SBI will not levy any charge for breaching minimum balance criteria for savings bank accounts
SBI will waives minimum balance criteria for savings bank accounts
New Delhi: In order to attract new customers, State Bank of India (SBI) has done away with minimum balance criteria for saving bank accounts, reports PTI.
The bank will not levy any charge for breaching minimum balance criteria.
The facility is available to existing customers also, SBI said in an advertisement.
For the normal SBI savings account with cheque book facility, a customer had to maintain a minimum balance of Rs1,000 in his or her account failing which it attracted penalty.
There are certain saving account products of the bank where the minimum monthly balance is as low as Rs50.
Depending on features and facility, the minimum average monthly balance varies.
The waiver would help the bank in improving customer base, an official said, adding, it will also help the bank in generating low cost deposits as the savings bank account earns interest rate of just 4%.
As of March 2012, SBI had 15.39 crore saving banks accounts. During 2011-12, the bank opened 2.19 crore such accounts.
On the other hand, the minimum balance requirement for savings bank account of private sector bank like ICICI Bank, and HDFC Bank is Rs10,000. This is for an individual having account in any branch in a metro centre.
Failing to maintain minimum average monthly balance in ICICI Bank attracts a fine of Rs250 per month for the metro region.
In case of savings bank account with foreign banks like Citibank, the minimum average monthly balance criteria Rs25,000 for metro centres.
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