The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is set to lift the ban on ‘exotic currency derivatives,’ reported The Economic Times.

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The decision to lift the ban comes a decade after the product left a trail of destruction in 2007-08 when bets by corporates backfired following the surge in the value of euro, Yen and Swiss franc, the report said.

Exotic currencies are thinly traded currencies, illiquid and trade at low volumes.

Top RBI officials have held multiple meetings with bankers to discuss ways to allow these products along with safeguards, the report said.

“There is the mixed reaction among bankers. Some are excited by the possibility of extra margins from the sale of exotic instruments while others who took the hit and were dragged to court are apprehensive… particularly, the compliance guys. But everyone is surprised by RBI’s plan to open up the market,” a senior banker who attended the meeting was quoted as saying in the report.