Ans. Payment of cheque/ draft/ pay order/ banker’s cheque, if presented beyond the period of three months from the date of issuance of such instrument, shall not be made by RE.

Ans. In case of any change in the OVDs such as change in demographic information or address or other documents submitted by a customer at the time of establishing account-based relationship, the customer shall submit the updated OVD/ other documents to the RE within 30 days of the update/ change/ modification in the documents for the purpose of updating the records at RE’s end. In such case, the RE shall acknowledge the receipt of the KYC documents to the customer.

Ans: Yes, all modes of account opening as mentioned in the reply to Q 13 above, viz. onboarding customer in face-to-face mode; non-face-to-face mode and V-CIP are available to the person with disabilities.

Ans. REs’ Customer Acceptance Policy shall not result in denial of banking/ financial facility to members of the general public, especially those, who are financially or socially disadvantaged, including the persons with disabilities (PWDs). The decision to reject the application of KYC/ periodic updation of KYC shall not be automated and such decisions on rejection shall be reviewed by an official of RE authorised for the purpose.

Ans: The provision to accept thumb impression in place of signatures has already been prescribed for onboarding customer in face-to-face-mode under paragraph 16 and 23 of the MD on KYC.

Ans. Inoperative Account is a savings/ current account wherein no ‘customer induced transactions’ has taken place for a period of over two years. For activation of inoperative accounts, the customer can update his/ her KYC information/ data at home/ non-home branch of the RE, and also through V-CIP, subject to the facility of V-CIP being provided by the bank. The banks shall activate the inoperative accounts, only after adhering to the KYC guidelines provided in the Master Direction on KYC.

¹ Inoperative Account is defined in the circular DOR.SOG (LEG).REC/64/09.08.024/2023-24 dated January 1, 2024 on Inoperative Accounts /Unclaimed Deposits in Banks- Revised Instructions

Ans: To ease the process of activating the ‘Inoperative Accounts’, a bank shall make available the facility of updation of KYC at all branches of the bank, through Video-Customer Identification Process (V-CIP) if requested by a account holder, subject to the facility of V-CIP being provided by the bank.