Now personalised cheque book in Post Office: Savings account holders can get cheque books with printed namesPost Office Savings Account holders can now get personalized cheque books featuring their name and account details, enhancing security and ...
14 May, 2026, 03.00 PM IST
Rethinking ‘idle money’ in a rising rate environmentIndian savings accounts are evolving beyond mere transactional tools. With rising interest rates, institutions like IDFC FIRST Bank are off...
12 May, 2026, 01.14 PM IST
No plan to hike gold import duty despite Modi's appeal to skip buying, says government officialIndia denies plans to raise gold and silver import duties. Prime Minister Modi urged citizens to avoid gold purchases amid economic pressur...
12 May, 2026, 12.53 AM IST
UDGAM portal facilitates users to search unclaimed deposits across multiple banks: RBI to SCThe submissions were made before a bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and Vijay Bishnoi which was hearing a plea filed by journal...
05 May, 2026, 06.24 PM IST
Failed to report US stocks gained via ESOP? Use this one-time Amnesty scheme; Know how it worksA one-time amnesty scheme, the FAST-DS, has been introduced to help Indian residents and NRIs resolve past non-compliance with reporting fo...
29 Apr, 2026, 01.06 PM IST
NGOs lose foreign donation nod for failing to use fundsThe Indian government is taking action against non-profits holding unused foreign funds. Registrations are being cancelled for organization...
20 Apr, 2026, 01.05 AM IST
TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee claims Rs 57 lakh siphoned from dormant bank accountTrinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee reported that Rs 57 lakh was siphoned from his dormant bank account. The account, linked to his past ...
08 Nov, 2025, 02.24 PM IST
How to activate inoperative bank accounts in SBI, HDFC Bank, and PNB as RBI asks banks to reduce these accountsRBI has advised banks to urgently take the necessary steps to reduce the number of inoperative or frozen accounts and make the activation p...
03 Dec, 2024, 03.34 PM IST
PNB to close some dormant A/CsPunjab National Bank will close dormant accounts inactive for over three years to prevent misuse, unless KYC documents are submitted; exemp...
20 Jun, 2024, 07.21 AM IST
ET Explainer: How to make a dormant bank account regularA savings as well as current account is treated as inoperative or dormant if there are no customer-induced financial or non-financial trans...
02 Jan, 2024, 01.34 PM IST
When your bank savings account can become dormant, how to revive itInterest credited by the bank on the account balance, as well as any charges deducted by the bank, are not considered as transactions.
10 Oct, 2023, 11.58 AM IST
Banks want funds in dormant accounts taken as CRRBanks have reached out to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) with a suggestion to count funds in unclaimed deposits and inoperative or dormant...
06 Feb, 2023, 11.13 PM IST
How to activate a dormant, inactive NRI accountDepending on the account status, banks mark such accounts as dormant or inactive. As it's likely that you're not keeping an eye on your acc...
27 Jan, 2023, 04.49 PM IST
Rs 26,697 cr lying in dormant accounts of banks: FM SitharamanAs per information received from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), as on December 31, 2020, the total number of such accounts in Scheduled C...
30 Nov, 2021, 04.10 PM IST
Banks stop issuing debit cards for dormant accountsThe banks have stopped issuing debit cards for the dormant savings accounts due to two reasons - To avoid the risk of banking frauds and al...
23 Dec, 2019, 11.37 AM IST
Is there any benefit in having several bank accounts?Ongoing SIPs, EMI payments and utility payments linked to different bank accounts prevents most people from closing them.
20 Aug, 2018, 06.30 AM IST
No penalty if minimum balance not kept in dormant bank accountThe RBI directed banks in 2012 not to charge customers for non-operation or activation of basic savings bank deposit accounts.
07 May, 2014, 05.17 AM IST