Ease of opening a BSBDA

[SpiesCan'tCatchMe]

I visited all the banks available in my city.
Asking to open a zero balance account (BSBDA). To my surprise except idfc first bank all other banks denied having a zero balance account. Only when I threatened them to give me in writing or I'll have to involve RBI in this then they said yes there is this account but we don't usually open that anymore.
ICICI being the worst they didn't agree to open the account even when I left the branch.
I know the BSBDA account has many restrictions but what banks are doing is wrong. If RBI has given a option then why are banks not forwarding it?

 

[yobro]

Please help me with my Vkyc issue in BOB.
I am trying to open BOB bro savings account and facing issues with Vkyc.
Please help.

 

[ashwinkashwink is verified member.]

Isn't it one account per bank? I am somewhat sure we can have bsbda in several banks but not more than 1 in a single bank.

Can be opened more than one

 

[Saiv]

Bro I know it’s not the answer you want, but please stop from opening the BOB account it’s useless, i’m a victim I opened account in October 2023, from there it’s all nightmare. Debit Card isn’t working for online transactions to this date(yesterday only I complained to ombudsman). No matter how many emails & follow ups bob never cared to solve my problem. BOB world app isn’t taking any new registrations to this date so no mobile banking. & coming to net banking it’s most frustrating. User id will be your customer id which can’t be changed. Bob net banking site is dead slow. Customer care is the worst so far I’ve ever seen. So please restrain from opening an acc. If you still want to open. Stay on the vkyc page, don’t let the phone screen to go off. After a while you may get to speak agent 50-50 chances, it took me more than 5 attempts to successfully complete vkyc because it’s always says agent not available

Please help me with my Vkyc issue in BOB.
I am trying to open BOB bro savings account and facing issues with Vkyc.
Please help.

 

[doraemon]

Can be opened more than one

One bsbda account per bank is allowed

 

[ashwinkashwink is verified member.]

One bsbda account per bank is allowed

Yes it's officially

But if you want you can open in another bank as well

 

[yobro]

One bsbda account per bank is allowed

One babd/individual only

 

[Navneeth09]

One babd/individual only

Nowhere is it mentioned like that. RBI circular talks only about one bsbda per person per bank. There is no reference on having multiple bank bsbda accounts.

 

[yobro]

Nowhere is it mentioned like that. RBI circular talks only about one bsbda per person per bank. There is no reference on having multiple bank bsbda accounts.

When you open BSBD Account they take undertaking from you that you have never open any other babd and will not open any other BSBD Account in future

 

[yobro]

Is there any bank which provide a simple zero balance account with LTF physical debit card without any initial funding?
Please reply my query.
Don't suggest BSBD Account

 

[doraemon]

When you open BSBD Account they take undertaking from you that you have never open any other babd and will not open any other BSBD Account in future

But no one cares of that
I know a person who is having bsbda/pmjdy account in 5 banks

 

[RevEng]

I tried getting virtual DC, but I got an error "This facility is currently not available for this account". Mine is a regular savings account. Let me know if anyone knows why is this happening. Branch guys don't even know what's a virtual DC so no help from the branch.

@dvader - Not sure if you are still facing this issue. Please check this - https://www.technofino.in/community...rrently-not-available-for-this-account.25051/

 

[xfactcc]

When you open BSBD Account they take undertaking from you that you have never open any other babd and will not open any other BSBD Account in future

The regulation is that 'you do not have any other account in the bank and any BSBD account in other bank (if you do, you will close it within 30 days)', that is the declaration you have to give when opening this account variant. That is all. Not the other extra stuff.

 

[CHOCOPANDA]

Get physical sbi dc, after that create virtual dc from yono, then block physical dc🤷

Can I do this to my sbi rupay platinum debit card

 

[CHOCOPANDA]

I asked almost every popular bank In India to let me open a BSBDA account, but everyone said there’s no such thing called BSBDA in our bank especially HDFC(I asked in different branches & cities) even idfc bank refused to give me a BSBDA account, Only PNB allowed me to convert my regular account to PMJDY acc.

Is bsbda different from pmjdy

 

[doraemon]

Is bsbda different from pmjdy

In theory yes
But in practical no

 

[CHOCOPANDA]

In theory yes
But in practical no

Kindly justify your answer.., 😃 😃 😃

 

[doraemon]

Kindly justify your answer.., 😃 😃 😃

Bsbda is there before Modi ji came to power

Pmjdy is a new initiative which Modi Ji launched under jan dhan yojana
Here you get pmjdy card

Later bsbda and pmjdy were merged and treated as same

Many banks use zero balance account/no frills word also

Essence is same
U get zero mab account with ltf dc

Extra in pmjdy u get overdraft facility

 

[CHOCOPANDA]

Bsbda is there before Modi ji came to power

Pmjdy is a new initiative which Modi Ji launched under jan dhan yojana
Here you get pmjdy card

Later bsbda and pmjdy were merged and treated as same

Many banks use zero balance account/no frills word also

Essence is same
U get zero mab account with ltf dc

Extra in pmjdy u get overdraft facility

Bro I just created virtual dc in sbi yono. But reading threads I got to know that it is not rupay platinum. It is just normal rupay. So shall I block it . As I already hold physical sbi rupay platinum debit Card

 

[doraemon]

Bro I just created virtual dc in sbi yono. But reading threads I got to know that it is not rupay platinum. It is just normal rupay. So shall I block it . As I already hold physical sbi rupay platinum debit Card

Keep that it's free

 

[cardy]

Can I do this to my sbi rupay platinum debit card

Sbi rupay virtual card is of type rupay classic, not platinum. So if you need rupay platinum don't block it.