Baroda Platinum Saving Bank Account

Eligibility

All customers within the age group of 18-70 are eligible to avail the Life Insurance benefits. Any resident individual who has attained the age of 18 years and has not completed the age of 70 years can avail the facility of Life Insurance Cover from “IndiaFirst Life Insurance Co. Ltd” (IFLIC) up to an amount of Rs. 5 lakhs after the payment of required premium and submission of simple Health Declaration Form (DOGH)

Sum Assured

The sum assured starts at a minimum of Rs. 1 lakh and goes up to Rs. 5 lakhs (in multiples of Rs. 1 lakh).

Under the scheme, only one insurance cover per person shall be allowed.

Periodicity

Period of insurance is one year from 1st January to 31st December every year and is annually renewable. In case of those accounts which are opened in due course in the middle of the year, premium shall be paid on prorata basis only for the year in which the insurance is subscribed as per details mentioned below:

Premium Table

From second year onwards, the premium for the full year will be auto-debited at the central level in the month of January.

Insurance cover shall be available only till the savings account is active and the premium amount once collected shall not be refunded, even if the account is closed.

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All transactions that are savings-oriented in nature are permitted. Commercial transactions are non-allowable transactions. If non-allowable transactions are noticed, then the Bank may close the account with prior notice/intimation citing reasons thereof.

Minimum Quarterly Average Balance requirement

Metro/urban/semi-urban/rural: Rs. 1 lakh.

Charges for Not Maintenance of Minimum Balance

Metro/urban/semi-urban/rural: Rs. 1,000+ GST per quarter.

If the balance remains below the benchmark level continuously for 3 months, the Bank will transfer this account to a normal savings bank account and shall recover the charges. All the facilities of Platinum Saving Bank account will be withdrawn.

• Computation: Minimum QAB requirement is calculated on the basis of summation of closing balance of number of days divided by the number of days. For purpose of arriving at quarterly average balance/minimum balance charges, the period of quarters are considered as 16th March to 15th June, 16th June to 15th September, 16th September to 15th December and 16th December to 15th March of a particular year.
• Nomination facility available.

Debit Card and Charges

Free Visa Platinum Debit Card, subject to maintenance of QAB.

Auto/Reverse Sweep:

• Sweep facility available on request only over & above Rs. 2 lakhs in multiple of Rs. 10,000 i.e. first sweep out for Rs. 10,000 will happen only when the account balance reaches Rs. 2,10,000. The duration of fixed deposit will be 181 days and in case of requirement of funds in SB A/c, auto reverse sweep in multiple of Rs. 10,000 on LIFO pattern (last in first out).
• However, for premature withdrawals of all deposits, interest will be paid one percent less than the rate which is applicable at the time of placing the deposit, for the period for which the deposit has actually run.

Rules for transfer/inter-sol transfer/clearing transactions and charges

• Transfer transaction at the base branch: Allowed freely without any limit.
• Transfer transaction at the non-base branch (local as well as outstation): Normally allowed only at a branch where either drawer or payee maintains the account. However, for genuine transactions, Branch Head is authorised to allow transactions at non-base branch (where neither drawer nor payee maintains account) on case to case basis subject to certain conditions.

Cash Deposit

For Rs. 50,000 and above PAN is required to be submitted as per the requirement of Income Tax.

At Cash Machines

• Cash deposit with debit card up to Rs. 2 lakhs per day, where PAN is registered and Rs. 49,999, where PAN is not registered in account.
• Cardless transaction (by feeding account number) up to Rs. 20,000 per day.
• Fake note, suspicious note is impounded and receipt is given to the customer. Torne/mutilated/taped notes are not accepted by these machines.

Cash Withdrawal

• Maximum Rs. 50,000 per day withdrawal allowed to the a/c holder only at outstation branches.
• Third-party cash payment at local non-base branches and outstation branches is totally restricted.

Interest calculation and frequency

• Interest is calculated on a daily product basis and credited to accounts quarterly. For this purpose, Bank’s quarters are May to July, August to October, November to January and February to April. Interest is credited to the account within 15 days of the end of the quarter. However, the value date effect as of the 1st day of the month is given while crediting interest.

Withdrawal(s) & use of withdrawal form (Slip)

• Withdrawals will be allowed either by withdrawal forms or by cheques. Payment against withdrawal form along with passbook is allowed for self only with per day limit of Rs. 25,000 (Minimum Rs. 25 in rural/semi-urban and Rs. 50 in metro/urban).

Passbook and statement of account

• Free passbook.
• Rs. 100 per duplicate passbook/statement with latest balance only.

Cheque Book Charges

Unlimited cheque books are free in a financial year, subject to maintenance of QAB.

Registration and execution of standing instructions

• A) No charge within the same branch.
  B) Rs. 50 for any other branch within the Bank.
  C) Rs. 100 for outside the Bank.
• Rs. 100 per occasion will be levied for standing instruction failure because of insufficient funds.

Transfer of account/scheme

Upon submission of application along with passbook and unused cheque leaves the account can be transferred to another branch/scheme free of charge.

Closure of account and charges

• All the authorised signatories of the account will give in writing his/her/their intention to close the account. The relative passbook, debit card and unused cheque leaves should be surrendered along with the letter requesting closure. In case of pre-mature closure of the account, no charges will be levied if the account is closed within 14 days of the first customer induced credit into the account. However, charges Rs. 1,000 + GST will be levied if account is closed beyond 14 days but within 1 year of the first customer-induced transaction. In case of death of account holder, no charges will be levied.

Dormant/Inoperative Account

• Account becomes inoperative/dormant, if there are no customer-induced transactions in savings account for over a period of two years. Interest is continued to be applied in all such savings bank accounts. No charges are levied for the in-operation of accounts.
• Activation/closure of dormant/inoperative accounts will be done after submission of necessary KYC documents, photo, fresh specimen signature, subject to satisfaction of the Bank.
• All accounts which have remained inoperative/dormant for a period of 10 years and above will be treated as unclaimed deposits and will be transferred to RBI. Upon receipt of the request from the customer, such deposits will be returned subject to conditions.

SMS Alerts and Charges

SMS alerts are free of charges, subject to maintenance of QAB.

Disclosure of information

• The Bank may disclose information about customer’s account, if required and permitted by law, rule or regulations, or at the request of any public or regulatory authority or if such disclosure is required for the purpose of preventing frauds, or in public interest, without specific consent of the account holder(s).
• All relevant policies including code of commitments to customers and grievance redressal policy are available at the branches.
• MITCs OF ATM/debit card, mobile banking, net-banking in application forms are available separately.
• The Bank will notify, 30 days in advance, about any change in terms and conditions/fees and charges on its website.
• Deposits along with interest kept in different branches of our Bank is insured by Deposit Insurance & Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC) maximum up to Rs. 5 lakhs.