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In this thread you can us tell about various zero balance savings bank account with no fees and charges which are beneficial for adults with no income or students mainly but want to get bank discounts and offers in e-commerce sites like Flipkart , Amazon, Grofers , Bigbasket etc.
Conditions :
1. zero balance savings account
2. No Debit Card Issuance Charge & No Debit Card Annual Fees
3. No sms Alert Charges (preferable)

I have no problem with other charges like atm transaction charge , Chaque book charge , neft charges & Also high or low yield interest rates do no matter because I will not use these features , I will only use these banks for Debit card Discounts and offers.

Also it would not matter if their is Any MAB cause we want to get bank offers only.

Banks with debit cards instant discount & offers:

HDFC BSBDA (Don’t know if debit card charge , don’t debit card annual charge , don’t know sms charges , zero balance)

ICICI MINE (Don’t know if debit card charge , dont know debit card annual charge , have sms charges , zero balance)

SBI PMJDY (No debit card charge, no debit card annual charge , no sms charge , zero balance)

KOTAK 811 (no virtual debit card charge , no virtual debit card annual charge , sms charges probably, zero balance)

AXIS (Dont know which account)

Keep correcting this list and add more banks and their charges & fees if any or charges.

there is no instant discount or offers on debit cards of the following banks , so no use for us.

PAYTM PAYMENTS BANK (No charges)
AIRTEL PAYMENTS BANK (No charges)
JIO PAYMENTS BANK (No Charges)

Any expert here ? Any suggestions?

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Finance Ninja Finance Ninja
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First of all, for a student account or a zero balance account, any bank say PSU or Private,they will Put Some Restrictions or Reduce some facility like See,You are not paying them MAB/QAB,You don’t want to pay Debit Card Charges(Issuance+Annual),Also you want to skip the SMS Charges.They are banks,they want to earn money by various kind of charges like Account MAB,SMS,DEBIT,etc!Private Banks hates this kind of things that’s why visit any Private Banks like ICICI,HDFC,Axis and ask them that you want to open a zero balance account ,they will suddenly not help you if is they did, they have no interest because private banks wants money,targets of account completion.

If you Choose PSU Banks,Choose SBI,BOB,CBI,etc (Note,Apart from SBI no banks will give you offer as PSU Banks are not famous for their offers.
One thing to Notice,These banks puts restriction like Smaller Cash Withdrawal Limit,Small Variant of Debit Card and Account Deposit Limitations and also UPI Transaction Limit Amount Restriction to 5000 or so,this is done because as you are a student and student should not do this kind of things like Heavy Transactions (5000Rs is Enough),Banks things These (STUDENT ACCOUNT HOLDER)Should not use his account as Regular Bank account.

I Opened my First Bank account with Central Bank of India in 2013 When i was Just 15 Years Old with a zero balance account (STUDENT) and Today still holding that it is a Proud Moment for me that still My Bank is helping me in any Way like If i have an issue,i sent them mail they reply me within 2 hrs and solve the issue and remember i havent visited my branch since 2017,If there is any issue na,they will help me via email or call because of Relationship (Over the years with Bank),They also provided me MASTERCARD DEBIT CARD at that time but after 2015 it was discontinued so,they sent me the PMJDY Debit Card and from that day till today i am using that card and now I have converted my Bank account to REGULAR ACCOUNT WHERE I NEED TO MAINTAIN 2000Rs and still i dont worry about charges and all, but If i take Rupay Debit Card then no charges.
Also,When i was a Student account holder CENTRAL BANK OF INDIA Never ever took SMS,MAB or Any kind of charges from me.

Generous Generous
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Sbi and do not apply for debit card instead generate virtual debit cards from internet banking

No card no charges

Deal Subedar Deal Subedar
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You Can Go For Kotak 811 Account

Finance Ninja Finance Ninja
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Yes,Its Good but ,if he wants Physical Debit Card and Cheque Bank then Charges are 237.55 (Including GST) AND Cheque Book (94Rs Including GST).

Also,he can not get Physical Passbook from Branch.

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Deal Cadet Deal Cadet
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au abhi bank account is also good option with good interest rate

Deal Subedar Deal Subedar
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Open account in any PSU Banks under PMJDY . It provides no fees and charges on anything . Also zero balance account.

Deal Newbie Deal Newbie
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Banks with debit cards instant discount & offers:

HDFC BSBDA (Don’t know if debit card charge , don’t debit card annual charge , don’t know sms charges , zero balance)

ICICI MINE (Don’t know if debit card charge , dont know debit card annual charge , have sms charges , zero balance)

SBI PMJDY (No debit card charge, no debit card annual charge , no sms charge , zero balance)

KOTAK 811 (no virtual debit card charge , no virtual debit card annual charge , sms charges probably, zero balance)

AXIS (Dont know which account)

Keep correcting this list and add more banks and their charges & fees if any or charges.

Benevolent Benevolent
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AXIS (Dont know which account) – Not recommended due to obvious reasons. grinning

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Deal Newbie Deal Newbie
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Anyone share anything about Online KYC based HDFC & ICICI savings account with no/less debit card issuance & annual fees, no/less sms charges . MAB does not matter.
Which account to open then?

Comrade Comrade
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in hdfc open savings max account….25ooo MAb….you will get free platinum debit card/millenia debit card with no charges….no sms charge….it can be opend online and video kyc available

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Deal Cadet Deal Cadet
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niyox account is also good option for now with high interest, completely free and debit is free for first year and i read somewhere they are planning to give good offers and free cards also

Deal Cadet Deal Cadet
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Go for Fincare Small finance Bank

Instant account opening facility available through Aadhaar OTP
Physical Rupay❤️❤️ debit card available.
High interest rate on savings also
They do at-home KYC by logistics
partners (Mine was done by delhivery)
Best – Physical Rupay❤️❤️ debit card available.
Working Mobile banking app available relaxed/p>

Did I mention that Physical Rupay debit card is available?

Not encountered any service charges so far

PS: forgot to mention that Physical Rupay debit card is available

Benevolent Benevolent
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Just Physical Rupay debit card smiling_imp

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Benevolent Benevolent
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We already have a thread for this topic.
Not able to find it though cry

Deal Subedar Deal Subedar
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Axis bank is giving 20 lacs Accidental Insurance with 0 balance on salary account for govt. employees

Deal Cadet Deal Cadet
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Source for this?

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Deal Cadet Deal Cadet
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IDFC first pratham saving account is best zero balance account

Deal Subedar Deal Subedar
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Any debit card & sms charges?

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Critic Critic
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Do we get flipkart amazon discount on icici mine debit card?

Deal Subedar Deal Subedar
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Yes

Deal Cadet Deal Cadet
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I’m using Axis Asap account from 2019 no charges except ₹15 SMS alert charges. ICICI Instasave FD account from last 1 year no charges except debit card yearly AMC charges.

Deal Cadet Deal Cadet
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Any idea whether icici is still offering icicifd account.

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Blogger Blogger
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No idea

Never bothered to use jio, airtel or paytm payment banks




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Deal Subedar Deal Subedar
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I do not recommend Axis at all.
Recently I hv also converted my Axis “Priority Account” to “Basic Savings Account” because of huge charges.
BSA is zero balance account

Generous Generous
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How u converted? By visiting branch? Any form?

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Helpful Helpful
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Yesterday indusind upgrade my savings account to maxima savings account with no atm card charges and zero minimum balance

Deal Lieutenant Deal Lieutenant
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What is the prerequisites for this account? MAB maintenance?

Benevolent Benevolent
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Anyone knows the cheque book charges for Kotak 811 act?

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Pro Deal Legend Pro Deal Legend
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Future FIRST Account is a zero balance savings account with Visa Signature debit card. This account can be offered to students from premier/identified educational institutes of India.

more details
https://www.idfcfirstbank.com/personal-banking/...

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HK

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If You Are From IIT IIM OR Some Premier College I Can Help You

Finance Ninja Finance Ninja
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If anyone wants a Referral Please DM Me for an AU Zero Balance Account, Kotak 811 Account, Fi-Money Account and Various Credit Cards!

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