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Punjab National BankSavings account

PNB Global Prime Account (NRE & NRO)

PNB's premium NRI savings relationship for NRE and NRO customers, with nil initial deposit, ₹5 lakh monthly average balance, waived debit-card joining/AMC and an explicitly linked Global Prime Master World Card.

First-party evidencePublished researchReviewed September 9, 2026Active
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Balance / relationship₹5 lakh monthly average balance in the savings account under the reviewed PNB Global Prime NRE/NRO bulletin.
Account / service costInitial deposit NIL; ₹5 lakh monthly average balance. Current PNB bulletin states ₹1,000 per month penalty for non-maintenance and possible withdrawal of programme benefits after continuous non-maintenance; debit-card joining fee and AMC are waived.
Repatriation / card / operating limitsThe linked Global Prime Master World Card is documented at ₹1.5 lakh ATM cash withdrawal and ₹5 lakh combined POS/e-commerce daily limits. NRE and NRO regulatory rules still differ inside the programme.
Residency / account-state ruleOne premium programme can sit on NRE or NRO, but the engine preserves the underlying account state and creates a separate verified edge to the explicitly named Master World debit card.
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.

4 first-party sources
Last checkedSeptember 9, 2026

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

Maintenance stateWithin scheduled review window

Target recheck: January 7, 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₹5 lakh monthly average balance in the savings account under the reviewed PNB Global Prime NRE/NRO bulletin.
02 · Account / service costInitial deposit NIL; ₹5 lakh monthly average balance. Current PNB bulletin states ₹1,000 per month penalty for non-maintenance and possible withdrawal of programme benefits after continuous non-maintenance; debit-card joining fee and AMC are waived.
03 · Repatriation / card / operating limitsThe linked Global Prime Master World Card is documented at ₹1.5 lakh ATM cash withdrawal and ₹5 lakh combined POS/e-commerce daily limits. NRE and NRO regulatory rules still differ inside the programme.
04 · Residency / account-state ruleOne premium programme can sit on NRE or NRO, but the engine preserves the underlying account state and creates a separate verified edge to the explicitly named Master World debit card.
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.

Account / service costInitial deposit NIL; ₹5 lakh monthly average balance. Current PNB bulletin states ₹1,000 per month penalty for non-maintenance and possible withdrawal of programme benefits after continuous non-maintenance; debit-card joining fee and AMC are waived.
Balance / relationship₹5 lakh monthly average balance in the savings account under the reviewed PNB Global Prime NRE/NRO bulletin.
NRE / NRO benefitsPremium NRI relationship, free digital/remittance/basic service features, small-locker rent benefit, 50% concession on outward-remittance commission and an exclusive PNB Global Prime Master World Card; NRO can also use the published flexi-deposit feature above ₹10 lakh.
Repatriation / card / operating limitsThe linked Global Prime Master World Card is documented at ₹1.5 lakh ATM cash withdrawal and ₹5 lakh combined POS/e-commerce daily limits. NRE and NRO regulatory rules still differ inside the programme.
NRI / PIO / OCI eligibilityNRIs/PIOs/OCIs under current PNB Global Prime NRE/NRO terms; specific nationalities remain subject to RBI approval where applicable.
Residency / account-state ruleOne premium programme can sit on NRE or NRO, but the engine preserves the underlying account state and creates a separate verified edge to the explicitly named Master World debit card.
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

Higher-balance PNB NRI customers who can maintain ₹5 lakh MAB and will use premium card, remittance, locker and airport-service benefits.

Verify before relying
  • ₹5 lakh MAB is a significant liquidity commitment and is separate from the fact that initial deposit is nil.
  • The premium programme does not make NRE and NRO tax/repatriation rules identical.
  • PNB's bulletin states a metal version becomes available at a higher MAB; that higher-tier metal card is not conflated with this standard Global Prime Master World endpoint.
Verified product relationships

Links the bank explicitly documents.

This section is narrower than the same-bank map below. Every relationship shown here has its own first-party evidence; products merely sharing a bank are not treated as linked.

Global Prime Master World debit card

PNB Global Prime Master World Debit Card

Punjab National Bank explicitly links the PNB Global Prime Account (NRE & NRO) with its exclusive Global Prime Master World Debit Card and waives joining and annual maintenance charges under the programme.

The standard World-card tier requires the qualifying Global Prime relationship with ₹5 lakh monthly average balance; PNB separately describes a higher-balance metal-card tier, which is not treated as the same endpoint.Verify relationship at bank ↗
Maintained comparisons

Compare this product only where the pair is deliberately maintained.

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 sourcewww.pnbindia.in
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Additional first-party evidencewww.pnbindia.in
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Additional first-party evidencewww.pnbindia.in
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Additional first-party evidencewww.pnbindia.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.