Its reverse merger. USFB will continue to work while UCL will cease to exist. 🙂 Have you FD with them without worries @8.5 or 9.1%(Senior Citizen). Suryoday/Unity has the highest RoI @8.65/9 for non- Sr citizens like us.
Better open Savings account rather than just keeping FD. Don't go throguh third party route of creating FD like with wintwealth, Airtel Thanks, Bajapay etc or other NBFC. Always have direct relation with bank.
Utkarsh allows online opening of acc. via vKYC and takes only 1 day to fully activate. Initial funding Rs.5000 for classic savings and only UPI can be used to fund it. I personally visited nearest branch for acc. So open a one for yourself. Tfr fund from other acc. and create FD.