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Bank of BarodaSavings account

Bank of Baroda bob Advantage Savings Account

Bank of Baroda's mainstream savings account with ₹2,000/₹1,000/₹500 location-based balance targets and an explicitly supported full Video-KYC opening mode.

First-party evidencePublished researchReviewed September 10, 2026Active
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Balance / relationship₹2,000 metro/urban, ₹1,000 semi-urban and ₹500 rural under the current product page.
Cost / chargesThe current product page lists location-based minimum balance and says MAB non-maintenance charges are nil; debit-card and optional-service charges remain governed by current schedules.
Limits / allowancesNo ceiling for ordinary adult balances; separate special limits apply to certain self-operated minor accounts. Debit-card limits depend on the card actually issued.
Ongoing relationship ruleMainstream bob savings relationship. Debit card is eligible but no exact card variant is guaranteed on the product page, so no named card edge is inferred.
Research processPublished by littleden.blog

Structured from first-party bank/issuer evidence. This page does not claim personal hands-on product use unless that experience is explicitly stated.

2 first-party sources
Last checkedSeptember 10, 2026

Recorded source review date, not a claim that the product changed that day.

Maintenance stateWithin scheduled review window

Target recheck: January 8, 2027.

Critical decision facts

Start with the ongoing account relationship, then price the access layer.

Balance or salary conditions, charges, allowances and downgrade rules can matter more than a promotional benefit.

01 · Balance / relationship₹2,000 metro/urban, ₹1,000 semi-urban and ₹500 rural under the current product page.
02 · Cost / chargesThe current product page lists location-based minimum balance and says MAB non-maintenance charges are nil; debit-card and optional-service charges remain governed by current schedules.
03 · Limits / allowancesNo ceiling for ordinary adult balances; separate special limits apply to certain self-operated minor accounts. Debit-card limits depend on the card actually issued.
04 · Ongoing relationship ruleMainstream bob savings relationship. Debit card is eligible but no exact card variant is guaranteed on the product page, so no named card edge is inferred.
Exact product-type evidence

Savings account evidence stays in its own structure.

Specialist fields below remain source-scoped. Missing values stay missing; one banking product type is never used to manufacture facts for another.

Digital opening journey

What has to happen before this account is fully usable.

Digital availability is verified separately from the account’s normal balance and fee rules. Reviewed September 10, 2026.

Opening channelBank of Baroda online Video-KYC/V-CIP; the product page also lists RLBO and TAB opening modes.
KYC / Video KYCFull-KYC account opening through Aadhaar/PAN validation and live Video KYC.
Documents / authenticationAadhaar, PAN, Aadhaar-linked mobile, valid email, originals for the video call, and a location/camera/microphone-enabled device.
Initial fundingNo separate V-KYC opening-funding amount is stated on the reviewed pages; ongoing balance targets are ₹2,000/₹1,000/₹500 by branch category.
Customer restrictionV-KYC: tax-resident Indian age 18+, new-to-bank only, non-PEP, single/self operation.
Location / device rulePhysical presence in India and live geo-location verification; branch choice is limited to the Aadhaar-address city.
Fallback routeRLBO/TAB/branch-supported opening modes remain available outside the narrower V-KYC eligibility envelope.
If KYC / opening is incompleteV-KYC account is created only after successful verification/authorization; no separate long-lived limited-KYC state is inferred.
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Maintained terms

Fees, balances, benefits, limits and eligibility without a single-score shortcut.

These six fields are the cross-product layer. The specialist section above controls whenever a type-specific field is more precise.

Cost / chargesThe current product page lists location-based minimum balance and says MAB non-maintenance charges are nil; debit-card and optional-service charges remain governed by current schedules.
Balance / relationship₹2,000 metro/urban, ₹1,000 semi-urban and ₹500 rural under the current product page.
Core benefitsDebit-card eligibility, mobile banking, internet banking, multiple withdrawal options, DICGC-covered deposits subject to rules and full V-KYC as an allowed account-opening mode.
Limits / allowancesNo ceiling for ordinary adult balances; separate special limits apply to certain self-operated minor accounts. Debit-card limits depend on the card actually issued.
EligibilityUnderlying account supports a broad set of eligible resident customers, but the V-KYC channel is limited to tax-resident Indian adults 18+, new-to-bank, non-PEP, single/self operation.
Ongoing relationship ruleMainstream bob savings relationship. Debit card is eligible but no exact card variant is guaranteed on the product page, so no named card edge is inferred.
Fit & cautions

Who this record appears designed for—and what can break the fit.

Best-fit wording summarizes the published proposition. It is not individualized financial advice or an approval prediction.

Potential fit

New-to-Bank-of-Baroda resident adults who want the bank's conventional savings account and can maintain the applicable location-based balance while using the branchless full-KYC route.

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  • The underlying account can have broader/joint eligibility, while the reviewed V-KYC path is new-to-bank adult single/self only.
  • The product page uses both MAB and older QAB wording in places; the current features table is used for the stated location-based balance amounts and live terms should control at opening.
  • Debit-card eligibility does not establish one exact issued variant.
Maintained comparisons

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Both sides keep independent review dates, exact conditions and first-party evidence. No winner score is generated.

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First-party source ledger

Complete evidence set for this maintained profile.

Each source remains independent. A product page, tariff, KFS/MITC, rate schedule or programme document is not silently treated as interchangeable evidence.

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Primary product / service sourcebankofbaroda.bank.in
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Additional first-party evidencebankofbaroda.bank.in
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Current-use rule

When the bank changes a term after the recorded review, the current agreement, tariff, KFS/MITC or effective rate table controls.

Research boundary

This page organizes dated public evidence; it does not guarantee eligibility, availability, approval, service quality or future pricing.