Minimum Balance

SBI waives off account closure fee: After new minimum balance rules, it is a good move for customer

SBI has made it easier to for customers who can't afford to conform to minimum balance rules to close their regular savings accounts and migrate to other no-frills accounts.

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The revision in minimum account balance is likely to benefit another 5 crore account holders, SBI said.

Minimum balance: SBI looks to amass Rs 2,000 cr penalty, to partly use it for Aadhaar-PAN linking

From 1 April, SBI made it mandatory for savings bank accounts in metropolitan cities to maintain Rs 5,000 as minimum balance, Rs 3,000 in urban areas, Rs 2,000 in semi-urban areas and Rs 1,000 in rural areas, failing which a penalty is levied.

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The customer will have to spend Rs 100 for a 10-leaf cheque book, i.e. Rs 10 per leaf

SBI faces boycott on 6 April: Why the anti-customer minimum balance rule needs to go

Even if the boycott extends only to SBI and its subsidiaries, it would be a resounding success as it would send the right signals to banks looking to follow suit; they would be halted in their tracks

SBI's decision to charge on monthly minimum balance may lead to consolidation of family accounts

At a time when the accent is on digitisation of payments that is impossible without banking support, the regressive moves of these banking biggies would have the effect of repelling people from the banking habit and retreat to the old habit of piling up cash and paying in cash

SBI's Rs 5,000 minimum balance rule may face govt resistance, but then why spare private, foreign banks ?

The idea of making these arguments is not to justify SBI rules but to make the point that SBI has every right to operate in a level playing field like its rivals, which is critical for its healthy survival

SBI's monthly average balance hike spares Jan Dhan a/cs; govt asks bank to reconsider penalty

The government has told State Bank of India to reconsider charges it proposes to levy on cash transactions and ATM withdrawals over specified limits

SBI to charge for breach of minimum balance from 1 April; revise charges on ATMs, other services

The Reserve Bank has permitted banks to levy charges for breaching minimum balance limit.