Customer Acceptance
(a) Before commencing a business relationship with a prospective customer, the Bank has to ensure that such a relationship does not, in any way, go against its Customer Acceptance principles viz.,
(I) No account is opened in anonymous or fictitious/ benami name(s) and
(II) Customers are categorized based on risk perceptions in terms of the nature of business activity, location of customer and his clients, mode of payments, volume of turnover, social and financial status, etc.
(b) A Customer Profile (in the prescribed format) containing information relating to the customer’s social/ financial status, nature of business activity, information about his clients’ business and their location, Sources of funds, Annual Income, etc. shall be obtained from/prepared for all the applicants for opening SB/CA/ Term deposits accounts.
Note
The officer responsible for opening of accounts should scrutinize the originals of the photo ID/address documents and satisfy himself / herself about the prima facie authenticity of the same. Photocopies of these documents should be authenticated by the officer and kept along with the account opening form