank.in” by October 31, 2025, says RBI
To combat increased instances of fraud in digital payments which have caused significant concern, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced to introduce the ‘bank.in’ exclusive Internet domain for Indian banks.
All NBFCs to to have fin.in domain.
Reserve Bank of India has asked banks to move their net banking websites to the exclusive internet domain — ‘.bank.in’. The RBI issued a circular in this regard and has asked banks to commence the migration of their existing domains to the ‘.bank.in’ domain and complete the process at the earliest and in any case, not later than October 31, 2025.
Several PSU banks have already made the switch, such as indian bank, iob, sbi, canara etc
Among pvt banks, yesbank has made the switch.
The initiative was launched by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), with domain registration and operational support provided by the Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT), under the authorization of National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) and MeitY.