Documentation Required for Opening Various Types of Current Accounts

The documentation necessary to open a current account varies based on the legal structure of the business entity—whether it is a sole proprietorship, partnership firm, company, trust, society, or government body. Each applicant must provide specific documents relevant to their entity type. Additionally, banks are required to perform a comprehensive Know Your Customer (KYC) verification…

How banks settle claims of a missing person on presumed death?

Settlement of Claims in Respect of Missing Persons Presumed Dead: A Formal Overview Banks in India typically settle claims related to missing persons who are presumed dead by adhering to established legal provisions and regulatory guidelines, primarily those issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). When a person has been missing for a legally…

Bank Accounts of Government/Semi Government departments:

Government departments or semi Government departments need a bank account to carry out the financial transactions of the departments. Government business like Salary payments, Pension payments,Fee collection, tax collection,PPF, Sukanya samriddhi, Senior citizen savings scheme,etc.are routed through banks.Most of the public sector banks eying for government business as they they get huge amount of deposits…

Revised Guidelines for Settlement of Claims of Deceased Depositors and Locker Hirers

There are two possibilities in a bank account maintained by a customer viz. (i)  a deposit account is opened in a bank with a valid nomination or with the survivorship clause like ‘either or survivor’, or ‘anyone or survivor’, or ‘former or survivor’ or ‘latter or survivor’ etc.  (ii) A deposit account is opened in…

Position of a partnership firm when a partner dies or retires or becomes insolvent

Section 42 of the Indian Partnership Act, 1932 (“Act”) provides for dissolution of partnership on occurrence of certain contingencies which includes ‘death of the partner’ or ‘adjudication of a partner as an insolvent’ or if constituted for a fixed term, by the expiry of that term, etc.as one of those contingencies. However, the partnership need…

KYC policy for opening bank accounts of all varieties (latest update)

(Last updated on August 04, 2024) Know Your Customer (KYC) standards are designed to protect financial institutions against fraud, corruption, money laundering, and terrorist financing. KYC involves several steps to: establish customer identity; understand the nature of customers’ activities and qualify that the source of funds is legitimate; KYC involves several steps to (i) establish…