good to here this On 9/22/08, Subramani L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nice that at least the officer was considerate. > > Subramani > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Geetha > Shamanna > Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2008 4:14 PM > To: Access india > Subject: [AI] My experience with SBI > > Hello all, > > Armed with the RBI circulars, I visited the SBI branch close to my house > > this morning. The manager of this branch is a rather elderly gentleman > with > very conservative views. He insisted that it would not be possible for > me to > open an account with them if my signatures on the form do not tally. He > then > looked at the form that I had filled up and was a little pacified. He > however continued insisting that they cannot issue a checkbook to me, > although I informed him that I already had a Citibank account with a > checkbook. He further wanted me to find someone who has an account at > the > same branch and who could introduce me to the bank. On informing him > that we > did not know anyone with an account there, he was agitated and said that > the > bank rules should be followed. We finally relented and resigned to > finding > someone. However, the new account form did not have a slot for the > signature > of the person introducing the new customer. When we pointed this out to > the > manager, he made frantic queries, telling everyone he called that this > was > an indispensible step. He was however finally informed by another > officer > that the bank had done away with introductions. This clearly shows how > ill-informed managers are about procedures in their own banks, not to > mention RBI rules. > > Anyhow, contrary to the manager, the officer responsible for opening new > > accounts was very nice and even offered us a cup of tea! He completed > the > procedure in a jiffy and made no fuss about my signature or ATM card. > > Although I had no occasion to use them, the RBI circulars can be of > great > help when opening new accounts. > > Geetha > > > Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: > http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm > September 21 &22!! > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i > n > > Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: > http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm > September 21 &22!! > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >
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