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State Bank of IndiaDigital banking service

SBI Digital Banking — YONO SBI & OnlineSBI

State Bank of India's combined retail digital-banking profile covering YONO SBI on mobile and OnlineSBI on the web, with separate registration routes, beneficiary controls and service capabilities.

First-party evidencePublished researchReviewed September 10, 2026Active
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Required banking relationshipRequires an eligible SBI banking relationship. Digital access does not replace the balance, KYC or operating rules of the underlying account.
Transfer / security limitsSBI states that transfers to a newly added beneficiary are enabled after a cooling period of up to 4 hours. User-defined and rail-specific transfer limits still apply; UPI on YONO has separate NPCI/bank controls.
Channel cost / chargesNo separate channel subscription cost is modeled from the reviewed sources; transaction, service and product charges continue to follow SBI's applicable schedules.
Channel / product relationshipDigital channels expose eligible SBI accounts/products; they do not create a new deposit relationship or guarantee transaction rights on every linked account.
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 10, 2026

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

Maintenance stateWithin scheduled review window

Target recheck: December 9, 2026.

Critical decision facts

Channel scope and security state determine what the published limit really means.

Rail, channel, beneficiary, cooling, authentication and recovery rules stay separate instead of being compressed into one generic digital-banking number.

01 · Required banking relationshipRequires an eligible SBI banking relationship. Digital access does not replace the balance, KYC or operating rules of the underlying account.
02 · Transfer / security limitsSBI states that transfers to a newly added beneficiary are enabled after a cooling period of up to 4 hours. User-defined and rail-specific transfer limits still apply; UPI on YONO has separate NPCI/bank controls.
03 · Channel cost / chargesNo separate channel subscription cost is modeled from the reviewed sources; transaction, service and product charges continue to follow SBI's applicable schedules.
04 · Channel / product relationshipDigital channels expose eligible SBI accounts/products; they do not create a new deposit relationship or guarantee transaction rights on every linked account.
Exact product-type evidence

Digital banking service 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 channel controls

What the bank actually lets you register, transfer and control.

Channel capabilities are verified separately from the underlying account or card. Reviewed September 10, 2026.

Mobile channelYONO SBI mobile app; registered-mobile/SIM-based registration with existing SBI credentials or supported self-assist routes.
Internet / web channelOnlineSBI retail Internet Banking at the bank's current onlinesbi.sbi.bank.in portal.
Registration / activationOnlineSBI supports user-driven registration and debit-card self-activation for eligible customers; otherwise branch activation is available. YONO registration uses the bank-registered mobile/SIM and supported SBI credentials.
Authentication / securityOTP is used as 2FA for Internet Banking/YONO transactions; OnlineSBI also uses a separate Profile Password for privileged profile actions.
Fund transfers / limitsOwn-account, SBI third-party and interbank transfers are supported; YONO also provides YONO Pay/Quick Transfer and UPI under separate limits.
Beneficiary / cooling controlsSBI states that transfer to a newly added beneficiary is allowed after a cooling period of up to 4 hours; transfers remain within user/bank-defined limits.
Card controlsYONO supports debit-card request, block and activation journeys; card-specific usage controls remain subject to the exact card/service.
Statements / service capabilitiesYONO supports e-statements, nominee and service requests; OnlineSBI supports account information, cheque book, standing instructions, deposits, PPF and bill/tax payments.
Lock / recovery / fallbackOnlineSBI provides password/user recovery and branch fallback; SBI also provides lock/unlock and unauthorized-transaction reporting routes.
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.

Channel cost / chargesNo separate channel subscription cost is modeled from the reviewed sources; transaction, service and product charges continue to follow SBI's applicable schedules.
Required banking relationshipRequires an eligible SBI banking relationship. Digital access does not replace the balance, KYC or operating rules of the underlying account.
Digital service coverageYONO supports fund transfers, YONO Cash, deposits, account/card service requests, e-statements and multiple government/investment journeys; OnlineSBI supports own-account, SBI and interbank transfers, standing instructions, bill payments, deposits and service requests.
Transfer / security limitsSBI states that transfers to a newly added beneficiary are enabled after a cooling period of up to 4 hours. User-defined and rail-specific transfer limits still apply; UPI on YONO has separate NPCI/bank controls.
Registration eligibilityRetail SBI customers with the required registered-mobile/account credentials. YONO registration is tied to the registered mobile/SIM; OnlineSBI self-registration can use SBI debit-card validation, with branch activation available where self-activation is not possible.
Channel / product relationshipDigital channels expose eligible SBI accounts/products; they do not create a new deposit relationship or guarantee transaction rights on every linked account.
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

Existing SBI retail customers who want both app and browser access and are willing to keep registered-mobile, device and beneficiary-security controls in mind.

Verify before relying
  • OnlineSBI registration and transaction rights can differ depending on debit-card/self-registration versus branch activation.
  • YONO/OnlineSBI beneficiary cooling and rail-specific limits should be checked before a time-critical large transfer.
  • UPI, NEFT, RTGS, IMPS, card and account controls each have separate limits; one published limit should not be generalized across all rails.
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 sourcesbi.bank.in
Open source ↗02
Additional first-party evidencesbi.bank.in
Open source ↗03
Additional first-party evidencesbi.bank.in
Open source ↗04
Additional first-party evidencesbi.bank.in
Open source ↗
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.