Hello TFC Members,
Today i want to share a banking kissa with you guys.
I have a royal savings account with AU Small Finance Bank, but I failed to maintain the minimum balance requirement of 1 lakh rupees after February 2022. As a result, the bank deducted around 900 rupees from my account as a non-maintenance fee, and my account balance became zero. Despite this, the bank continued to charge me non-maintenance fees, leaving me with a negative balance of 8400 rupees.
I brought this issue to the attention of AU Small Finance Bank and cited the RBI guidelines, which state that a bank cannot impose non-maintenance fees on a customer whose account balance is zero.
View attachment 11895However, the bank refused to comply with my request and even asked me to pay the negative balance before closing my account.
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Frustrated by this, I decided to file a complaint with the RBI banking ombudsman. Surprisingly, I received an email from AU Bank the following day (attached screenshot), indicating that they are willing to close my account without any deposit.
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I am impressed by the swift action taken by the RBI banking ombudsman, and I now have a 15-day window for AU Small Finance Bank to resolve this issue.
View attachment 11898Hopefully, this experience will serve as a lesson for the bank to comply with the RBI guidelines and treat their customers fairly.
If you want to know about "How to file a complaint against a bank on the RBI banking ombudsman portal" visit this link -
https://www.technofino.in/community...ank-on-the-rbi-banking-ombudsman-portal.3130/
Here is the RBI guidelines regarding non maintenance penalty screenshot [link-
https://www.rbi.org.in/Scripts/NotificationUser.aspx?Id=9343&Mode=0 ]
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