With 5L, it may not happen automatically in 1 month.
In this forum, I have come across couple of folks at least, who kept the balance of 5/10L+ for months but it didn't trigger the upgrade to Wealth.
I opened my account in Bengaluru. The RM told me that do 5L initial deposit and after 1 month, we will upgrade your account to Wealth.
I kept 10L and once my AMB started showing 10L (just after 3 days of opening the account), I asked the RM to initiate the request for Wealth mentioning that AMB is 10L+. And it was processed within a week.
What I would suggest is to negotiate with the BM/RM for Wealth before putting the 5L+ amount.
The fact is that someone not having an IDFC account could get a Wealth account within 1 month with 5L+. So, you could negotiate accordingly.
Via negotiation, you could get the upgrade within one month for sure.
On the 7% interest front, please note that
7% is for amount greater than 5L.
On Balances (in ₹) | Rate of Interest (% p.a.) |
<=1 Lac | 3.00% |
> 1lac <= 5lac | 4.00% |
> 5 Lac <= 25Cr | 7.00% |
IDFC could be used for earning better interest rate if someone has some money just lying around in some other bank.