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e-Adhaar is sufficient Proof for New Opening Bank Account.

8:33 PM  Dharmen  

Reserve bank of India has issued a note regarding ID and Address proof opening new bank account with any CBS Bank.  It is saying that e-aadhar is the valid proof for opening a bank account and it fulfills both proof i.e. ID and address proof. Full note is as under.
  1. Please refer to paragraph 2.6 (B) of our Master Circular UBD.BPD. (PCB).MC.No.16 /12.05.001/2013-14 dated July 1, 2013 on Know Your Customer (KYC) Norms / Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Measures / Combating of Financing of Terrorism (CFT)/ Obligations of banks under PMLA, 2002 which states that letter issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) containing details of name, address and Aadhaar number may be accepted as an ‘Officially Valid Document’. Further, in terms of paragraph 2.5 (ix) of the Master Circular, banks have been advised that while opening accounts based on Aadhaar, if the address provided by the account holder is the same as that on Aadhaar letter, it may be accepted as a proof of both identity and address.
  2. In order to reduce the risk of identity fraud, document forgery and have paperless KYC verification, UIDAI has launched its e-KYC service. Accordingly, it has been decided to accept e-KYC service as a valid process for KYC verification under Prevention of Money Laundering (Maintenance of Records) Rules, 2005. Further, the information containing demographic details and photographs made available from UIDAI as a result of e-KYC process (“which is in an electronic form and accessible so as to be KYC verification. The broad operational instructions to banks on Aadhaar e-KYC service are enclosed as Annex.
  3. UCBs are advised to have proper infrastructure (as specified in Annex) in place to enable biometric authentication for e-KYC.
  4. Physical Aadhaar card/letter issued by UIDAI containing details of name, address and Aadhaar number received through post would continue to be accepted as an ‘Officially Valid Document’.
  5. UCBs may revise their KYC policy in the light of the above instructions and ensure strict adherence to the same.

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