Current
Account
- Current Accounts
can be opened by individuals, partnership firms, private and public
limited companies,HUFs/specified associates, societies, trusts, etc.
- As required
by law, while opening this account we will satisfy ourselves about
the identity, including verification of address, of a person/s seeking
to open an account, to assist in protecting the prospective customer/s,
members of the public and ourselves against fraud and other misuses
of the banking system.
- The Bank is
required to obtain two recent photographs of the person/s opening/operating
the account, as per RBI directives.
- The Bank is
required to obtain Permanent Account Number (PAN) or General Index
Register (GIR) Number or alternatively obtain declaration in Form
No.60 or 61 as per the Income Tax Act (vide Section 139A) from the
person/s opening the account (i.e.including partners of Registered/Unregistered
partnership as also Registered/Incorporated bodies/companies).
- The Bank will
provide to the prospective customers details of the documents required
for identification of the person/s opening the account in addition
to a satisfactory introduction. Documents normally accepted are the
Current gas/telephone/electricity bill or ration card or voter's identity
card or driving licence or passport, etc.
- Minimum balance
as stipulated from time to time will be required to be maintained.
- No interest
is paid on credit balances kept in current account.
- Service charges
are levied for :
- Ledger folio used
- Cheque books issued
- Non-maintenance of minimum balance
- Return of cheques, etc.
- For opening
special types of current accounts like for Executors,Administrators,
Trustees, Liquidators etc., the Branch Manager may be contacted who
will help in opening these types of accounts.
-
As per RBI directive, the applicant (i.e. account opener) should declared
in the account opening form or separately that he is not enjoying
any credit facility with any Bank and if he does enjoy and facility/facilities
he should declare full particular thereof indicating the name of the
Bank and name of the branch wherefrom he has availed these facilities.
- No limit on
number of transactions in the account.
- Minimum Balance
to be maintained is as under:
| Category
of Branches |
Minimum Balance |
| Rural |
Rs.
500
|
| Semi Urban |
Rs.1,000
|
| Urban |
Rs.3,000
|
| Metro |
Rs.5,000
|
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